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PERSONAL INFORMATION:
William B. Dennis II
1403 E. Samuel
Peoria Heights, IL 61616
(309) 686-0240
E-mail: dwilliam16@home.com
OBJECTIVE:
I wish to find a long-term
position of responsibility that makes use of my writing, editing and
desktop publishing talents in a creative manner that also fosters the
learning of additional skills.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of arts degree from
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill., 61920. Major in
journalism, minor in political science. Graduated in December 1987.
Associate degree in general education from Illinois Central College,
East Peoria, Ill., 61635.
Graduated in May 1985. I returned to take two credit courses in the spring
1990 semester.
Graduated in May 1981 from Woodruff High School, Peoria, Ill., 61603.
I also attended Quark XPress training classes and a workshop on editing
sponsored by the Society
for Professional Journalists. I have also attended classes in computer
networking.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
August 1998 to present -
Software support representative, Affina, 2001 Ruppman Plaza, Peoria,
Ill., 61614. (309) 685-5901.
July 1997 to July 1998 - Editor, The County Star, Tolono,
Ill., 61880. (217) 485-4010.
April 1996 to June 1997 - Electronic sales, Wal-Mart, 3315 N. University,
Peoria, Ill. 61603.
(309) 682-0055.
October 1994 to December 1995 - Education reporter/copy desk, Journal-Courier,
235 W. State,
Jacksonville, Ill., 62650. (217) 245-6121.
July 1992 to October 1994 - General assignment reporter, Daily Ledger,
53 W. Elm St., Canton,
Ill., 61520. (309) 647-5100.
September 1990 to February 1992 - Assistant editor, LABOR Paper,
400 N.E. Jefferson, Peoria,
Ill., 61603. (309) 674-3148.
April to November 1989 - General assignment reporter, News Guardian,
# 3 West Park Plaza,
Cape Girardeau, Mo., 63701. (314) 335-6611.
December 1987 to February 1988 - General assignment reporter, Daily
News, 201 S. Cross,
Robinson, Ill., 62454. (618) 586-2880.
May to August 1987 - Intern, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., 61603.
(309) 686-3110.
SKILLS:
Reporting: At The County
Star, I wrote about championship sports teams, the Norfolk Southern
railroad's efforts to built a connecting line through a residential area
and local government. I used
my editorial page to focus attention on local issues. Major stories during
my career include a
renovation at the Illinois School for the Deaf that exposed students
to lead paint dust, as well as
efforts to cover up the incident, a five-part series on the problems
facing foster parents, the arrest
of a grade school teacher on sex abuse charges and on the crash of an
F-16 jet in a local farmer's
cornfield.
Pagination: I used Quark
XPress on a daily basis at The County Star to design 12 tabloid
newspaper pages each week. This often including building display advertisements.
I also use MS
Publisher and other programs. I use HTML to create Web pages for myself
and family members..
Photography: I was responsible
for most photography and darkroom work at the LABOR Paper
and ran the darkroom at the Daily Ledger when the regular photographer
was absent. I took most
of the original sports and news photographs that appeared in The County
Star.
HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS
1986 Benjamin Weir Memorial
Scholarship, Eastern Illinois University.
1987 SCJ student newspaper contest, second place in front-page layout
1990 Illinois Community College Journalism Association, first in photo
spread, second in
individual photograph.
1994 Thompson Newspapers monthly outstanding editorial achievement award.
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