TIM DONNELLY

EXPERIENCE

Contributing editor, Brokelyn.com Brooklyn, NY-based web magazine with 40,000 unique visitors a month. May 2009-present

• Post daily updates and links, summarize news stories, generate original reporting and service pieces on budget living in New York City

Staff writer, The Island Packet Circulation: 22,000 daily /26,000 Sunday

Hilton Head Island, S.C.Jan. 2005-Nov. 2008

• Covered Hilton Head Island municipal government and immigration issues; produced daily, weekend and series pieces on topics ranging from a profile of the nation’s first village for freed slaves to an in-depth investigation of the state’s judicial selection process

• Produced web updates and multimedia features including audio and video projects; interviewed on Fox News, MSNBC and Headline News multiple times while covering a high-profile story in 2008

Staff writer, Gazette-Star NewspapersCirculation: 200,000 weekly

Laurel, Md.April 2004-Jan. 2005

• Covered the city of Bowie, the largest municipality in the circulation area; broke story that drew attention to shortage of county school bus drivers; copy edited weekly issues

Staff writer, editor, copy editor, The DiamondbackCirculation: 17,000 daily

College Park, Md.Jan. 2002-May 2004

• Covered university system and state governments beats; ran off-campus news section and developed staff of beat reporters.

FREELANCE

Billboard.com: News story (2008)

The Guide, Beaufort County, S.C.: Artist interviews and columns (2008)

The Journal, Prince George's County, Md.: Political stories and features (2003)

Gazette-Star Newspapers, Laurel, Md.: News stories and features; reported and wrote the 2004 Prince George's County Business Report, a comprehensive look at county wide business trends and developments

HONORS and AWARDS

South Carolina Press Association 1st place, reporting in-depth, 2nd place enterprise reporting, 2008; 1st place, beat reporting, 2007; 2nd place beat reporting, 2006; Best of the Best: 1st place, feature writing, 2006
Island Packet 2007 newsroom employee of the year
Society of Professional Journalists: 2nd place column writing, 2004
Gazette-Star Newspapers 1st place feature writing, 2004

EDUCATION

• University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Jan. 2002-August 2004 – B.A. in journalism. Philosophy minor

• George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs, August 1999-August 2001. Journalism major, philosophy minor

SKILLS

• Photoshop; NewsEditPro; LexisNexis; Microsoft Office; Quark; Mac and PC operating systems

• Experience with audio and video equipment and editing software, including Audacity