Barefoot in the Park
Barefoot in the Park
MR. JIM EDWARD GONZALES
14233 Desert Fire Ct
Horizon City, TX 79928
Mobile: ------------
Email: ------------
________________________________________
Work Experience:
Installation Public Affairs
Fort Bliss Bugle Army newspaper
Bldg. 15 Slater Road
West Fort Bliss, TX 79916
06/2007 - 02/2017
Managing Editor
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I was the managing editor for the Fort Bliss Bugle, an Army newspaper. I had a weekly deadline to produce the 44-page Bugle. Assigned articles and photo coverage requests to my staff of two photojournalists. Sought out and found story ideas. Encouraged my staff and fellow photojournalists at Fort Bliss to "ping" their ideas to see if they could blossom into a news story. Team leader of two editors, three photojournalists and intermittent student interns. As team leader, I directly oversaw their work assignments and ensured they produced quality print products. Planned and assigned work to my subordinate personnel, providing necessary instructions and advising my team members on different work situations and projects. Trained two 2015 summer interns in photography, news writing and feature writing. Their submissions were published in the Bugle. Interacted with civilian and contractor journalists, the general public, stringers, unit public affairs representatives, military officers and enlisted personnel. Worked with Reserve and active-duty photojournalists with the military occupational specialty of 46Q on coverage requests and their photo and story submissions. Maintained a log of assignments; Edited submissions using Associated Press style guidelines. I have written hard and soft feature news stories and "evergreen” articles. Tasked out print coverage requests to "stringers," military Soldiers (46Q) assigned to brigade public affair units and unit public affairs representatives (UPARs). Supervised and accomplished the layout of the Bugle using desktop-publishing software by coordinating printing support from our contractor. Edited submissions for factual content, such as reports, regulations, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials, brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks, scholarly works, reference works, speeches and scripts. Edited submissions to ensure consistency with command policy, correctness of grammar and spelling and readability. Maintained hard copy and digital files of published newspapers and photographs (our newspaper morgue). Assisted the writers in solving problems during various stages of their work. Worked with our publisher in designing newspaper mock-ups and layouts. Worked with the staff of the Laven Publishing Group on website design and updates. Selected photographs to accompany articles; prepared suitable cutlines and extended cutlines. Directed and performed research involving future articles. Responsible for the Army newspaper internal control program. Assisted in the planning, coordination and execution of mission and installation media relations. Reviewed and checked all news releases, photographs, radio and TV scripts and broadcast releases and speeches for security, accuracy, policy and propriety. Researched and wrote speeches when required. Established media contacts and maintained effective working relationships with personnel from municipal governments, school districts, state legislators, U.S. Congress officials, civic groups and organizations. Participated in print interviews and video recordings by broadcast journalists. I have helped plan, direct and implement Army Public Affairs programs that consisted of media relations (external information), internal (command) information, community engagement (to include post tours), marketing and policy review. Researched, drafted, coordinated, produced and reviewed news releases, talking points, fact sheets, news and feature articles, web-based content, briefings, speeches and scripts, newsletters, photographs, videos and pod casts. Edited scientific and health care related material. I simplified medical jargon and health care lingo into easy to read text. Rewrote features, hard news and other newspaper stories ensuring accuracy, logic, completeness and effective communication for the intended target audience. Ensured written material adhered to organizational mission, administrative policies, objectives and Department of the Army and Department of Defense regulations. Assisted subject-matter experts (SME) to meet required publication standards. Used library, SME and internet sources of information. General knowledge of desktop publishing technology. Communicated effectively orally and in writing to gain cooperation from colleagues through tact, courtesy and diplomacy. Performed photographic tasks. Took digital camera photographs that were print-worthy and published in the Bugle. I have experience producing Facebook content for a non-personal account. Performed this task on the job, with close supervision. Ensured we had past issues of the Bugle bound into journals that I managed and shelved/archived.
