Social media editor at Austin American-Statesman
Austin, Texas Area
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- Social media editor at Austin American-Statesman
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- Internet editor at Austin American-Statesman
- Letters editor at Austin American-Statesman
- Assistant news editor at Austin American-Statesman
- Page designer/copy editor at Austin American-Statesman
- Assistant news editor at Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
- Education
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- Stephen F. Austin State University
- The University of Texas at El Paso
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Robert Quigley’s Summary
I'm the social media editor at the Austin American-Statesman. I am constantly looking for new ways to engage with the community and stay ahead of the curve in a very fast-changing industry.
In 2008, I came up with the plan to get the paper onto Twitter and am the main voice behind the @statesman account. I also came up with the strategy and ran ground support for @TrackingIke during the hurricane.
Robert Quigley’s Specialties:
Engaging the community, branding and identity, reaching new audiences.
Robert Quigley’s Experience
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Social media editor
Austin American-Statesman
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
As social media editor, I seek out new ways to engage our community, expand and personalize our brand and stay with the latest technology.
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Internet editor
Austin American-Statesman
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
January 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 6 months)
The assigning editor for the Web. I get breaking news up on the site quickly and work with social media tools to build our reach in the community.
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Letters editor
Austin American-Statesman
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Letters editor for the editorial board at the American-Statesman. Also wrote some editorials, was main copy editor for editorials and designed the page.
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Assistant news editor
Austin American-Statesman
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 2 months)
Had managerial duties over the copy desk and usually was slot on copy desk 3 or 4 nights a week (in charge of story play, etc. once the higher-ups left).
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Page designer/copy editor
Austin American-Statesman
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 1998 — August 2001 (3 years 4 months)
A1 page designer for award-winning paper. Also was a copy editor, sports page designer and the guy to go to for tech questions.
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Assistant news editor
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
(Media Production industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years )
Did a little bit of everything, from writing a column to designing all the news pages to editing all staff copy.
Started as a sports writer at the Sentinel. Covered college basketball and high school sports.
Robert Quigley’s Education
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Stephen F. Austin State University
BA in Journalism , Political science , 1993 — 1996
Worked throughout my college career, first at the now-defunct Lufkin Times (weekly) and then at the Daily Sentinel in Nacogdoches (as an editorial assistant and high school football stringer at first, and as a staffer by my junior year).
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The University of Texas at El Paso
Physics, biology 1992 — 1993
Learned Spanish from living in El Paso.
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Robert Quigley’s Interests:
Web 2.0 technologies (community journalism emphasis)
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Robert Quigley’s Honors:
2001 AP first place, Texas Class AAAA, Newspaper Deisgn
2001 SND Award of Excellence
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