Resume

MARK W. SANCHEZ
MSanchez@terpmail.umd.edu

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, Anticipated May 2013
Bachelor of Arts, English, Anticipated May 2013
Citation: College Park Scholar Media Self & Society Program, May 2011
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Grade Point Average: 3.40

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Managing Editor The Diamondback, April 2012-Present
University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
• Oversaw and coordinated the daily activities of the daily independent newspaper
• Charged with ensuring the layout, design, text and facts were correct before sending the pages to the printer
• Managed and supervised copy editor
Copy Editor, September 2011-April 2012
University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
• Fact checked and edited for AP style, grammar and content for the newspaper
• Conducted page reads, editing everything from headlines to captions to content    

Editorial Intern McClatchy-Tribune News Service, September 2012-Present
Washington, D.C.
• Edited for the features department, which involved conducting page reads and copy editing more than a dozen stories that went out to 30 dailies across the U.S.
• Created both pop-culture and news quizzes weekly
• Wrote feature stories about a variety of topics that were picked up by many newspapers on the wire, including  and The News & Observer and The Miami Herald

Intern and Contributing Writer USA Weekend, June 2012-Present          
McLean, Virginia
• Interviewed authors about upcoming book releases and reviewed the works
• Fact checked and edited the content of the newspaper magazine, which is delivered to more than 46 million people each weekend
• Worked extensively with Photoshop, in which I created images for the newspaper magazine, and also created online “buttons” of the front cover to increase online traffic

Intern The Picatinny Voice, Summers 2010, 2011
Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey
• Interned in the Public Affairs Department at Picatinny Arsenal, a military base in New Jersey
• Wrote approximately three articles per issue and edited for the biweekly newspaper
• Published articles that got picked up and displayed on the front page of both Military.com and Army.mil

Intern, Contributing Writer, Editor West Orange Chronicle, Summer 2009
West Orange, NJ
• Helped to produce the weekly paper for the town
• Investigated and wrote at least two articles per week
• Edited and created weekly sections of the newspaper, such as the town calendar, obituaries and assorted weekly events

Contributing Writer Scout.com, Fall 2010
• Interviewed high school coaches and student athletes to create profiles of the players for the Turtle Sports Report, the University of Maryland’s section of Scout.com
• Investigated and researched potential college destinations for the athletes