Supervisor: Guy Volb ------------)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
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Fort Bliss Garrison Public Affairs
Fort Bliss Monitor Army newspaper
Bldg. 15 Slater Road
West Fort Bliss, TX 79916
04/2005 - 06/2007
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Prepared manuscripts for publication according to the latest Government Printing Office (GPO) and Defense Logistics Agency Document Automation and Production Service (DAPS) guidelines and industry standards. Designed layouts for texts using desktop publishing software. Advised subject matter experts and SME writers on the formats and styles of presentation for material. Produced publication-ready print material using fonts and indentation. Edited Word documents for basic grammar and clarity and rewrote paragraphs by reordering and reorganizing sentences into clear, concise text. Prepared and reviewed articles and photo packages for publication. I have extensive knowledge of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, format, standard and military abbreviations to accurately prepare and edit news print products for publication; knowledge of formatting and layout design. Type 50 words per minute. I have basic skills in Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, PageMaker, and PowerPoint. Adept at communicating orally and in writing. Effectively planned, organized work and met a weekly deadline. Reorganized paragraphs and sections to improve overall clarity of lengthy texts. Reported and wrote for a newspaper that is printed and also posted online as a journalism product--it was formerly known as "The Monitor." Now it is named the "Bugle." Covered hard news, features, topical, current events, military exercises and sports stories. I have a strong understanding and command of the English language verbal and written skills. Used a Windows and an Apple computer with standard software packages to write, clean up photos and communicate via email. I have "shot" and Photoshopped digital photographs with a digital camera that were transmitted for publication. I have limited experience with marketing and sales, effective advertising methods and public relations. Composed and edited press releases for the Media Relations chief, Garrison Public Affairs. Assisted in the development of providing staff direction involving public information activities. Established and maintained effective working relationships with print and broadcast media representatives in disseminating information or answering inquiries about our organization's operations and activities. Wrote news and medical-related newspaper articles and speeches and prepared and published organization publications. Assisted in the development of appropriate communication channels, techniques and strategies used in disseminating information to hard-to-reach audiences. Assisted in the development of campaign and program guidelines. Coordinated editorial production stages to prepare Army newspaper for publication, including editing with standard proofreaders' marks, evaluating design, layout, and proofs; corresponded with authors; and prepped files for press. Provided guidance to and reviewed work of production service providers. Evaluated text, copy and art and permissions for completeness and readiness for production. Advised authors and editors regarding style and news article preparation requirements.
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U.S. Air Force News Agency
Army & Air Force Hometown News Service
203 Norton Street
San Antonio, TX 78226
05/2000 - 04/2005
Editorial Assistant
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Composed Army and Air Force Hometown news releases and various other stories for release. Exceeded my daily quota of news release compositions. Proofread and spell checked news releases. Made spelling and zip code corrections. Ensured our stock stories and the news releases had correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Used Microsoft Word to spell check the composed news releases. Used the internet to verify addresses and the names of Army and Air Force personnel and their listed family members. Utilized the internet to verify military unit addresses and the spelling of U.S. Army service members' names by accessing the Army World Wide Locator. Adhered to the Associated Press journalistic style to compose my news releases. Quality checked my compositions before I sent them to proofing. I proofread composed batches of news releases. Trained two new employees and proofed their daily composition for three months. Scanned thousands of Department of Defense form 2266s on a flatbed scanner using the Teleform Reader program. I then proofread the scanned forms using the Teleform Verifier program. Corrected the scanned forms by deleting erroneous letters and symbols created by the scanning. Typed in missing information. Retyped the letters and numbers misinterpreted by the Teleform scanning program. Revised, updated and rewrote the Air Force News Agency’s Teleform training manual. I edited, wrote, developed and revised the manual into a 23-page publication. Assisted in the administration of the Hometown News Program, maintaining liaison with Army/Air Force Hometown News Service to submit written article, feature stories, promotions and awards for publication in identified Soldier, Airmen and civilian hometown newspapers.
Supervisor: Katherine Casanova
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U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave. S.W.
