Resume
Melissa Wylie
[email protected]
__________________________________________________________________
Experience
Bizwomen, Reporter | September 2015 – Present
Reporting on national issues relating to women in business, aggregated and original online content, newsletter and social media management
· Dallas Business Journal, Editorial Intern | May – July 2015
Comprehensive reporting for web and print, business intelligence research
· Denton Record-Chronicle, Business News Intern | January – May 2015
Local business and general news reporting, writing features, briefs and blog posts
· North Texas Daily, Editor-in-chief | August – December 2014
Head of a 35-person staff, hiring and salary decisions, social media management, editing, design and layout
· Fort Worth Weekly, Intern | May – August 2014
In-depth reporting, writing news features, photographing stories, copy editing
· The Dallas Morning News, Breaking News Intern | January – May 2014
Writing news briefs and feature stories, on-site reporting, covering local beats, identifying and researching story ideas
· North Texas Daily, Managing Editor | January – May 2014
Editing and assigning news stories, design and layout, staff management
· North Texas Daily, Assigning Editor | August – December 2013
· Starbucks Coffee Company, Barista | September 2010 – December 2013
Customer service, collaboration with coworkers, high-pressure work environment
Education
· Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas | December 2014
Bachelor’s of Arts in Journalism, double minor in English and Social Sciences, graduated Magna Cum Laude
· Collin College, McKinney, Texas | May 2012
Associate of Arts, graduated Magna Cum Laude, President’s List
· Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas | June 2010
Graduated Cum Laude, with honors
Achievements
Mayborn School of Journalism Outstanding Print and Digital News Student, 2014
Texas Press Association Community Leadership Award scholarship recipient, 2014
David T. Lane / Belo Corp. Scholar, 2014
First Place, On-Site Radio News Writing, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, 2014
LynDee Stephens Integrity Journalism Award, 2013
Member of Academic Honor Societies Phi Theta Kappa and Tau Sigma
Skills
DSLR photography; InDesign, Photoshop and Premier Pro; online multimedia projects; seven years experience in
theatre arts, including an internship with Collin College Theatre Program in 2010
[email protected]
__________________________________________________________________
Experience
Bizwomen, Reporter | September 2015 – Present
Reporting on national issues relating to women in business, aggregated and original online content, newsletter and social media management
· Dallas Business Journal, Editorial Intern | May – July 2015
Comprehensive reporting for web and print, business intelligence research
· Denton Record-Chronicle, Business News Intern | January – May 2015
Local business and general news reporting, writing features, briefs and blog posts
· North Texas Daily, Editor-in-chief | August – December 2014
Head of a 35-person staff, hiring and salary decisions, social media management, editing, design and layout
· Fort Worth Weekly, Intern | May – August 2014
In-depth reporting, writing news features, photographing stories, copy editing
· The Dallas Morning News, Breaking News Intern | January – May 2014
Writing news briefs and feature stories, on-site reporting, covering local beats, identifying and researching story ideas
· North Texas Daily, Managing Editor | January – May 2014
Editing and assigning news stories, design and layout, staff management
· North Texas Daily, Assigning Editor | August – December 2013
· Starbucks Coffee Company, Barista | September 2010 – December 2013
Customer service, collaboration with coworkers, high-pressure work environment
Education
· Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas | December 2014
Bachelor’s of Arts in Journalism, double minor in English and Social Sciences, graduated Magna Cum Laude
· Collin College, McKinney, Texas | May 2012
Associate of Arts, graduated Magna Cum Laude, President’s List
· Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas | June 2010
Graduated Cum Laude, with honors
Achievements
Mayborn School of Journalism Outstanding Print and Digital News Student, 2014
Texas Press Association Community Leadership Award scholarship recipient, 2014
David T. Lane / Belo Corp. Scholar, 2014
First Place, On-Site Radio News Writing, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association, 2014
LynDee Stephens Integrity Journalism Award, 2013
Member of Academic Honor Societies Phi Theta Kappa and Tau Sigma
Skills
DSLR photography; InDesign, Photoshop and Premier Pro; online multimedia projects; seven years experience in
theatre arts, including an internship with Collin College Theatre Program in 2010