Resume

ROBERT R. PATTEN
355 W. Second South #302, Rexburg, ID 83440
(208) 569-8683
pattenrobert@gmail.com

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, English
• Brigham Young University–Idaho
• Spanish Minor
• 3.72 GPA

Experience

• Standard Journal (newspaper in Rexburg, Idaho) July 2006 – present
• Hired as reporter
• Covered city and county government, schools and emergency services
• Part-time office manager at bureau
• Became copy editor five months from hire
• Found and wrote copy for feature pages
• Paginated feature page, inside pages
• Supervised columnists for teen page
• Juggled editing and paginating responsibilities with part-time reporting
• In charge of updating newspaper's Web site
• Promoted to news editor 11 months from hire
• Supervised newsroom half the day or whenever the managing editor was absent
• Helped reporters gather information for and write articles
• Trained new editors
• Taught staff how to edit news videos
• Designed front page

Full-time missionary
March 2001 – March 2003

• Taught English to Spanish-speakers in New Jersey
• Coordinated the efforts of other missionaries as district leader

Skills

• Advanced knowledge in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Flash
• Digital video editing
• Fluent in Associated Press style
• Type 80 wpm

Awards and interests

• First place in Features Writing category from the Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association in 2007
• Co-wrote play Skipping Christmas Eve in 2006; was performed by youth at Roxy Theater in St. Anthony, Idaho
• Second place in poetry from Outlet, a student-produced literary magazine at BYU-Idaho, in 2006
• Presented research and analysis of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the 2005 National Undergraduate Literature Conference.
• Eagle Scout award at age 12