Jason Brown
Objective: Help create a situation that best uses my computer, leadership and problem solving skills for the betterment of others and the support of my family
P.O. Box 983
Athens, WV 24712
(304)  384-5986
(603)  754-1977  fax line
CURRENT WORK
TurnerVision
Supervisor                        Supervisor - Todd Andrick
May 28, 1999 - Present          (888) 999-2515
Performs customer service, sales and accounting tasks for inbound calls regarding satellite service.

Streetmail
Correspondent                  Supervisor - Deirdre Terry
July 1999 - Present
Writes weekly e-newsletter about Southern West Virginia. Handles all correspondences with readers.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE

WV Sports.com
Corerespondent                 Supervisor - Craig Shibley
July 1999 - present
Writes feature stories covering Southern West Virginia prep sports.

Managerial

Assistant Crew Leader/U.S. Census Burea
Fall 1998
Managed dozen enumarators, processed paperwork

Publisher/West Virginia Sports Focus
October 1997 - February 1998
Published weekly sports tabloid, working several independent writers and ad sales reps.

Editor-in-Chief/The Concordian
Jan. 1996 - May 1997              (304) 384-5279
Produced weekly college newspaper, working with dozens of student writers and administrators

Writing/Layout & Design

Copy Editor/Parkersburg News
April 1998 - August 1998          (800) 642-1997
Handled all pre-press, pre-plate activities of daily sports and news pages. Developed story ideas and made daily decisions for content. 

Sportswriter/Bluefield Daily Telegraph
January 1997-July 1997            (800) 763-2459
Covered high school and college sports. Laid out pages in Quark Xpress. 

Stringer/Beckley Newspapers
Oct. 1994 - Jan. 1997                 (800) 950-0250
Covered high school basketball, football, cross country and college football. Wrote community features as well as a weekly home video column.

EDUCATION

Concord College 
3.7 GPA; Communications Major, Graduated with a B.A. degree - Cum Laude, 1997 Dept. Class Agent

West Virginia State College
3.7 GPA, 1992-1994, English Major; Intro. to Computers, Expository Writing, Screenwriting, Technical Writing, Math Tutor.

Poca High School
1992 graduate; 17th in class; 3.7 GPA; A.P. English, Calculus, Accounting, Spanish I, II & III, Speech, National Honor Society, Basketball Clock Operator, Hi-Q captain.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Charleston Gazette Web Design
Updated daily website for state's largest paper.

Beckley Newspapers Internship
Worked full-time writing features for the sports section, learned paste-up and pagination.

Television Commercial
Produced thirty second commercial for local restaurant that ran on local TCI affiliate.

Campus All-Star Challenge
Competed at B.E.T./Honda's national finals.

Outstanding Contribution to Journalism
Received annual departmental award for contribution to the school's newspapers, The Concordian. Including move to pagination and increasing advertising.

Actor
Performed the role of Mr. Horn in the Concord College fall   production of the play Rain.

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