Michael Barber
2324 Avalon Woods Drive, Harrisonburg, Va. 22801
Cell phone: 540-746-1084
Email: barbsru@hotmail.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

April 2002-present
Staff Writer/Assistant Sports Editor            The Daily News-Record

• Worked as the beat writer for James Madison football, one of the paper’s primary beats, since 2003. Also covered Division III basketball and other general assignment stories.
• As assistant editor since 2004, responsible for front page layout once a week, as well as editing local and wire copy, photo assignments, payroll and coordinating stringers.
• First year, worked as the beat writer for James Madison women’s basketball, covered a wide range of local high school and college sports and other general assignment stories.

April 1999-February 2002
Editorial Assistant                                    Major League Baseball  

• Assisted all areas of publication editing including copyediting, layout, fact-checking and photo research for MLB’s magazine-style publications including the official All-Star Game and World Series programs.
• Contributed writing to the publications and conducted on-site interviews.

May 2001-September 2001
Staff Writer                                             Newark Star-Ledger

• Worked as the summer sports intern for New Jersey’s leading newspaper.
• Served as the New York Liberty beat writer.
• Also covered Rutgers football, minor league baseball, professional hockey and other general assignment stories.

September 1999-April 2000
Stringer                                                  Bergen Record
• As a freelance writer, covered Rutgers football and basketball, including the Scarlet Knights’ men’s basketball tournaments in Hawaii and St. Louis.

February 2000-February 2001
Editor In Chief                                        The Daily Targum
• Responsible for the day-to-day and long-term business goals of the Targum Publishing Company, the independent, not-for-profit organization that publishes the student-run newspaper serving Rutgers University.
• Oversaw the daily production of the newspaper.
• Created and managed a $300,000 operating budget.
• Served as the company’s spokesman to local government, businesses and University officials.

September 1999-February 2000
Sports Editor
• Managed a staff of 10 to 15 writers and editors.
• Coordinated all aspects of the daily section and authored a weekly column.

May 1999-September 1999
Account Executive

• Sold advertising space in summer issues of the newspaper to local businesses.
• Maintained existing relationships with customers in anticipation of their continuing business during normal publishing dates.
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COMPUTER SKILLS:
• Microsoft Word, Quark Xpress, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

EDUCATION:
• Rutgers University: May, 2001. BA in Journalism. Minor in Criminology.