Multimedia editor at The Baltimore Sun
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Multimedia editor at The Baltimore Sun
- Past
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- Night news editor at The Baltimore Sun
- News copy editor/slot at The Baltimore Sun
- News copy editor/slot at The Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Sports desk intern at The Virginian-Pilot
- Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern at The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Education
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- University of South Carolina-Columbia
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Mary Hartney’s Summary
Mary Hartney’s Specialties:
Social media, breaking news, blogging and microblogging, video and audio production, photography, editing.
Mary Hartney’s Experience
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Multimedia editor
The Baltimore Sun
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Act as liaison between print and Web newsrooms. Manage breaking news flow to Web site. Work with 60+ bloggers to manage and increase traffic to 40+ blogs. Produce videos and audio. Create and grow social media presence for newspaper.
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Night news editor
The Baltimore Sun
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
July 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Led copy, design and news desks nightly and managed coverage of breaking news. Helped determine front-page lineup and presentation and ensured its accuracy. Managed pageflow and production and acted as liaison between newsroom and printing plant. Organized rollout of new page-approval system, which created production efficiencies.
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News copy editor/slot
The Baltimore Sun
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
August 2005 — July 2006 (1 year)
Worked as supervising editor for zoned suburban sections and first-read editor for A-section and metro section copy.
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News copy editor/slot
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
December 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 9 months)
Worked as first-read and supervising editor on international, national, state and local articles, as well as on business and entertainment copy. Created and ran style council. Served on newsroom-wide diversity and ethics committees, including young-readers initiative. Helped redesign A-section pages, including creation of a news digest.
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Sports desk intern
The Virginian-Pilot
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2003 — December 2003 (7 months)
Copy edited staff and wire articles and columns nightly. Scanned wires to choose and compile items for briefs column and league roundups. Helped edit college football and NFL preview sections. Designed inside pages.
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Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern
The Philadelphia Inquirer
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2002 — August 2002 (3 months)
Copy edited on metro desk as paper’s first Dow Jones intern. Attended two-week Dow Jones editing seminar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and participated in sessions on law, ethics and editing.
Mary Hartney’s Education
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University of South Carolina-Columbia
B.A., Print journalism, Spanish, 1999 — 2003
Served as editor in chief of student newspaper for two semesters. Managed more than 80 staffers and coordinated budgeting. Researched and restructured editorial board’s endorsement process. Increased traffic to paper’s Web site and subscriptions to online newsletter. Streamlined deadline process. Helped design reporting beats and oversaw transition to digital photography department and electronic transfer to printer. Paper won collegiate division’s best overall award for 2002 from South Carolina Press Association. Previously served as university news editor and reporter.
- Activities and Societies:
- The Gamecock student newspaper, Garnet & Black student magazine, The Carolina Reporter j-school newspaper, teaching assistant for copy editing course, co-founder of field hockey team, Phi Beta Kappa.
Additional Information
Mary Hartney’s Websites:
Mary Hartney’s Groups:
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University of South Carolina Alumni Network
Mary Hartney’s Honors:
Virginia Press Association, first place for special projects.
University's outstanding senior award, University of South Carolina.
J. Rion McKissick Award, University of South Carolina.
Mary Hartney’s Contact Settings
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