Assistant online editor at Lexington Herald-Leader
Lexington, Kentucky Area
- Current
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- Assistant online editor at Lexington Herald-Leader
- Past
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- Online reporter at Lexington Herald-Leader
- Copy editor/designer at Lexington Herald-Leader
- Freelance book reviewer at Publishers Weekly magazine
- Religion writer at Lexington Herald-Leader
- Education
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- Moody Bible Institute
- Connections
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Todd Van Campen’s Summary
• 15 years of journalism experience, including two years in online publishing as an award-winning writer, editor and online content producer and editor.
• Experience with multimedia software and Web development tools: Skills include CSS and HTML, Goldwave (audio editing software), Soundslides (slideshow program), Photoshop, Wordpress (content-management system), Adobe Acrobat Professional, Google mashups, and mastery of two newspaper-specific Web-publishing platforms.
• Strong writing and language skills: Won awards as both copy editor and reporter.
• Effective collaboration/project management: Worked with designers, photographers and reporters in co-creating and administrating Kentucky.com’s Kentucky Derby site, contributing to a doubling of the site’s Derby day audience from 2007 to 2008: (54,759 readers to 127,798 readers); led Derby coverage online in 2009 (http://tiny.cc/fO4BK); planned, coordinated and launched tourist-oriented LexGo Guide (http://tiny.cc/ZAbdf); produced Web coverage of 2009 Boys' Sweet Sixteen basketball tournament (http://tiny.cc/QeLNl).
Todd Van Campen’s Specialties:
• Introduced Kentucky.com to Wordpress blogging software, launched 11 blogs, and trained reporters to become bloggers; blogs have drawn 762,271 page views since February 2007.
• Co-created and administrated Kentucky.com’s Kentucky Derby site, contributing to a doubling of the site’s Derby day audience from 2007 to 2008: (54,759 readers to 127,798 readers)
Todd Van Campen’s Experience
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Assistant online editor
Lexington Herald-Leader
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Create Web pages, train newspaper staff in blogging and Web publishing, launch/manage blogs, edit and post stories online, and help administrate the newspaper’s Web content. Experience with Wordpress.
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Online reporter
Lexington Herald-Leader
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Developed strategies for presenting newspaper staff’s work online, including photo, video and blogs. Wrote news stories.
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Copy editor/designer
Lexington Herald-Leader
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2000 — July 2006 (6 years)
Wrote headlines and edited national and local news and feature stories. Designed national and local news pages using Quark Express.
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Freelance book reviewer
Publishers Weekly magazine
(Publishing industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years)
Evaluated 25+ evangelical Christian books by various authors. Wrote reviews providing critical summary and recommendations for an audience of national booksellers.
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Religion writer
Lexington Herald-Leader
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
October 1997 — July 2000 (2 years 10 months)
Wrote news and feature stories and a column covering local religious events.
Todd Van Campen’s Education
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Moody Bible Institute
Bachelor's , Bible and theology , 1989 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- Men's Glee Club (choir), yearbook
Additional Information
Todd Van Campen’s Websites:
Todd Van Campen’s Interests:
Bicycling; building, repairing and remodeling around the house; playing and reading with my children.
Todd Van Campen’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
