Peggy Packer
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Peggy Packer

Peggy Packer
An aspiring reporter eager to educate the world through current events.
813 W. University Ave
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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EXPERIENCE
The Lumberjack, Northern Arizona University — Opinion/Editorials Editor
August 2018 - PRESENT
Assigned stories for weekly content
Worked one-on-one with writers to improve their skills
Edited stories for print and online
Designed pages for print with Adobe InDesign
Planned and published online content
Promoted content on social media
The Lumberjack, Northern Arizona University — Opinion/Editorials Assistant Editor
August 2017 - May 2018
Assisted with assigning stories and generating content
Edited stories for print and online
Designed pages for print with Adobe InDesign
The Lumberjack, Northern Arizona University — Columnist
August 2016 - PRESENT
Wrote weekly columns for newspaper
Turned articles into multimedia projects
KJACK, Flagstaff — DJ
January 2019 - May 2019
Hosted a DJ slot on KJACK radio
Learned to use a sound booth


EDUCATION
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ — Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
August 2016 - May 2019
GPA: 3.82
Major: Journalism
Minor: Spanish
Buckeye Union High School, Buckeye, AZ — High School Diploma
August 2012 - May 2016
GPA: 5.23
Class Rank: 2 out of 352
Received International Baccalaureate Diploma

REFERENCES
Annette McGivney — The Lumberjack Advisor and NAU Professor
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SKILLS
Familiar with Adobe softwares such as InDesign
Well-versed in AP Style
Familiar with Google Docs and Google Drive as well as BLOX and Camayak
Experienced in many areas of writing and reporting (Features, News, Sports, Opinion)
Easily adaptable to new environments
Knowledgeable on many different social media platforms

AWARDS
Dean’s List- Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019
“Excellent” Arizona Interscholastic Press Association Award for best Pro/Con Writing- October 2016
“The Flaws of #AllLivesMatter”


LANGUAGES
English
Spanish

ONLINE STORY LINKS
FHS girls soccer opens season with blowout victory — Arizona Daily Sun
November 2019
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Stealthing isn’t a sex trend, it’s sexual assault — The Lumberjack
May 2017
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An open letter to Muslims (Multimedia Project) — The Lumberjack
February 2018
------------/thenaulumberjack/open-letter-to-muslims — audio piece
------------/opinion/an-open-letter-to-muslims/article_bfaf0d9e-edaf-11e6-99c1-c3e5165a13cd.html — written piece