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GENERAL

Stephanie Rosenblatt

3958 NW 57 Street

Coconut Creek, FL 33073

showriter4 (at) gmail.com

EDUCATION

August 2004 - present

University of Florida

Major: Journalism
Minor: Business
Current GPA: 3.71
Bachelors of Science in Journalism, Cum Laude, May 2007

August 2000 - June 2004

Coral Springs High School

SAT Score: 1480

Unweighted / Weighted GPA: 3.976 / 4.9989

FREELANCE JOBS

December 2006

Raiders: Triumph Through Tragedy

The Palm Beach Post

Multimedia documentary: Training in Final Cut Pro, edited multiple video segments

August - September 2006

Road Trip: Where's Jane?

The Miami Herald

Flash package following Travel Editor Jane Wooldridge across the U.S.; daily interactive web votes, videos, photo galleries, tracking map

EXPERIENCE

August 2006 -- Present

Webmaster -- Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project

Complete behind-the-scenes redesign of the database website for launch in late 2007. Working with Perl, Mason files and AJAX. Also updating pages and tweaking design in current form as needed.

August 2006 -- March 2006

UF Florda FlyIns Program

Travelled to Ecuador with 14 other journalism students for 9 days as a multimedia reporter. Developed a Flash package in fall, then developed the Website in spring.

May 2006 -- August 2006

Multimedia / Special Projects Intern -- The Miami Herald

Produce Flash interfaces and independent web pages, develop and edit audio, video and other multimedia for web versions of long-term reporting projects.

Related clips:

March 2006 -- December 2006

Webmaster -- see the web page for details on each.

Golden Key International Honors Society -- UF Chapter

Human Rights Awareness on Campus, Inc.

UF Undergraduate Philosophy Society

August 2005 - February 2006

Copy Desk Chief -- The Independent Florida Alligator

Head of sports copy desk. Manage copy editors and review / edit final Adobe layouts for printing.

Stringer -- The Independent Florida Alligator

Occasional reporting assigned by the news desk.
(See the articles page for links to stories.)

January 2005 -- April 2005

Copy Editor -- The Independent Florida Alligator

Copy editing, fact/accuracy checking, writing headlines for Sports department.

January 2005 - April 2005

Study Guide Developer -- GatorNotes

Outline and write complete course study guide for University of Florida's BSC2010 (Integrated Principles of Biology) course.

January 2003 - August 2004

Administrative Assistant / Travel Agent -- Hillsboro Travel Agency

Correspond event details with cruise lines, create client database, sell air / cruise tickets and manage income record books.

August 2003 - June 2004

Editor-in-Chief -- The Chronicle, Coral Springs High School

Compile / assign stories, write articles, edit, layout pages, train incoming writers and editors, communicate with advertisers.

SKILLS

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Microsoft: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Adobe: Acrobat, Audition, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign (basics), GoLive, Photoshop
Video Editing: Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, iMovie
Other: QuarkXPress 6.5, GoldWave, Soundslides, Slideshow Pro, various Content Management Systems
Web Design: XHTML / CSS, JavaScript, comprehension of PHP, MySQL, Perls
Typing Speed: 75+ wpm

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Proficient in English and Spanish.

ORGANIZATIONS

March 2006 - Present

Golden Key Honors Society

Director: Webmaster, active service member

November 2005 - Present

Human Rights Awareness on Campus, Inc.

Webmaster / web designer

Present

Undergraduate Philosophy Society

President

August 2005 - April 2006

Vice President

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

Elmer Ewig Award for Professional Promise

UF College of Journalism and Communications, 2007

Rachel B. Lowenstein Scholarship

UF College of Journalism and Communications

Bright Futures' Academic Scholars Program

State of Florida

Summer Journalism Institute at UF Scholarship

Culpepper Journalism Foundation