alex ruppenthal résumé
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7/29/2019 Alex Ruppenthal Rsum
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Address: 2436 Kingsley Drive Naperville, IL 60565 | Email: [email protected] | Phone:630.270.689Alex Ruppenthal
OFreelance JournalistChicago, Ill.
Write stories for several suburban newspapers,
including the Northwest Herald, Northbrook Tower
and Wilmette Beacon, and the website of Comcast
SportsNet Chicago.
(Aug. 2012-present)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE EDUCATIONUniversity of MissouriOBachelor of Journalism in Print/Digital Media (CumLaude, Deans List), May 2011OBachelor of Arts in German (Summa Cum Laude),
May 2011
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCEOCongress-Bundestag Youth ExchangeFellow, U.S. Department of StateGermany
Studied for four months at Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universitt Munich. Tutored teenage refugees in
German. Wrote product and company features in,UNSPZOHUK.LYTHUHZWHY[VMH]LTVU[OPU[LYUZOPW
with Threeview, a marketing agency in Munich.
(Aug. 2011-July 2012)
HONORS AND AWARDSOHearst FoundationJournalism Award for In-DepthWriting, 2011OAssociated Press Sports Editors Award for
Explanatory Reporting, 2010OAssociated Press Sports EditorsAward forExplanatory Reporting, 2009
SKILLSOFluent in GermanOAdobe InDesign
OBasic operation of DSLR camera
REFERENCESOJacqui Banaszynski
Knight Chair in Editing, Missouri School of Journalism
Editing Fellow, Poynter Institute
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OGreg Bowers
Sports Editor, Columbia Missourian
E-mail: [email protected]
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Community Manager, ChicagoNow
Former reporter and web producer, Chicago Tribune
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OAssociate Reporter, MajorLeagueBaseball.comChicago, Ill.
Covered the Chicago Cubs. Report and wrote news,
game and feature stories for cubs.com and MLB.com.
Regularly wrote on tight deadlines. (May-Aug. 2011)
OEditorial Intern, ESPNChicago.comChicago, Ill.
Wrote and edited headlines and stories, including news,
game and feature stories. Managed multiple projects.
Covered high school sports events. (May-Aug. 2010)
OReporter and Editor, Project 573: TheAmerican ResponseColumbia, Mo.
Coordinated special reporting project covering the
recession along with 12 journalists studying different
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its-kind project at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Reported, wrote, edited, photographed and managed
content. (Aug. 2010-May 2011)
OCopy Editor, Columbia Missourian
Columbia, Mo.
Copy edited and wrote headlines and captions for stories,
infographics and photographs for both the online and
print editions. (Aug.-Dec. 2009)
OSports Beat Writer, Columbia MissourianColumbia, Mo.
Covered the University of Missouri mens basketball team,
writing 4-5 stories per week. Covered the Big 12 and
NCAA tournaments. (Oct. 2009-March 2010)
OWeb Intern, Chicago Tribunes RedEyeChicago, Ill.
Wrote stories and headlines and managed web content,
including several projects, for RedEye, a daily newspaper
published by the Chicago Tribune targeted at young
adults. (May-Aug. 2008)