Chuck McShane

Current

• Sports copy editor at The Herald

Past

• Design editor at Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group
• Copy editor/designer at The Herald
• Copy editor/designer Independent-Tribune at Media General

• Clerk-reporter/part-time sports copy editor at The Charlotte Observer
• Freelance sports writer, intern at The Fayetteville Observer

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Chuck McShane’s Summary

All-purpose journalist with reporting, editing, graphic design, video and online experience. Proficient in Quark and Adobe Creative Suite 3. Experience with Drupal-based content management systems and iLife video- and audio-editing programs. Can shoot video.

Chuck McShane’s Specialties:

Sports design, copy-editing, wire-editing, updating Web sites with an eye for driving traffic.

Chuck McShane’s Experience

• Sports copy editor

  The Herald

  (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

  Edit and design sports pages. Update Web site overnight to ensure prominent display of latest local news to drive early-morning traffic.

• Design editor

  Carolina Weekly Newspaper Group

  (Newspapers industry)

  July 2008 — December 2008 (6 months)

  Designed three weekly newspapers.

• Copy editor/designer

  The Herald

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

  July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Edited copy, designed news section fronts and inside pages. Edited stories for content and supervised reporters on Saturdays.

• Copy editor/designer Independent-Tribune

  Media General

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; MEG; Newspapers industry)

  September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)

  Led universal copy desk from 8 p.m. to midnight. Edited stories and designed news and sports fronts. Posted stories, photos and other items to Web site. Directed creation of in-house stylebook.

• Clerk-reporter/part-time sports copy editor

  The Charlotte Observer

  (Public Company; MNI; Newspapers industry)

  October 2003 — September 2006 (3 years)

  Worked various positions and performed duties ranging from compiling briefs, writing news stories and copy-editing sports stories.

• Freelance sports writer, intern

  The Fayetteville Observer

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  June 2001 — August 2006 (5 years 3 months)

Chuck McShane’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  MPA , Urban Management and Policy (in progress) , 2009 — 2011 (expected)

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  M.A. , History , 2005 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  Part-time research assistant for historian John David Smith, 2005-2007; contributor to Encyclopedia of Ireland and the Americas (ABC-CLIO, 2008).

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  B.A. , History , 2000 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  University Times staff member.

Additional Information

Chuck McShane’s Websites:

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Chuck McShane’s Groups:

American Copy Editors Society

•    Linked Journalists
•    STET: Professional Copy Editors
•    McClatchy Alumni

Chuck McShane’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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