General Editor, News

Posted on: 2006-07-26

Jodi Hebert Cell: 215-317-0977 E-mail: [email protected] EXPERIENCE ESPN.com, News Desk, Sept. 2003-present General Editor, News • Determined top news, prioritized placement and assigned elements for “added value” • Directed breaking news response • Managed news team that edited and published on average 100 articles per night • Coordinated nightly budget meeting Associate News Editor • Communicated with writers on news and analysis reports • Packaged news, columns and art to lead overnight sport indexes • Edited news for value, accuracy and style; integrated art and related data content Palm Beach Post, sports editing intern, Summer 2003 • Mentored by and worked with deputy sports editor to lead production of sports section • Researched, compiled and formatted layout of “news of the day” feature • Edited news and columns for style and length, wrote headlines for size and prominence Norristown Times Herald, sports reporting intern, Summer 2002 • Covered games and wrote player features as American Legion Baseball beat reporter • Contributed additional sports and front page features Syracuse Post-Standard, sports reporting intern, Fall 2001 • Provided game stories and features for several sports as high school beat reporter • Wrote side-by-side cover stories on dual state soccer championships Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Public Affairs, media relations intern, Summer 2001 • Directed and produced all promotion for Alexander Hamilton exhibit • Created and distributed press releases on events and promotions for all media SKILLS • Versed in ENPS, Associated Press, SportsTicker, Reuters and other news services • Fluent in Associated Press and ESPN styles • Highly proficient in Spanish • Adept at using Macintosh and PC • Trained in GoPublish, Newsmaker, QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator HONORS Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Editing Internship, Summer 2003 • 1 of 100 students selected for prestigious copy editing residency and internship Phi Beta Kappa • Oldest, most respected undergraduate honors organization EDUCATION Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Graduation: May 2003, Magna cum laude, B.A. • S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications – Newspaper Journalism • College of Arts and Sciences -- Spanish Language, Literature and Linguistics