MIKE GREEAR

3027 Creighton Rd.

Pensacola, FL 32504
(504) 272-7643
MikeGreear@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE:
To be employed as a freelance reporter by a magazine, website or newspaper.

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts
University of West Florida
Major: Print Journalism
Minor: Art
Graduation: December 2010

Associate of Arts
Pensacola Junior College
Graduation: August 2008

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Editor-in-chief – The Voyager, the University of West Florida student newspaper,
Aug. 24, 2010 – April 29, 2011

Assign stories, edit copy, train new employees, design pages and write a weekly editorial.
Responsible for the overall management of the newspaper and web site.

Intern – Pensacola News Journal, May 12, 2010 – Aug. 6, 2010

Write news stories, edit copy and record multimedia content.

News editor – The Voyager, the University of West Florida student newspaper,
Jan. 6, 2010 – April 28, 2010

Assign stories, edit copy, design pages and write a weekly opinion column.

Opinions editor – The Voyager, the University of West Florida student newspaper,
Aug. 26, 2010 – Dec. 9, 2010

Design pages, edit copy, solicit opinion articles from the campus community and write a
weekly opinion column.

As Michael Rutschky*:
Continuous News editor – eCorsair.com, Pensacola Junior College student newspaper,
Aug. 29, 2007 – April 30, 2008

Assign stories, edit copy, write briefs, record and edit podcasts and videos, and maintain
the eCorsair website.
SKILLS:
Experience editing video, editing audio, editing copy, designing pages (web and print), blogging
and social networking.

AWARDS:

• Southeast Journalism Conference Award for Third Place in On-Site Editorial Writing,
2010.
• Florida Community College Press Association State Publications Newspaper Award for
Best Comic Strip, ''The Chronicles of Mark Question,'' 2008.
• Florida Community College Press Association State Publications Newspaper Award for
Second Best Editorial Column, 2008.
• Florida Community College Press Association State Publications Newspaper Award for
Best Humor Writing, 2007.
• Academic Achievement Award for maintaining a GPA of more than 3.2 while
participating in a student organization, 2007.

*I legally changed my name to Michael Robert Fahnestock Greear after enrolling at the
University of West Florida.

REFERENCES:
Tom Ninestine
Breaking News Editor of the Pensacola News Journal
101 E. Romana St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
(850) 435-8698
tninestine@pnj.com

Bruce Swain
Journalism professor, University of West Florida
(850) 478-6175
Building 36
11000 University Pkwy.
Pensacola, FL 32514
bswain@uwf.edu

Richard A. Schneider
Executive Editor of the Pensacola News Journal
101 E. Romana St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
(850) 435-8514
daschneid@pensacol.gannett.com

Christina Drain
Student Publications Manager, Pensacola Junior College
1000 College Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32504
(850) 712-8923
cdrain@pensacolastate.edu