Chris Hayes

Objective

My objective is to pursue any and all careers related to journalism while retaining a focus on web design and online media.

Education

College:

University of Florida - Gainesville, Fl

August 2003 - August 2008

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a focus on new media

Outside Concentration in Mechanical Engineering

High School:

The Benjamin School - North Palm Beach, FL

August 1999 - May 2003

Experience

PBG Lifestyle Magazine

After graduating and returning to Jupiter, I joined the team of Palm Beach Gardens Lifestyle Magazine, where I acted as associate editor from November 2008 until March of 2009, at which point I assumed the role of editor, meaning more hours, greater responsibility, and a heightened commitment to the future of the magazine. In the years that followed, I have made a significant effort to improve the magazine both editorially and aesthetically, as well as impress these ideals upon the entire PBG Lifestyle team. I also played a role in the total rebuild of PBGLifestyle.com and continue to edit our site's web articles in addition to my regular work with the magazine.

The Independent Florida Alligator

In the summer of 2008 I worked at the University of Florida's student-run newspaper, better known as the Alligator. Over the course of the summer, I work primarily in their online department, assisting in the upkeep of their content management system as well as capturing and editing videos for their Web site. I also worked as a writer for their local section, contributing material for the print newspaper and strictly online stories.

Applied Interactive Newspapers

In the spring of 2008 I elected to take the capstone course for online journalism at the University of Florida, JOU4946, which attempts to reproduce many of elements found in a modern online newsroom. In this class, the students acted as editors of their own online newspaper, UF's Newszine, in Weimer Hall's Interactive Media Lab. This first-of-its-kind college facility has since been supplanted by an even more advanced online journalism center.

This UF course was classified as an internship for journalism because the students were expected to perform all of the duties expected of online media producers today. This included reproducing wire content, producing videos, creating SoundSlides presentations and editing stories. We also participated in a rebuild of the Newszine utilizing CSS and JavaScript elements.

Parametric Solutions, Inc.

In the summer of 2004 I interned at a mechanical engineering firm in Jupiter, Florida, where I performed a number of duties for the engineers. These tasks included IT work and PowerPoint presentations, as well as the maintenance and updating of their database system.

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