Suzanne Yada

Current

Vice chairwoman at CoPress
Web intern at Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Reporter at Spartan Daily

Student at San Jose State University
Social media strategist and steering committee member at The Public Press

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Past

Managing editor at Global Media Initiative
Intern at Public Press
Copy editor at Gannett

Copy Editor at Visalia Times-Delta
Proofreader / Pre-press operator at Premier Color Graphics, Inc.

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Education

San Jose State University
College of the Sequoias

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Connections

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Industry

Newspapers

Suzanne Yada’s Summary

* I am a social media strategist and steering committee member at The Public Press, a nonprofit noncommercial news outlet in San Francisco. I help in many aspects of the organization, including devising a plan for social media integration, helping with business and strategic planning, blogging, and designing marketing and fundraising materials.

* I have assisted the Society of Professional Journalists NorCal chapter in putting on events, designing marketing materials and using social media to gather comments from the public.

* I am a copy editor for SHiFT, a San Jose State University-based magazine distributed to social entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley.

* I was the managing editor for the Global Media Initiative, a group of 20 SJSU students who traveled to London and Paris in March 2009 to gain international reporting experience.

* I blog for San Jose Metblogs, a network of hyperlocal blogs.

* I am an active Twitterer and have been named one of the top 10 journalists on Twitter by prominent blogger Mark Luckie at 10,000 Words.

* I have worked as a copy editor and designer for three years at the Visalia Times-Delta, a daily newspaper in Central California. That job also included uploading to the Web, managing online comments and editing a videocast for about two months.

* I was editor-in-chief of The Campus, the weekly newspaper for College of the Sequoias, as well as The Truth Xposed, a Visalia-based youth magazine dedicated to giving at-risk youth a creative outlet.

* I was a volunteer for a nonprofit low-power radio station in Visalia and hosted, scripted and edited my own radio show.

* I was a proofreader and pre-press operator for three years at a print shop in Visalia.

Suzanne Yada’s Specialties:

Copy editing, news design, social media, branding, logo creation

Suzanne Yada’s Experience

Vice chairwoman

CoPress

(Newspapers industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

I serve as vice chairwoman on the board of directors
Web intern

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal

(Newspapers industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)
Reporter

Spartan Daily

(Educational Institution; Newspapers industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Student

San Jose State University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Studying journalism with an emphasis in magazines and a minor in business
Social media strategist and steering committee member

The Public Press

(Newspapers industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )
Managing editor

Global Media Initiative

(Newspapers industry)

February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)
Intern

Public Press

(Newspapers industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
Copy editor

Gannett

(Newspapers industry)

2004 — 2008 (4 years )
Copy Editor

Visalia Times-Delta

(Public Company; V; Financial Services industry)

2004 — 2008 (4 years )
Proofreader / Pre-press operator

Premier Color Graphics, Inc.

(Printing industry)

August 1999 — July 2002 (3 years )

Suzanne Yada’s Education

San Jose State University

BS , Journalism / Business minor , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

Activities and Societies:

Entrepreneurial Society
College of the Sequoias

Associates , Journalism , 2002 — 2004