Washington, DC 20202
09/1987 - 09/1989
Contract Grant Specialist Intern
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I developed, prepared, and presented terms and conditions in bids or proposals related to the award of contracts; I negotiated and awarded contracts, contract modifications, and contract amendments; I analyzed the procurement policies and procedures; I administered the terms and conditions of contracts, including such aspects as preparing contract modifications, evaluation of performance under the contract, and contract termination; I analyzed proposed prices or costs, including such aspects as evaluating technical and audit reports, forecasting price trends, evaluating economic factors, estimating production efficiencies, and evaluating methods of allocating costs through various types of overhead and general administrative expense. During my time at this job I acquired the knowledge of contracting processes, developed skill in analytical ability, used organization and planning, expanded my ability to communicate and developed my negotiation practices skill. As a contract/grant specialist intern I learned how to and I performed pre-award procurement functions; I administered contracts including negotiating modifications, issuing termination notices, reviewing contract claims and conducting closeouts; analyzes, evaluates and reviews requisition packages for adequacy, consistency and compliance with administrative, regulatory and procedural requirements; prepares and issues solicitation documents selecting appropriate clauses, ensuring clear and complete specifications and delivery requirements; analyzes and evaluates cost or pricing data elements to determine price reasonableness; utilize primarily firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery, or similar contract types when historical and precedent data are available.
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Army Reserve//DC National Guard
Fort Meade, Md.
District of Columbia
Fort Meade, MD 20755
06/1987 - 06/1990
Salary: $130 Per Month
Hours per week: 4
Broadcast Journalist
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I was an Army Reserve broadcast journalist assigned to the 356th Public Affairs Detachment, 97th Army Reserve Command, Fort George Meade, Md., from June 1987 through September 1988. I was also an Army National Guard broadcast journalist assigned from September 1988 through June 1990 to the District of Columbia National Guard's 715th Public Affairs Detachment. Performed on location photographic assignments. Took 35mm photographs at official functions and ceremonies. Positioned the subjects, arranged backgrounds, and selected camera angles and views. Shot head and shoulder photos and determined the proper lighting required to get the best results. Videotaped in-house military training for my unit commander and for the D.C. National Guard. Videotaped briefings and news conferences of the commanding general and the commander of the DC National Guard. Wrote articles for the Capitol Guardian (the D.C. National Guard's military newspaper). Prepared and wrote scripts for radio features on unit activities within 97th ARCOM. Wrote radio scripts for interviews. Rewrote news items submitted for broadcast. Rewrote and edited broadcast copy. Produced news wrappers. Wrote news articles for the Trident (the 97th ARCOM's newspaper). Produced radio news features. Videotaped organizational days at Fort Meade. Videotaped the military police support from the D.C. National Guard during the 1988 presidential inauguration. Scripted, and then edited, the B-roll into a finished video product. Edited video tapes and B-roll. Edited the video camera masters. I worked independently on a majority of my assignments.
Supervisor: Army Major Richard Lane
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U.S. Army, SP4 Medical Supply Specialist
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Alaska Ave. and 16th Street, N.W.
Washington DC, DC 20307
06/1984 - 06/1987
Medical Supply Specialist
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I was an active-duty Army Medical Supply Specialist assigned to Services Branch, Logistics Division, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bldg.54. I assisted an Army biomedical repairman with the arrival of new equipment by doing a “TI,” technical inspection of the new biomedical, medical, office and miscellaneous electronic equipment that arrived at AFIP for the medical researchers, doctors, and other dignitaries. I turned-in equipment and removed the items from our property book. I updated our property book using a data entry computer terminal that was hooked up to the Department of the Army in Alexandria, VA. Supervised a 3-man in-house maintenance crew-a carpenter, an electrician and a painter who would perform service order requests and work order requests in Bldg. 54 for various customers, both military and civilian. Managed the preventive maintenance contracts that we had on a diverse variety of biomedical, medical, research and specialized office equipment. Ensured that our electron microscope was always running at peak performance by ensuring the maintenance was current and being done as required. Answered our office phone. I was constantly called for service orders such as the customers’ offices were too cold, or too hot, the lighting needed new bulbs, a lock needed to be cut because the key or combination was lost, and a myriad of other service order requests.
Supervisor: William Page
________________________________________
Education:
University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor's Degree, B.A., May 1983
Major: Government Minor: English
I attained Superior Academic Achievement (SAA). I earned a GPA 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 for all courses in my major field of study, Government, completed in the last two years of the curriculum.
