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JOHN L. HURT 2013 Granville Avenue, Bessemer, AL 35020 jh1225aca@westpost.

net - 205-862-0189 Qualifications Summary ---Skilled and dedicated Writer/Editor with more than 10 years' experience intervie wing, editing, and writing articles for print, broadcast, and web publication. * Responsible for the production and reporting of news and programming. * Oversees aspects of newsgathering, production and editing of stories. * Interacts with anchors, reporters, news assistants and technical staff in the process of taking stories from conception to air. * Write, edit and present stories on the air in a clear, concise and interesting fashion. Professional Experience --------------------Birmingham Barons, Inc., Hoover, Alabama 02/2008 - 06/2008 Writer (Internship) Spent college internship learning the operation of a minor league baseball team, including the operations, public/media relations, and logistics side of the bus iness. * Managed click/effects equipment that control scoreboard. * Prepared handouts, game notes, scores, and play-by-play information to print a nd broadcast media. * Wrote articles and organizational history for Birmingham Baron's media guide. * Assisted in planning and implementing of marketing and public relations projec ts. Birmingham Beauty & Fashion Magazine, Pelham, Alabama 02/2006 - 06/2006 Contributing Writer Contributed freelance writing skills to profiling businesses in a monthly fashio n magazine to help increase exposure, marketability and revenue. * Gather factual information by interviewing people and/or researching informati on using the library, Internet, government documents, archives and other vehicle s to write business articles. * Researched and analyzed information provided or collected by interviews or wri tten sources. Especially the history of the business and sales tracking figures . Naval Training Center, San Diego, California 03/1987 - 12/1991 Staff Writer * Gather factual information by interviewing people and/or researching informati on using the library, Internet, government documents, archives and other vehicle s to write articles. * Shoot photographs for newspaper publication and public relations events. * Assisted in planning and implementing marketing and public relations projects. (Continued Next Page)

JOHN L. HURT -_____________________________________________________________ Page Two San Diego Monitor, San Diego, California 01/1985 - 03/1987 News Editor/Writer * Gather factual information by interviewing people and/or researching informati on using the library, Internet, government documents, archives and other vehicle s to write articles. * Shoot photographs for newspaper publication and public relations events. * Assisted in planning and implementing marketing and public relations projects. * Brainstormed ideas with management to plan articles, improve budget, circulati on, and revenues through newspaper sales. * Supervised staff of beat reporters and freelance writers; edited and approved their articles for publication. San Diego Reader, San Diego, California 12/1982 - 12/1984 Writer/Proofreader * Wrote, edit, and proofread advertising copy from private and business clients. * Received advertising requests via telephone for classified ad section of newsp aper. United States Navy, San Diego, California - 12/1982 Military Journalist 12/1978

* Gather factual information by interviewing people for writing articles. * Write, edit, proofread, and layout articles for publication. * Shoot photographs for newspaper publication and public relations events. * Assisted in planning and implementing marketing and public relations projects. * Operated closed-circuit television station aboard ship to provide training, in formation, and entertainment for over 6,000 crewmembers. * Aired live TV programs of national/local news, sports, training, and entertain ment pieces. * Conducted shipboard tours for civilians, celebrities, and dignitaries at home and abroad. Educational Background ---------------------University of Alabama at Birmingham - Broadcast Communications/Management - GPA: 3.16 - 2010 * Gained over two years experience in broadcast journalism in the area of televi sion production and reporting of news and programming in-studio and in the field . * Planned, brainstormed and developed with team stories for newscasts. Wrote sc ripts for same. * Interacted with student anchors, reporters and technical staff in the process of taking stories from conception to live, on-air broadcast. * Copy edits scripts and reviews the final edited version of taped stories. * Practiced and critiqued shows to produce concise, error-free, and interesting programming. * Shot live footage in the field using portable cameras and lighting for televis ion production.

* Acted as on-air TV personality on some of the stories in programming. Skills Developed --------------------------Type 65 wpm. Computer applications: MS Office Suite, Mac OS, Basic HTML language , FinalCut Pro, Photoshop and web design. Social networks: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn.

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