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Home address Thomas S. Downey 1752 Millbrook Lane [email protected] Loveland, Ohio 45140 513-288-6360 Objective To secure a position in the sports media or journalism field, as a writer or broadcaster. Education Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Majors: Journalism and Sports Leadership & Management GPA: 3.56/4.00 Related Experience Sports Director, WMSR (December 2013 – May 2015) Managed 21 member staff of broadcasters. Responsible for engineering broadcasts for Miami athletic events and assigning broadcasters to call games. In charge of hiring, training and developing new broadcasters. Responsible for budgeting and organizing home and away broadcasts. Sports Editor, The Miami Student (November 2012 – May 2015) Managed 12 member staff of writers. Responsible for editing and fact-checking all sports stories for The Miami Student. Used InDesign to layout sports page for all print editions. Covered breaking news and major news events, such as coaching hires and dismissals. Featured Writer, Chat Sports (August 2013 - Current) Covered the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL Draft and fantasy football as lead NFL writer. Responsible for writing, editing and publishing articles through WordPress. Member of the Writer Advisory Board, which meets monthly to discuss articles, ideas and future plans for Chat Sports. Sports Announcer, WMSR (November 2011 – May 2015)
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Home address Thomas S. Downey 1752 Millbrook Lane [email protected] Loveland, Ohio 45140 513-288-6360
Objective To secure a position in the sports media or journalism field, as a writer or broadcaster.
EducationMiami University, Oxford, OhioBachelor of Arts in Journalism Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and HealthMajors: Journalism and Sports Leadership & Management GPA: 3.56/4.00
Related Experience
Sports Director, WMSR (December 2013 – May 2015) Managed 21 member staff of broadcasters. Responsible for engineering broadcasts for Miami athletic events and assigning broadcasters to
call games. In charge of hiring, training and developing new broadcasters. Responsible for budgeting and organizing home and away broadcasts.
Sports Editor, The Miami Student (November 2012 – May 2015) Managed 12 member staff of writers. Responsible for editing and fact-checking all sports stories for The Miami Student. Used InDesign to layout sports page for all print editions. Covered breaking news and major news events, such as coaching hires and dismissals.
Featured Writer, Chat Sports (August 2013 - Current) Covered the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL Draft and fantasy football as lead NFL writer. Responsible for writing, editing and publishing articles through WordPress. Member of the Writer Advisory Board, which meets monthly to discuss articles, ideas and future
plans for Chat Sports.
Sports Announcer, WMSR (November 2011 – May 2015) Announced football, baseball, basketball and hockey games for Miami’s student radio station.
Handled play-by-play and color commentary duties. Traveled as member of away game sports broadcast team.
Sports Columnist, The Miami Student (August 2012 – May 2015) Contributed a bi-weekly column offering insight and perspective on a variety of sports topics
including Miami University athletics, national topics and sporting events.
Senior Staff Writer, The Miami Student (August 2011 - November 2012) Beat reporter for Miami University sports teams. Interviewed coaches, athletes and athletic
directors. Met deadlines by submitting two weekly articles covering football, hockey, baseball and
volleyball.
