Metro Intern at The Miami Herald
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
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- Metro Intern at The Miami Herald
- Student at University of Miami
- Past
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- Editor in Chief at The Miami Hurricane
- Freelance Videographer at New America Media
- Metro Intern at Sun-Sentinel
- Intern at Forum Publishing Group
- Freelance Writer at The Miami Herald
- Free Spirit Scholar at Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholar and Conference Program
- Education
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- University of Miami
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Greg Linch’s Summary
My first experience with journalism came as a high school sophomore, reporting for the Cypress Bay High School newspaper, The Circuit. I pioneered the layout editor position the next year and served as managing editor as a senior.
Since then, I have freelanced for The Miami Herald Neighbors section, interned at Forum Publishing Group, interned at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and contributed as a freelance correspondent to a St. Petersburg Times story on student loans.
I currently work as a local news intern at The Miami Herald in Broward.
My experience with online journalism includes creating The Circuit's first Web site, creating a personal site, contributing to a class travel blog while studying abroad in China, contributing to an intern blog at the Sun-Sentinel and creating a personal blog about journalism called The Linchpen (www.greglinch.com).
I have done multimedia work for The Miami Hurricane, my blog and some of my classes. I have worked as a freelance videographer for New America Media.
My goal is a work as a reporter/online journalist after I graduate in May 2009.
Greg Linch’s Specialties:
Writing and reporting (news, features, sports, entertainment), editing, blogging, AP style, Web content management, multimedia reporting (photo, audio, video), video editing (Final Cut Pro and iMovie), audio editing (Audacity and Soundtrack Pro), photo editing (Photoshop), page layout (InDesign), community management (e.g. Ning)
Greg Linch’s Experience
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Metro Intern
The Miami Herald
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KRI; Newspapers industry)
May 2008 — Present (3 months)
Write daily news and features stories
Write breaking news for MiamiHerald.com
Shoot and edit video for MiamiHerald.com
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Student
University of Miami
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — Present (3 years)
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Editor in Chief
The Miami Hurricane
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)
Oversee all editorial print and Web content for The Miami Hurricane student newspaper at the University of Miami (FL) from August 2007 to May 2008.
Served previously as
- News editor (August 2006 to May 2007)
- Assistant news editor (January to May 2006)
Other past positions include
- News reporter
- Sports writer
- Arts/entertainment writer and theater critic
Other roles
- Page designer
- Copy editor
- Photographer
- Videographer
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Freelance Videographer
New America Media
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)
Worked as a freelance videographer at an April 12 town hall-style meeting about issues affecting low-income communities.
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Metro Intern
Sun-Sentinel
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Worked as a summer metro intern out of the south office covering four municipalities as my beats: Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Park and West Park. Contributed to an intern blog, called "My First Job."
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Intern
Forum Publishing Group
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)
Interned at the Jewish Journal, a weekly newspaper serving the tricounty Jewish community. Wrote a cover story for Shalom Today, a weekly supplement distributed with the Sun-Sentinel and delivered to congregations in the tri-county area.
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Freelance Writer
The Miami Herald
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KRI; Newspapers industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
Wrote feature stories for the Broward Neighbors section. My articles appeared in the Sunday edition of the twice-weekly section.
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Free Spirit Scholar
Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholar and Conference Program
(Newspapers industry)
March 2005 — March 2005 (1 month)
Recognized as a Free Spirit for work in journalism as a high school senior and selected as male representative from Florida. Attended the conference hosted for all 102 winners, two from each state and the District of Columbia, from March 21-24, 2005.
Greg Linch’s Education
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University of Miami
Undergraduate, Majors: Journalism and Political Science; Minor: Spanish, 2005 — 2009 (expected)
In addition to traditional print journalism classes, I have taken the following:
- In-Depth Reporting for Convergent Media
- Online Journalism
- Interactive Storytelling- Activities and Societies:
- -Society of Professional Journalists
-Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
-Golden Key International Honour Society
-Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society
-Alpa Lambda Delta Freshmen Honor Society
Additional Information
Greg Linch’s Websites:
Greg Linch’s Interests:
Breaking and general news reporting, in-depth reporting, online journalism, multimedia reporting, blogging, social networking
Greg Linch’s Groups:
Society of Professional Journalists, Online News Association, Florida College Press Association, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Freshmen Honor Society
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SPJ Scripps Leadership Institute member -
HARO--Help A Reporter Out member
Greg Linch’s Honors:
UWIRE 100: Named one of the top 100 student journalists in the country (2008)
Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Award: National Winner, Online News Reporting, "The GOP Forum" (2007)
Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award: Best Affiliated Web site, TheMiamiHurricane.com (2007)
Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award: First Place General News Reporting for two-part series on faculty housing (2005-2006)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel High School Journalist Awards (2004-2005) First place columnist and third place editorial writer
President's Honor Roll, Provost's Honor Roll, Dean's List
Cypress Bay High School Silver Knight Award nominee for Journalism (2004-2005)
Merit-Based Scholarships: Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship, Presidential Freedom Scholarship, Florida Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholars award, Henry King Stanford scholarship
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