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NICHOLAS R. MUNSON

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Philip Merrill College of Journalism B.A. in Broadcast Journalism, Government & Politics

GPA: 3.91/4.0 Expected May 2014

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

NBC News, Washington, DC News Channel Intern Sept. 2013-Present Assist producers and reporters by logging feeds, helping with interviews and assisting with news conferences for the networks bureau on Capitol Hill The Diamondback, College Park, MD Senior Staff Writer Oct. 2010-Present Write print stories, blog posts and Twitter updates as a sports staff reporter for the University of Marylands independent daily student newspaper (circulation of 17,000; ranked No. 1 in daily newspaper quality by the Society of Professional Journalists) ABC News, Los Angeles, CA NewsOne Intern June-Aug. 2013 Supported producers and editors of the L.A. bureau of ABC NewsOne, the companys affiliate news service Edited video on Avid systems, wrote scripts, verbated tapes and live feeds and sent broadcast-ready video packages to affiliate stations across the country Wrote news stories that were featured on the networks website and social media, including Oops Alleged Car Thief Stops for Owner at Crosswalk, which has gotten over 1,825 likes on Facebook The New York Times, New York, NY Blogger Feb-June 2012 Wrote weekly blog posts about the Maryland Terrapins womens lacrosse team for The Quad, the college sports blog of the New York Times WHAG-TV, Hagerstown, MD Newsroom Intern May-July 2011 Collaborated with reporters on stories, edited packages, made calls to sources and produced news shows for an NBC affiliate television station

OTHER EXPERIENCE
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, College Park, MD Communications Intern May-Aug. 2012 Expanded the consortiums social media efforts, leading to an increase of weekly total reach on Facebook from 212 to 2,037, and a jump from 23 to 30 in the consortiums Klout score (total influence of social networks) Developed and presented a communications outreach plan that was implemented to increase coverage of a consortium research project, Comprehensive Testing of Imminent Threat Public Messages for Mobile Devices, which was funded through a $1 million grant by the Department of Homeland Security

SKILLS
Computer: Adobe (Flash, Photoshop, Premier), Cision, HTML, LexisNexis, Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) Languages: Spanish (intermediate) Production: Audacity, Avid NewsCutter, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, iNews, Interplay Central, Pathfire Social Media: Blogger, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Vimeo, WordPress, YouTube

HONORS AND AWARDS

Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Sports Journalism Scholarship National Society of Collegiate Scholars Primannum Honor Society Society of Professional Journalists Inducted Apr. 2013 Awarded Aug. 2012 Inducted Feb. 2011 Inducted Feb. 2011 Member since Oct. 2010