| Hank Rowan Brockett |
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| Permanent Address 148 John Street Apt. C DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 787-8058 Awards Illinois Press Association Personality profile First place, Division A 2003 Reviews Second place, Division A 2003 Original column Third place, Division A 2003 Education reporting Honorable mention 2003 Northern Star “Best Damned Reporter” 1999-2000 Illinois College Press Association In-depth reporting Second place, 2002 Critical review, film Third place, 2001 In-depth reporting First place, 1999 Feature story Third Place, 1999 References Jim Killam Northern Star adviser (815) 753-4239 Jan Larsen Joliet Herald News Regional Editor (815) 729-6047 Pam Monson Free Press Newspapers Editor (815) 476-7966 Education Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL * May 2002 graduate with a B.S. degree in communication and a minor in journalism * 3.51 grade point average Interests * Baseball (St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics) * Film (the works of Paul Reubens, Bill Murray), television (Ed, Smallville, The Daily Show) and music (Radiohead, White Stripes, most British rock) * Fantasy sporting * Baseball collectibles * Bermuda Triangle |
| Oct. 2004 - present NI Publishing DeKalb, IL News editor * Responsible for editing, design and writing duties for the DeKalb County weekly The Midweek and the monthly entertainment magazine Take ONE * Edit news stories, proof every page of the paper, take pictures, design feature packages and other pages (including page 1) using Quark XPress * Write feature stories as centerpiece packages on the front page * Write four to seven pieces for the weekly paper, including a television review, music reviews, local entertainment-related stories and interviews with authors and artists. Aug. 2002 - Aug. 2003 Free Press Newspapers Wilmington, IL Staff writer * Responsible for news coverage in Braidwood, a town of 5,000 in Will County. On a normal week, that consisted of four to six stories involving all beats, including city council, schools, features and police, as well as a weekly entertainment column published in the chain's "common" section. * Also was given the duties of photographer and designer for the weekly Braidwood Journal..Photos were taken with a Nikkon Coolpix and design was completed with Quark XPress. * Additional responsibilities included weekly story meetings with editors of other newspapers in the chain, editing sports stories and representing the paper at the chamber of commerce. Aug. 1999 – May 2002 Northern Star DeKalb, IL Managing editor (Jan. 2002 - May 2002) * Oversaw all aspects of the daily newsgathering process, including news, sports, photo and desig. * Sat on editorial board as a voting member, writing the staff editorial once a week. * Aided reporters and editors while contributing my own stories, ideas and projects to the short-term newspaper goals. * Proofed flats nightly and second-edited all stories that appeared on the front page. Weekender editor (Aug. 2001 – present) * Organized coverage and edited copy for weekly entertainment section. * Increased the amount of stories to make for issues filled completely by local content. * Wrote news stories, features and small bits and pieces of information scattered throughout the weekly edition. Campus editor (Aug. 2000-May 2001) and reporter (Aug. 1999-May 2000) * Managed a staff of 15 reporters covering local campus beats and issues. * Participated in budget meetings, outlining the placement and play of news stories within the papers * Wrote about five stories a week covering the police/fire and student government beats. May 2001 – Aug. 2001 Joliet Herald News Joliet, IL Stringer/intern * Covered three meetings a week in a total of five local towns. * Stepped in as editorial assistant for about five weeks, answering phones and taking care of general office activities. * Wrote a handful of feature stories after covering various events. May 2000 – Aug. 2000 Free Press Newspapers Wilmington, IL Staff writer * Wrote about three stories a week for the weekly editions of three local papers. * Covered the police beat and covered a wide variety of breaking news and features affecting readers. * Took photos for stories and designed the front page of one local edition each week |