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St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX
Credits Earned: 41 Semester hours
Major: Marketing Minor: English
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Job Related Training:
Public Affairs Qualification Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Maryland, March 21, 2014, through May 22, 2014. The Public Affairs Qualification Course provides entry-level public affairs training for the Department of Defense, U.S. government agencies and selected foreign military communication professionals. Instruction focuses on the foundational elements of the communication planning process; principles and techniques associated with implementing effective communication strategies; and the process involved in integrating communication into military planning and operations.
Army Management Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 04/2009, 120 on-site classroom hours. Intermediate Course, Army Leadership, Civilian Education System.
Army Management Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, 09/2008, 80 on-site classroom hours. Basic Course, Army Leadership, Civilian Education System.
USDA Graduate School. Introduction to Supervision, 04/2008, 40 classroom hours. The week-long course taught me leadership and management techniques, communicating skills, motivating your workforce, managing performance problems, managing conflict, navigating change and how to become an effective leader, supervisor and manager. I earned 3 continuing education units from the USDA Graduate School.
U.S. Army's Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD), 04/2007, 40 classroom hours. The Leadership Education and Development course offered by the U.S. Army teaches supervisors how to assess their own effectiveness; assess employee and team effectiveness; motivate and influence employees; communicate effectively; conduct counseling; resolve conflicts; develop strategies to create fully functioning teams; make effective decisions; and explain the effect of values on individual and team effectiveness.
Defense Information School, Fort George Meade, Maryland, Editors Course, 07/2005, 160 classroom hours. The course provided a highly individualized program of instruction for editors of military newspapers and magazines. I learned the application of the principles and techniques of editing; Armed Forces newspaper policy; newspaper design and readability; management of the newspaper; advanced news and feature writing; headline writing; editing photography and news copy; group newspaper critiques; writing captions and cutlines and newspaper layout and makeup. I adapted this knowledge via the use of desktop publishing. I received an introduction to electronic publication methods, techniques and procedures.
SONY Video Institute, Hollywood, Calif., (various class dates) 07/01/1990 through 06/30/1992. Writing and Directing the Video Script, 40 hours; A/B Roll Editing and BVE-910 Series computerized video Editor, 48 hours; Camera Techniques and Visualization, 24 hours; Electronic News Gathering, 24 hours.
Defense Information School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana., 09/1987 to 02/1988, Broadcast Journalist Course, Awarded the 46R Army Military Occupation Specialty, U.S. Army Broadcast Journalist.
Medical Supply Specialist School, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 01/1985 to 02/1985. Awarded the 76J Army Military Occupation Specialty, Medical Supply Specialist.
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Additional Information:
SKILLS:
Social media, Adobe Photoshop, editing and proofing skills. I certify that I can type 50 words per minute, Windows7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, and limited knowledge of Adobe InDesign.
AWARDS:
U.S. Army, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office, monetary Incentive Award, December 2008, 2009, 2014 thru 2017.
U.S. Army, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office, Time-off award, 40 hours, October 2005 thru 2007, and 2011 thru 2013.
Department of the Army, 2010, Print Division, Tabloid Format Newspaper: The Monitor, best tabloid format newspaper in the Army for 2010.
Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, October 2009.
Department of Defense, 2008 Thomas Jefferson Awards, Print Division: Tabloid Format Newspaper: The Monitor, best tabloid format newspaper in the Department of Defense for 2008.
Air Force News (AFNEWS) Junior Level Civilian Employee of the Quarter, January 2002 through March 2002.
Cash award for superior job performance, Air Force News, May 2002 thru May 2005.
Joint Service Achievement Medal, U.S. Army, June 1987.
OTHER INFORMATION:
A member of St. Mary's and the University of Texas' Speech and Debate Teams. Attended national competition in impromptu speaking. In high school, qualified and attended state competition in extemporaneous speaking.
I have a current Class C Texas Driver's License that allows me to operate motor vehicles on and off road, on interstate and intrastate highways.
