Community Engagement Producer at Publish2
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Community Engagement Producer at Publish2
- Adviser at CoPress
- Co-administrator at Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists
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- Web Intern at The Dallas Morning News
- Summer Fellow at The Poynter Institute
- Editor at Large for Online and Multimedia at The Miami Hurricane
- Student Teaching Assistant at Beyond Bootcamp
- Metro Intern at The Miami Herald
- Editor in Chief at The Miami Hurricane
- Freelance Videographer at New America Media
- Metro Intern at Sun-Sentinel
- Reporting 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
- Cypress Bay High School
- Western High School
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Greg Linch’s Summary
I’m a storyteller who uses several platforms. With a background in writing and reporting, I’m as comfortable composing a 1,000-word in-depth story for print as I am shooting and editing a three-minute video for the Web. Or a 140-character update on Twitter.
I also have experience with audio, photography, Web design, online production, online community management and copyediting.
When reporting I don’t think, “How can I write a great story?” but instead, “How can I tell a great story?”
Greg Linch’s Specialties:
Writing, reporting and editing / Community management and engagement / Multimedia reporting (video, audio and photo) and editing (Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Soundtrack Pro, Audacity, Photoshop) / Blogging / Video livestreaming / Podcasting / Web production / Community management / Project management/ AP style / (X)HTML and CSS (hand-coded) / Slightly more than basic JavaScript / Basic Flash
Greg Linch’s Experience
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Community Engagement Producer
Publish2
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
I do various things. My primary areas include managing Wired Journalists and other social accounts and producing multimedia.
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Adviser
CoPress
(Non-Profit; Information Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Advise most aspects of the organization, in addition to:
- Produce, record, co-host and edit This Week In CoPress (February-March 2009) and This Week In CoPress Live podcast (April 2009, August 2009-present)
Led community development as community director and core team member through May 2009:
- Reached out to student news organizations regarding launching and hosting a new site with CoPress
- Managed social media accounts, such as Twitter and Facebook
- Occasionally lead calls and post updates on CoPress blog
- Help develop goals and ideas for the organization -
Co-administrator
Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Work with fellow co-administrator and TNTJ founder Dave Lee to:
- Moderate blog ring of young journalists
- Conceive topics
- Copy edit and approve posts
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Web Intern
The Dallas Morning News
(Public Company; AHC; Newspapers industry)
June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)
- Devised social media strategy and best practices, with my part focusing on general engagement
- Overhauled the online JFK page, building a new one with a JavaScript framework
- Built an HTML page that lists all the newsroom Twitter accounts
- Trained beatbloggers on how to use social media tools to engage and build community
- Trained other Web producers, business reporters, editorial page stuff and enterprise writers to use collaborative tools and techniques
- Helped produce the live online coverage of local American Idol tryouts for the feature section
- Occasionally report breaking and daily news
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Summer Fellow
The Poynter Institute
(Non-Profit; Newspapers industry)
May 2009 — May 2009 (1 month)
I attended the Poynter College Fellowship from May 17-29.
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Editor at Large for Online and Multimedia
The Miami Hurricane
(Non-Profit; Newspapers industry)
August 2008 — May 2009 (10 months)
- Advised online and multimedia production for TheMiamiHurricane.com
- Conducted video shooting and editing training sessions for staff
- Managed two Twitter accounts, using them to cover football games, a Barack Obama rally and other campus events by posting updates and photos with a mobile phone or laptop -
Student Teaching Assistant
Beyond Bootcamp
(Online Media industry)
January 2009 — January 2009 (1 month)
Assisted audio narratives workshop, Jan. 3-6. I assisted in the following:
- Teaching SoundtrackPro
- Identifying audio story ideas
- Editing narratives
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Metro Intern
The Miami Herald
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KRI; Newspapers industry)
May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)
- Wrote daily news and features stories
- Wrote breaking news for MiamiHerald.com
- Shot, edited and produced daily and non-daily video for MiamiHerald.com, metro and business sections
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Editor in Chief
The Miami Hurricane
(Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)
- Oversaw editorial print and online operations
- Managed an editorial staff of more than 100
- Implemented video reporting
- Emphasized breaking news online
- Planned and oversaw creation of a new Web site, which launched in August 2008
The Hurricane received the following awards during my term as editor:
- First Place, Online News Reporting, National Mark of Excellence Awards for coverage of GOP debate
- First Place, Best Web site, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award
- Finalist, Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Award
- Second Place, Best Overall Non-Daily Newspaper, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award
- Gold Medalist, Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Past positions
- News editor
- Assistant news editor
- News reporter
- Sports writer
- Arts/entertainment writer
Other roles:
- Page designer
- Copy editor
- Photographer
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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.
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Reporting Intern
Forum Publishing Group
(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. I also took photos to go with some of my stories.
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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
In addition to the core (required) journalism classes, I have taken:
- Online video journalism (emphasis on documentary style)
- Seminar in visual storytelling (focus on standards for multimedia journalism)
- Seminar in visual storytelling (focus on content gathering and editing)
- Web production
- Interactive storytelling
- Online journalism
- In-depth reporting for convergent media- Activities and Societies:
- I am a member of
-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
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Cypress Bay High School
2002 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- The Circuit student newspaper, National Honor Society, English Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Model United Nations
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Western High School
2001 — 2002
Additional Information
Greg Linch’s Interests:
Breaking and general news reporting, multimedia storytelling, online journalism, blogging, in-depth reporting, social networking
Greg Linch’s Groups:
Society of Professional Journalists, Online News Association, Society for News Design, 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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University of Miami (FL) School of Communication
Greg Linch’s Honors:
College Journalist of the Year, Sunshine State Awards, South Florida SPJ Pro Chapter (2009)
Outstanding senior in the School of Communication, Univ. of Miami (2009)
Outstanding senior in Journalism, Univ. of Miami (2009)
UWIRE 100: Twice named one of the top 100 student journalists in the country (2008, 2009)
First Place, Online News Reporting, "The GOP Forum" Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Award, Greg Linch and The Miami Hurricane staff (2007)
Best Affiliated Web site, TheMiamiHurricane.com, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award (2007)
First Place, General News Reporting for two-part series on faculty housing, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award (2005-2006)
Honorable Mention, Feature Writing, Florida College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, in-depth profile of baseball coach Jim Morris (2007)
President's Honor Roll, Provost's Honor Roll, Dean's List
Greg Linch’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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