The World Youth Bowling Championships are in Orlando this year, and of course your blogger/unusual sport extraordinaire writer Woody Wommack was on the scene. Here's the preview article I wrote for Saturday's Orlando Sentinel.
I'm a 25 year old freelance sports journalist that lives in Orlando, FL. I recently graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF), but I was born and raised in Cottage Grove, Ore. I currently cover the NFL, the NBA, outdoor sports and high school sports. On this blog you can find my resume, my latest clips and some behind the story notes on my latest work.
Objective: To obtain a full-time sports writing position at a daily newspaper.
Experience:Sports Freelancer, Various Publications, December 2007-Present
·Articles published in the Orlando Sentinel, Seminole Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, St. Petersburg Times, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Raleigh News-Observer, Baton Rouge Advocate, Alexandria (Va.) Times, Florida Today, Gainesville Sun, Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle, Gwinnett (Ga.) Daily Post and at CSTV.com and Yahoo.com.
Sports Intern, Orlando Sentinel, August 2007-December 2007
·Covered local high school sports, writing a minimum of three stories per week. Covered the Orlando Magic, college football and action sports.
Community Blogger, Orlando Sentinel, March 2007-Present
·Responsible for formulating content for a quarterly Christian magazine with a circulation of 45,000.
Reporting Intern, Orlando Business Journal, May-August 2007
·Wrote 18 business stories that were published over a 12-week period.
Contributing Writer, Insidehoops.com, May-August 2007; December 2007-Present
·Covered the Orlando Magic, the Orlando Pre-Draft Camp and the Pepsi Pro Summer League. Interviewed NBA players such as Greg Oden, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and Brandon Roy.
Staff Writer, Central Florida Future, August 2006-August 2007; January 2008-March 2008
·Over 75 articles published.
Sports Reporter/Talk Show Host, Aquarius Broadcasting 7 Network, July 2003-January 2005
Covered and reported on sports teams such as the Orlando Magic, Jacksonville Jaguars, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Also hosted and produced a weekly call-in sports radio show.
Sports Writer, Cottage Grove Sentinel, September 2001-September 2002
·Wrote one story a week about community sports.
Education: ·B.A., Journalism, expected May 2008, University of Central Florida
Skills: ·Experienced with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, TypePad and WordPress blogger software and CCI.
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