Nick Belardes

Current

• Writer/Blogger at thenervousbreakdown.com
• Managing Editor at ABC News/McGraw Hill/Internet Broadcasting Services
• Writer at Noveltown

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Past

• Creative Director/Blogger at ProSoft Technology

Education

• California State University-Bakersfield

Recommended

9 people have recommended Nick

Connections

59 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website
• MySpace
• ABC23 Bakersfield

Nick Belardes’s Summary

• Managing Editor - ABC affiliate site (ABC23/KERO). Also for ABC: two on-air news segments/day, Nick 2.0 blog, write original news/reporting, mini-documentaries (film, edit), manage YouTube/MySpace sites.

• Writer for Indie press/media company with popular media blog.

• Writer for LA lit blog site.

Nick Belardes’s Specialties:

media, competitive strategist, blogging, video blogging, ad design, photography, citizen journalism

Nick Belardes’s Experience

• Writer/Blogger

  thenervousbreakdown.com

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

• Managing Editor

  ABC News/McGraw Hill/Internet Broadcasting Services

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Managing Editor for ABC news in Bakersfield, CA. Includes Azteca Television site as well. Populate ABC news site with articles, photos, videos, slideshows. Write news stories; grow digitial media strategies that includes multimedia, blogging and social networking. Won "Best Web Video" from Kern Press Club in 2008 for video promoting music event: filmed, edited.

• Writer

  Noveltown

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  February 2004 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  • Writer/designer for Indie press/media company with media blog that gets over 3000 visitors per day
  
  • Editor of The Noveltown Review magazine
  
  "Paperback Writer is by far my new favorite... I am so impressed with the loyalty of its readers and the conversation Paperback Writer generates. So good for books."
  - Erin Hosier, The Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner Literary Agency
  
  "Bakersfield's most beloved/hated media gadfly."
  - Matt Munoz Bakotopia (www.bakotopia.com)
  
  "The Paris of the Central Valley."
  - Malcolm Margolin Heyday Books (www.heydaybooks.com)
  
  "Fiesty. Engaging. Never dull."
  - Susan Henderson LitPark (www.litpark.com)
  
  "...most important blog in Kern County."
  - Howard Owens, former VP/Interactive, the Bakersfield Californian
  (www.howardowens.com)

Nick Belardes’s Education

• California State University-Bakersfield

  1991 — 1996

Additional Information

Nick Belardes’s Websites:

• My Website
• MySpace
• ABC23 Bakersfield

Nick Belardes’s Interests:

corporate blogging, blogging, citizen journalism, media, marketing, strategic marketing, ad development, photography, product photography, Indie publishing, small press, books, novels, magazines, automation, industrial automation

Nick Belardes’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch