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Nate Abdo
Digital Journalist
Education
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communicaiton, Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism - Digital Media
August 2006 - May 2010
GPA: 3.9 Dean's List,
Summa Cum Laude
Kappa Tau Alpha, National Honor Society of Journalists
Summa Cum Laude
Kappa Tau Alpha, National Honor Society of Journalists
Media Experience
State Press Television
State Press Television is the video focused branch of Arizona State University Student Media's news organization The State Press. The State Press serves a student body larger than 65,000.
General Manager
Tempe, AZ
May 2008 - May 2010
- Organized and oversaw the production of video content - including news, entertainment, and advertising - for ASU Student Media.
- Creatively led a group of paid staff and volunteers to ensure this content was appropriate for our medium and more importantly expressed a level of quality.
- Developed innovative techniques for covering and distributing our content including integration and partnership with our print newspaper and our Web site.
- Creatively led a group of paid staff and volunteers to ensure this content was appropriate for our medium and more importantly expressed a level of quality.
- Developed innovative techniques for covering and distributing our content including integration and partnership with our print newspaper and our Web site.
azcentral.com
The Arizona Republic is Arizona's largest newspaper and azcentral.com is the company's Web site. The Arizona Republic is also one of the largest newspapers in the United States and ranks among the top 20 in regards to daily circulation.
Assitant Video Editor / Intern
Phoenix, AZ
May 2009 - August 2008
- Filmed, edited and produced weekly previews for azcentral.com that centered on local entertainment and things to do.
- Created prototype videos for new show ideas in order to test internal and external feedback.
- Created prototype videos for new show ideas in order to test internal and external feedback.
Playwhat.com
Playwhat.com is Web site geared toward gamers. Specifically it supplies a database of information about video games for all platforms and provides relevant graphics, reviews, descriptions and available downloads.
Content Editor
Tempe, AZ
May 2007 - August 2008
- Wrote descriptions and reviews for the latest consumer video games.
- Maintained the Web site by creating graphics, updating content and editing new material.
- Maintained the Web site by creating graphics, updating content and editing new material.
Tech Experience
Family Room Specialist - Apple Inc. - Scottsdale, AZ
- June 2009 - Present
- Apple Small Device Certified
Retail Specialist - At&t Mobility - Tempe, AZ
- July 2007 - Sept. 2008
- June 2009 - Present
- Apple Small Device Certified
Retail Specialist - At&t Mobility - Tempe, AZ
- July 2007 - Sept. 2008
Proficiences
- Mac OSX & Windows
- Photoshop CS4
- Illustrator CS4
- After Effects CS4
- Premiere CS4
- Flash CS4
- Final Cut Studio
- HTML
- CSS
- Photoshop CS4
- Illustrator CS4
- After Effects CS4
- Premiere CS4
- Flash CS4
- Final Cut Studio
- HTML
- CSS
References available upon request