Sam Nissen

Current

• Marketing Communications Specalist at LinkShare Corporation

Past

• Business reporter at Keys Sunday -- Keynoter
• Various management, production, editing and reporting positions at Indiana Daily Student
• Hoosier State Press Association Intern at Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

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Education

• Indiana University Bloomington
• Westfield High School

Connections

99 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Company

Sam Nissen’s Summary

Sam Nissen’s Specialties:

Affiliate & Web Marketing
Web Design
Adobe Suite
Reporting (Print, Web & Broadcast)

Sam Nissen’s Experience

• Marketing Communications Specalist

  LinkShare Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• Business reporter

  Keys Sunday -- Keynoter

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  June 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  I wrote news stories, took photos and reported for the local TV affiliate, focusing on business news, consumer affairs and local economics.

• Various management, production, editing and reporting positions

  Indiana Daily Student

  (Newspapers industry)

  August 2003 — June 2007 (3 years 11 months)

  I held various positions at the Indiana Daily Student, the nation's best daily collegiate paper. I largely focused on training those below me -- from reporters to paginators -- to think critically about the dissemination of the news in addition presenting the news in interesting and clean ways.

• Hoosier State Press Association Intern

  Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

  (Newspapers industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Business/metro reporting intern for a 27,000-circulation daily paper in Fort Wayne, Ind. Examples of work interviewing Senators, personality features, ethanol production growth in Indiana and in-depth analysis of coal's future in Indiana

Sam Nissen’s Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  2003 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Indiana Daily Student, founded international fraternity Tau Tau Tau

• Westfield High School

  1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Founded Athletic Fan Club, elected Student Body Vice President, Editor of the School Paper, played Lacrosse, Key Club

Additional Information

Sam Nissen’s Websites:

• My Company

Sam Nissen’s Interests:

Social networking, internet marketing, information dissemination, media technology, consumer reporting, web design

Sam Nissen’s Honors:

College Media Advisers Best of Collegiate Design -- 5th place: Best Photo Spread, Columbia Scholastic Press Association -- Gold Circle Design honorable mention