JOHN CONVERSE TOWNSEND

7605 Marbury Road Bethesda, MD 20817 240.997.6412 jctowns@gmail.com

Objective Education

I aim to cover social innovations designed to solve pressing global issues with the latest data and trends to build an honest narrative as well as provide smart, analytical sports coverage from a unique perspective. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina BA in Sociology Minors: Social Entrepreneurship, City and Regional Planning GPA: 3.5

Fall 2005 Spring 2009

Experience

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public HQ in Rosslyn, VA Community Editor

Winter 2010-Present

Full-time journalist, editor, social media specialist with Ashoka and Ashoka Changemakers Participate in weekly media managers meetings and help to maintain editorial/media calendar Social media editor for an audience of more than 800,000 Work with clients and partners to plan and produce competition-related collateral Host of Ashoka's #SocEntChat, a Twitter-based chat on a range of social business topics Contributor to Ashoka's vertical on Forbes.com, Change in the Making

ESPN TrueHoop Network based out of Bristol, CT Credentialed reporter covering the NBA

Spring 2010-Present

Contributing editor at Truth About It.net, the TrueHoop Network's dedicated Washington Wizards site Plan yearly coverage for Truth About It and contribute to features like ESPN's #NBARank project Co-producer of Daily experience Relevant employmentDime Live chat and co-manger of Daily Dime Twitter accounts` Copywriter for IGNITEgood, a new initiative by the Heartfelt Foundation and The Huffington Post Consultant to Population Council (NYC) Writing has appeared on Fast Company.com, TriplePundit.com and 2nd Africa Conference on Sexual Skills and achievements
Health & Rights as well as featured on Above the Law, SI.com, Yahoo! Sports, The Guardian (UK) Previously: Contributor to Inc.com, blogger for Smart Growth America and memo writer at Calvert Social Investment Foundation (Board Investment Committee)

Provide live coverage of the NBA, ranging from regular season games to national events like the NBA Draft Lottery in Times Square, with text, video, and on-site social media coverage Contributor to ESPN.com at ESPN TrueHoop and the Daily Dime's Around the Association portal

General

Recognition by the UK's The Guardian as the best of the Web in October 2011 Writing featured in a 2011 Design Altruism Project photography exhibit Member of the American Planning Association Carolina Challenge, 2nd place winner in Social Entrepreneurship Tract (People's Choice Award winner) Languages: English, Spanish and basic French General: Windows, OSX, Microsoft Office, iMovie, Adobe Photoshop CS5, GarageBand, iPhoto Social media on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, Pinterest; tools like Hootsuite or TweetDeck Online content production in Drupal, WordPress, Blogger, Posterous, Tubmlr, basic HTML

Media and creative

Background and interests

The field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation which tackles challenges like hunger and poverty, with a focus on sustainable and scaleable solutions Making data digestible, whether new information on child mortality or advanced basketball statistics Reading, running, cooking, music, and team sports (I'm also PADI certified open water scuba diver) I grew up in three great capital cities and have traveled to more than 20 countries in search of adventure and understanding.