Newsroom Technology Manager at Congressional Quarterly
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Newsroom Technology Manager at Congressional Quarterly
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- Home Page Editor at The Dallas Morning News/DallasNews.com
- Online editor, ACE and programmer at ColumbiaMissourian.com
- Online editor at VoxMagazine.com
- Convergence editor at KOMU.com
- Online intern at The Roanoke Times
- Squeaky-clean XHTML coder at University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism
- Copy editor and reporter at The Baylor Lariat
- Education
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- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
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Amanda Hicks’s Summary
Online journalist with broad range of programming and editing skills. Enjoys breaking news, rewriting headlines for the Web, adding depth to print stories and promoting interactive products.
Amanda Hicks’s Specialties:
Online editing; XHTML programming; PHP programming; Flash; Web 2.0 design
Amanda Hicks’s Experience
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Newsroom Technology Manager
Congressional Quarterly
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
I oversee projects related to the newsroom's editorial systems and all newsroom technology. The job serves as principal liaison for the newsroom with product development and IT staffs. The job also includes the assessment of newsroom technology needs and opportunities. I have experience with editorial production and database-driven web content management systems and news operations. The newsroom technology manager is called on to oversee technology needs as well as manage journalism-driven needs and projects.
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Home Page Editor
The Dallas Morning News/DallasNews.com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BLC; Media Production industry)
June 2007 — April 2008 (11 months)
Responsibilities included composing, editing, and posting breaking news and sports bulletins on the home page, and copying edits and posting staff and wire produced stories from various sources in appropriate content sections under deadline conditions. Must exhibit the highest standards of news judgment in selecting and posting Web content. Responsible for editing and posting headlines, photographs, links, graphics, interactive surveys and multimedia packages for news and sports.
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Online editor, ACE and programmer
ColumbiaMissourian.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
I posted daily and breaking news, taught reporters and editors how to use the Django system and integrated current newsroom operations with a content management system.
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Online editor
VoxMagazine.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2006 — January 2007 (6 months)
I redesigned and recoded VoxMagazine.com with a more social, Web 2.0, college-centric feel. It was made using Django, which was really exciting and simple.
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Convergence editor
KOMU.com
(Online Media industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
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Online intern
The Roanoke Times
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
In this job, I performed daily Web production and worked on special online projects.
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Squeaky-clean XHTML coder
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — May 2006 (10 months)
I helped with the redesign of the Journalism School's Web site (http://journalism.missouri.edu) and developed design interfaces for individual pages.
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Copy editor and reporter
The Baylor Lariat
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2004 — October 2004 (10 months)
I covered news events, edited copy and worked with page design.
Amanda Hicks’s Education
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University of Missouri-Columbia
MA , New Media/Convergence , 2005 — 2008
Completed my master's project about user choice online and interactivity, centered around uses and gratifications theory.
- Activities and Societies:
- National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting; Web producer for KOMU, an NBC affiliate; Web producer for KBIA, an NPR station; Web producer for The Columbia Missourian newspaper
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Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
BBA , Business-Journalism, Honors College , 2002 — 2005
Finished coursework in three years.
- Activities and Societies:
- Society of Professional Journalists, Honors College
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Amanda Hicks’s Interests:
new technology, blogs, photography, editing, interactivity, design
Amanda Hicks’s Groups:
Society of Professional Journalists
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Online News Association
Amanda Hicks’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
