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Marissa Ashley Harshman
Roseburg, Ore. • www.marissaharshman.com • marharsh07@yahoo.com
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
REPORTER
09/07-current
The News-Review
Roseburg, Oregon
Cover health and six cities in northern Douglas County. Responsible for compiling a health and fitness page for the Wednesday paper as well as managing other aspects of the health and city beats. Also cover Roseburg’s Charlie Company with the Oregon National Guard. As of July 2009, responsible for public safety and courts coverage. Circulation of 20,000.
SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
06/07-07/07
Poynter Institute
St. Petersburg, Florida
Selected for six-week intensive summer program. Attended workshops and seminars by industry professionals. Received basic audio and video training. Responsible for generating story ideas and covering a geographical beat.
STAFF WRITER
01/07-03/07
Klipsun Magazine
Bellingham, Washington
Wrote feature stories for the campus magazine published twice each quarter.
SPORTS EDITOR
01/06-03/06
The Western Front
Bellingham, Washington
Responsible for finding sports stories, assigning stories to staff reporters and layout of the sports pages for The Western Front. Circulation of 12,000.
NEWSPAPER INTERNSHIP
06/05-09/05
The Daily News
Longview, Washington
Covered local events and wrote spot news stories for a 22,000 circulation daily paper.
NEWS EDITOR
03/05-06/05
The Western Front
Bellingham, Washington
Responsible for finding news stories, assigning stories to staff reporters and layout of the news pages for The Western Front. Circulation of 12,000.
STAFF REPORTER
09/04-03/05
The Western Front
Bellingham, Washington
Wrote one to two stories each week for various sections of the twice-weekly, student-run newspaper. Wrote for the A&E, sports, news, opinions and features sections. Circulation of 12,000.
EDUCATION
B.A. JOURNALISM
09/03-06/07
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington
Political science minor. Made the President’s list once and Great Northwest Athletic Association’s All-Academic team three times. Journalism department scholarship recipient.
GENERAL EDUCATION
09/99-06/03
Heritage High School
Vancouver, Washington
Top 5 percent of graduating class, accumulative grade point average of 3.95, National Honor Society, National Honor Roll, Scholar Athlete. Scholarship recipient.
TRAINING
• Experience with InDesign.
• Basic training in recording and editing audio and video footage.
• Training in creating and maintaining a blog. (www.marissaharshman.com)
• Recipient of Society of Professional Journalists and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association awards.
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Who is Marissa?
Marissa is a journalist. A hard-news girl with an eye for color.
Welcome to MarissaHarshman.com! I’m a 24-year-old recent college grad. I was born in Fort Bragg, N.C. My family moved back to Vancouver, Wash. when I was a toddler, and I lived there for 16 years until I went away to college. In June 2007, I graduated from Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Wash. I completed my Bachelor of Arts degree with a journalism major and political science minor. In July 2007 I completed a six-week journalism program at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. The fellowship taught me so much. I was introduced to new media techniques to deliver a story, such as audio, video and soundslides. I’ve learned to embrace the new technology that surrounds each of us, and I’m excited to apply what I’ve learned.
Since September 2007, I’ve worked at The News-Review in Roseburg, Ore. I cover health and fitness and the northern part of Douglas County, which includes six cities ranging in size from 200 to 7,500 people. I’ve also spent some of my time covering the Oregon National Guard’s Charlie Company based in Roseburg, which has been a great experience. I’m having a great time here and learning quite a bit myself and my profession.
In July 2009, I began covering the public safety and courts beat in addition to health and fitness. The new beat has proved to be challenging but always keeps me busy on and my toes.
I plan to use this site to display my writing and videos, and also to start a dialogue about the issues I face daily while trying to write and report. Keep checking in for updates!
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