Barefoot in the Park
MR. JIM EDWARD GONZALES
14233 Desert Fire Ct
Horizon City, TX 79928
Mobile: ------------
Email: ------------
________________________________________
Work Experience:
Installation Public Affairs
Fort Bliss Bugle Army newspaper
Bldg. 15 Slater Road
West Fort Bliss, TX 79916
06/2007 - 02/2017
Managing Editor
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I was the managing editor for the Fort Bliss Bugle, an Army newspaper. I had a weekly deadline to produce the 44-page Bugle. Assigned articles and photo coverage requests to my staff of two photojournalists. Sought out and found story ideas. Encouraged my staff and fellow photojournalists at Fort Bliss to "ping" their ideas to see if they could blossom into a news story. Team leader of two editors, three photojournalists and intermittent student interns. As team leader, I directly oversaw their work assignments and ensured they produced quality print products. Planned and assigned work to my subordinate personnel, providing necessary instructions and advising my team members on different work situations and projects. Trained two 2015 summer interns in photography, news writing and feature writing. Their submissions were published in the Bugle. Interacted with civilian and contractor journalists, the general public, stringers, unit public affairs representatives, military officers and enlisted personnel. Worked with Reserve and active-duty photojournalists with the military occupational specialty of 46Q on coverage requests and their photo and story submissions. Maintained a log of assignments; Edited submissions using Associated Press style guidelines. I have written hard and soft feature news stories and "evergreen” articles. Tasked out print coverage requests to "stringers," military Soldiers (46Q) assigned to brigade public affair units and unit public affairs representatives (UPARs). Supervised and accomplished the layout of the Bugle using desktop-publishing software by coordinating printing support from our contractor. Edited submissions for factual content, such as reports, regulations, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials, brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks, scholarly works, reference works, speeches and scripts. Edited submissions to ensure consistency with command policy, correctness of grammar and spelling and readability. Maintained hard copy and digital files of published newspapers and photographs (our newspaper morgue). Assisted the writers in solving problems during various stages of their work. Worked with our publisher in designing newspaper mock-ups and layouts. Worked with the staff of the Laven Publishing Group on website design and updates. Selected photographs to accompany articles; prepared suitable cutlines and extended cutlines. Directed and performed research involving future articles. Responsible for the Army newspaper internal control program. Assisted in the planning, coordination and execution of mission and installation media relations. Reviewed and checked all news releases, photographs, radio and TV scripts and broadcast releases and speeches for security, accuracy, policy and propriety. Researched and wrote speeches when required. Established media contacts and maintained effective working relationships with personnel from municipal governments, school districts, state legislators, U.S. Congress officials, civic groups and organizations. Participated in print interviews and video recordings by broadcast journalists. I have helped plan, direct and implement Army Public Affairs programs that consisted of media relations (external information), internal (command) information, community engagement (to include post tours), marketing and policy review. Researched, drafted, coordinated, produced and reviewed news releases, talking points, fact sheets, news and feature articles, web-based content, briefings, speeches and scripts, newsletters, photographs, videos and pod casts. Edited scientific and health care related material. I simplified medical jargon and health care lingo into easy to read text. Rewrote features, hard news and other newspaper stories ensuring accuracy, logic, completeness and effective communication for the intended target audience. Ensured written material adhered to organizational mission, administrative policies, objectives and Department of the Army and Department of Defense regulations. Assisted subject-matter experts (SME) to meet required publication standards. Used library, SME and internet sources of information. General knowledge of desktop publishing technology. Communicated effectively orally and in writing to gain cooperation from colleagues through tact, courtesy and diplomacy. Performed photographic tasks. Took digital camera photographs that were print-worthy and published in the Bugle. I have experience producing Facebook content for a non-personal account. Performed this task on the job, with close supervision. Ensured we had past issues of the Bugle bound into journals that I managed and shelved/archived.
