Brandon M.

Schatsiek 1327 Oak Leaf Lane

Washington, IL 61571
Convergence Journalist 309-370-9759
bschatsiek@gmail.com
www.brandonschatsiek.com
Education:
University of Missouri Class of 2010 GPA: 3.6
-Bachelor of Journalism in Convergence
-Minor in Religious Studies

Journalism Experience:
Communications Intern; World Vision Summer 2010 Convergence Editor; Columbia Missourian Spring 2009
-Traveled around West Virginia taking photos, writing stories and -Weekly shifts at the newspaper where I helped students think
shooting and editing videos for mission teams working with the about ways to add multimedia to their print stories. Also helped
non-profit organization World Vision. edit students’ video and audio slideshows for publication.

Graphics Reporter; Columbia Missourian 2009-2010 Mizzou Sports Coverage; KMOV-St. Louis 2008
-Weekly shifts at the newspaper where I researched and executed -My job was to come up with text story ideas regarding the sports
graphics requests on the health and science beat. Completed two teams at Mizzou. I wrote several stories on the football and
full-page graphics and interactive Flash graphics. basketball teams and produced a couple of picture slideshows.

Daily News Intern; Boulder Daily Camera Summer 2009 Sports Writer and Editor; The Harbinger 2006-2007
-Worked as full-time staff reporter writing features, live event -Selected to the position at Illinois Central College’s newspaper
coverage, business profiles, science stories, and others. Filmed by Peoria Journal Star editors. Wrote and edited sports and news
and edited several supplemental video pieces. stories for the weekly student-run newspaper.

Recipient of Peoria Journal Star Newspaper in Education Scholarship 2006

Adobe Illustrator
Skill Level: High
-Used Illustrator producing graphics for my
classes and shifts at the Missourian. Learned
the CS3 and CS4 versions of the program in
graphics class.
Skills:
Avid Media Composer
Skill Level: Medium
-Produced several videos using Avid for my
reporting class. Didn’t have any formal
training on the program, but instead taught
myself with help from other classmates.
Adobe Dreamweaver
Skill Level: Medium
-Took an online XHTML coding class and
taught myself Dreamweaver when building
my own website as a place to store my clips
and show that I know how to create a website.

Adobe Photoshop Soundslides Audacity

Skill Level: Medium Skill Level: High Skill Level: Medium
-Took a photojournalism class at school -Throughout my reporting and editing classes -During my reporting class I worked on a
and learned basic to intermediate I was able to produce several different audio couple of radio stories with Audacity and also
photography and Photoshop skills. slideshows using Audacity and Soundslides. used it to produce several audio slideshows.

Final Cut Express Adobe Flash Microsoft Access

Skill Level: Medium
-Produced videos for my editing class and
my internships with World Vision and
Boulder Daily Camera. Didn’t have formal
training on the program, but instead had to
teach myself.
Skill Level: Medium
-Took an online Flash Authoring class
at school. Produced several Flash graphics
for the Missourian and World Vision. Had
to teach myself most of the program because
it was an online class.
Skill Level: Medium
-Took a computer assisted reporting class
and have experience performing many
different queries for different stories. For the
final project I used Access and performed a
series of queries to investigate story ideas.

Extra Curriculars:
Co-President of Outreach/Mission
Big Brothers Dean’s Honors University of Missouri
Invisible Children: Coordinator of campus
Big Sisters List College Cycling Team
Mizzou Chapter ministry; The Branch

Networking:
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