Supervisor: Guy Volb ------------)
Okay to contact this Supervisor: Contact me first
________________________________________
Fort Bliss Garrison Public Affairs
Fort Bliss Monitor Army newspaper
Bldg. 15 Slater Road
West Fort Bliss, TX 79916
04/2005 - 06/2007
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Prepared manuscripts for publication according to the latest Government Printing Office (GPO) and Defense Logistics Agency Document Automation and Production Service (DAPS) guidelines and industry standards. Designed layouts for texts using desktop publishing software. Advised subject matter experts and SME writers on the formats and styles of presentation for material. Produced publication-ready print material using fonts and indentation. Edited Word documents for basic grammar and clarity and rewrote paragraphs by reordering and reorganizing sentences into clear, concise text. Prepared and reviewed articles and photo packages for publication. I have extensive knowledge of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, format, standard and military abbreviations to accurately prepare and edit news print products for publication; knowledge of formatting and layout design. Type 50 words per minute. I have basic skills in Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, PageMaker, and PowerPoint. Adept at communicating orally and in writing. Effectively planned, organized work and met a weekly deadline. Reorganized paragraphs and sections to improve overall clarity of lengthy texts. Reported and wrote for a newspaper that is printed and also posted online as a journalism product--it was formerly known as "The Monitor." Now it is named the "Bugle." Covered hard news, features, topical, current events, military exercises and sports stories. I have a strong understanding and command of the English language verbal and written skills. Used a Windows and an Apple computer with standard software packages to write, clean up photos and communicate via email. I have "shot" and Photoshopped digital photographs with a digital camera that were transmitted for publication. I have limited experience with marketing and sales, effective advertising methods and public relations. Composed and edited press releases for the Media Relations chief, Garrison Public Affairs. Assisted in the development of providing staff direction involving public information activities. Established and maintained effective working relationships with print and broadcast media representatives in disseminating information or answering inquiries about our organization's operations and activities. Wrote news and medical-related newspaper articles and speeches and prepared and published organization publications. Assisted in the development of appropriate communication channels, techniques and strategies used in disseminating information to hard-to-reach audiences. Assisted in the development of campaign and program guidelines. Coordinated editorial production stages to prepare Army newspaper for publication, including editing with standard proofreaders' marks, evaluating design, layout, and proofs; corresponded with authors; and prepped files for press. Provided guidance to and reviewed work of production service providers. Evaluated text, copy and art and permissions for completeness and readiness for production. Advised authors and editors regarding style and news article preparation requirements.
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U.S. Air Force News Agency
Army & Air Force Hometown News Service
203 Norton Street
San Antonio, TX 78226
05/2000 - 04/2005
Editorial Assistant
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
Composed Army and Air Force Hometown news releases and various other stories for release. Exceeded my daily quota of news release compositions. Proofread and spell checked news releases. Made spelling and zip code corrections. Ensured our stock stories and the news releases had correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. Used Microsoft Word to spell check the composed news releases. Used the internet to verify addresses and the names of Army and Air Force personnel and their listed family members. Utilized the internet to verify military unit addresses and the spelling of U.S. Army service members' names by accessing the Army World Wide Locator. Adhered to the Associated Press journalistic style to compose my news releases. Quality checked my compositions before I sent them to proofing. I proofread composed batches of news releases. Trained two new employees and proofed their daily composition for three months. Scanned thousands of Department of Defense form 2266s on a flatbed scanner using the Teleform Reader program. I then proofread the scanned forms using the Teleform Verifier program. Corrected the scanned forms by deleting erroneous letters and symbols created by the scanning. Typed in missing information. Retyped the letters and numbers misinterpreted by the Teleform scanning program. Revised, updated and rewrote the Air Force News Agency’s Teleform training manual. I edited, wrote, developed and revised the manual into a 23-page publication. Assisted in the administration of the Hometown News Program, maintaining liaison with Army/Air Force Hometown News Service to submit written article, feature stories, promotions and awards for publication in identified Soldier, Airmen and civilian hometown newspapers.
Supervisor: Katherine Casanova
________________________________________
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave. S.W.
Washington, DC 20202
09/1987 - 09/1989
Contract Grant Specialist Intern
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I developed, prepared, and presented terms and conditions in bids or proposals related to the award of contracts; I negotiated and awarded contracts, contract modifications, and contract amendments; I analyzed the procurement policies and procedures; I administered the terms and conditions of contracts, including such aspects as preparing contract modifications, evaluation of performance under the contract, and contract termination; I analyzed proposed prices or costs, including such aspects as evaluating technical and audit reports, forecasting price trends, evaluating economic factors, estimating production efficiencies, and evaluating methods of allocating costs through various types of overhead and general administrative expense. During my time at this job I acquired the knowledge of contracting processes, developed skill in analytical ability, used organization and planning, expanded my ability to communicate and developed my negotiation practices skill. As a contract/grant specialist intern I learned how to and I performed pre-award procurement functions; I administered contracts including negotiating modifications, issuing termination notices, reviewing contract claims and conducting closeouts; analyzes, evaluates and reviews requisition packages for adequacy, consistency and compliance with administrative, regulatory and procedural requirements; prepares and issues solicitation documents selecting appropriate clauses, ensuring clear and complete specifications and delivery requirements; analyzes and evaluates cost or pricing data elements to determine price reasonableness; utilize primarily firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery, or similar contract types when historical and precedent data are available.
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Army Reserve//DC National Guard
Fort Meade, Md.
District of Columbia
Fort Meade, MD 20755
06/1987 - 06/1990
Salary: $130 Per Month
Hours per week: 4
Broadcast Journalist
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I was an Army Reserve broadcast journalist assigned to the 356th Public Affairs Detachment, 97th Army Reserve Command, Fort George Meade, Md., from June 1987 through September 1988. I was also an Army National Guard broadcast journalist assigned from September 1988 through June 1990 to the District of Columbia National Guard's 715th Public Affairs Detachment. Performed on location photographic assignments. Took 35mm photographs at official functions and ceremonies. Positioned the subjects, arranged backgrounds, and selected camera angles and views. Shot head and shoulder photos and determined the proper lighting required to get the best results. Videotaped in-house military training for my unit commander and for the D.C. National Guard. Videotaped briefings and news conferences of the commanding general and the commander of the DC National Guard. Wrote articles for the Capitol Guardian (the D.C. National Guard's military newspaper). Prepared and wrote scripts for radio features on unit activities within 97th ARCOM. Wrote radio scripts for interviews. Rewrote news items submitted for broadcast. Rewrote and edited broadcast copy. Produced news wrappers. Wrote news articles for the Trident (the 97th ARCOM's newspaper). Produced radio news features. Videotaped organizational days at Fort Meade. Videotaped the military police support from the D.C. National Guard during the 1988 presidential inauguration. Scripted, and then edited, the B-roll into a finished video product. Edited video tapes and B-roll. Edited the video camera masters. I worked independently on a majority of my assignments.
Supervisor: Army Major Richard Lane
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U.S. Army, SP4 Medical Supply Specialist
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Alaska Ave. and 16th Street, N.W.
Washington DC, DC 20307
06/1984 - 06/1987
Medical Supply Specialist
Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:
I was an active-duty Army Medical Supply Specialist assigned to Services Branch, Logistics Division, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bldg.54. I assisted an Army biomedical repairman with the arrival of new equipment by doing a “TI,” technical inspection of the new biomedical, medical, office and miscellaneous electronic equipment that arrived at AFIP for the medical researchers, doctors, and other dignitaries. I turned-in equipment and removed the items from our property book. I updated our property book using a data entry computer terminal that was hooked up to the Department of the Army in Alexandria, VA. Supervised a 3-man in-house maintenance crew-a carpenter, an electrician and a painter who would perform service order requests and work order requests in Bldg. 54 for various customers, both military and civilian. Managed the preventive maintenance contracts that we had on a diverse variety of biomedical, medical, research and specialized office equipment. Ensured that our electron microscope was always running at peak performance by ensuring the maintenance was current and being done as required. Answered our office phone. I was constantly called for service orders such as the customers’ offices were too cold, or too hot, the lighting needed new bulbs, a lock needed to be cut because the key or combination was lost, and a myriad of other service order requests.
Supervisor: William Page
________________________________________
Education:
University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor's Degree, B.A., May 1983
Major: Government Minor: English
I attained Superior Academic Achievement (SAA). I earned a GPA 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 for all courses in my major field of study, Government, completed in the last two years of the curriculum.
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St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX
Credits Earned: 41 Semester hours
Major: Marketing Minor: English
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Job Related Training:
Public Affairs Qualification Course, Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Maryland, March 21, 2014, through May 22, 2014. The Public Affairs Qualification Course provides entry-level public affairs training for the Department of Defense, U.S. government agencies and selected foreign military communication professionals. Instruction focuses on the foundational elements of the communication planning process; principles and techniques associated with implementing effective communication strategies; and the process involved in integrating communication into military planning and operations.
Army Management Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 04/2009, 120 on-site classroom hours. Intermediate Course, Army Leadership, Civilian Education System.
Army Management Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, 09/2008, 80 on-site classroom hours. Basic Course, Army Leadership, Civilian Education System.
USDA Graduate School. Introduction to Supervision, 04/2008, 40 classroom hours. The week-long course taught me leadership and management techniques, communicating skills, motivating your workforce, managing performance problems, managing conflict, navigating change and how to become an effective leader, supervisor and manager. I earned 3 continuing education units from the USDA Graduate School.
U.S. Army's Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD), 04/2007, 40 classroom hours. The Leadership Education and Development course offered by the U.S. Army teaches supervisors how to assess their own effectiveness; assess employee and team effectiveness; motivate and influence employees; communicate effectively; conduct counseling; resolve conflicts; develop strategies to create fully functioning teams; make effective decisions; and explain the effect of values on individual and team effectiveness.
Defense Information School, Fort George Meade, Maryland, Editors Course, 07/2005, 160 classroom hours. The course provided a highly individualized program of instruction for editors of military newspapers and magazines. I learned the application of the principles and techniques of editing; Armed Forces newspaper policy; newspaper design and readability; management of the newspaper; advanced news and feature writing; headline writing; editing photography and news copy; group newspaper critiques; writing captions and cutlines and newspaper layout and makeup. I adapted this knowledge via the use of desktop publishing. I received an introduction to electronic publication methods, techniques and procedures.
SONY Video Institute, Hollywood, Calif., (various class dates) 07/01/1990 through 06/30/1992. Writing and Directing the Video Script, 40 hours; A/B Roll Editing and BVE-910 Series computerized video Editor, 48 hours; Camera Techniques and Visualization, 24 hours; Electronic News Gathering, 24 hours.
Defense Information School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana., 09/1987 to 02/1988, Broadcast Journalist Course, Awarded the 46R Army Military Occupation Specialty, U.S. Army Broadcast Journalist.
Medical Supply Specialist School, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 01/1985 to 02/1985. Awarded the 76J Army Military Occupation Specialty, Medical Supply Specialist.
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Additional Information:
SKILLS:
Social media, Adobe Photoshop, editing and proofing skills. I certify that I can type 50 words per minute, Windows7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, and limited knowledge of Adobe InDesign.
AWARDS:
U.S. Army, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office, monetary Incentive Award, December 2008, 2009, 2014 thru 2017.
U.S. Army, Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office, Time-off award, 40 hours, October 2005 thru 2007, and 2011 thru 2013.
Department of the Army, 2010, Print Division, Tabloid Format Newspaper: The Monitor, best tabloid format newspaper in the Army for 2010.
Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, October 2009.
Department of Defense, 2008 Thomas Jefferson Awards, Print Division: Tabloid Format Newspaper: The Monitor, best tabloid format newspaper in the Department of Defense for 2008.
Air Force News (AFNEWS) Junior Level Civilian Employee of the Quarter, January 2002 through March 2002.
Cash award for superior job performance, Air Force News, May 2002 thru May 2005.
Joint Service Achievement Medal, U.S. Army, June 1987.
OTHER INFORMATION:
A member of St. Mary's and the University of Texas' Speech and Debate Teams. Attended national competition in impromptu speaking. In high school, qualified and attended state competition in extemporaneous speaking.
I have a current Class C Texas Driver's License that allows me to operate motor vehicles on and off road, on interstate and intrastate highways.