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Catherine Sweeney
918-348-2336 catherinejsweeney@gmail.com catherinejsweeney.com @cathjsweeney
Education
B.A., Multimedia Journalism
Spanish minor
Oklahoma State University
Spring 2015
Awards and
Activities
• Oklahoma Collegiate Media
Association’s College
Newspaper Journalist of the
Year
• Discussion leader at OCMA’s
2015 conference, “Reporting
on Turbulent Topics”
• National Newspaper
Association News Fellow,
political reporting in
Washington, D.C.
Skills
• AP Style
• Records
• Photoshop
• Excel
• Social media
• Features
• Audio
• Video
• Page design
• Photo
References
Ted Streuli
Editor, The Journal Record
405-278-2845
ted.strueli@journalrecord.com
Barbara Allen
Adviser, The O’Colly
405-385-1345
senatorallen@gmail.com
Joey Senat
Professor, Oklahoma State
405-744-8277
joey.senat@okstate.edu
Experience
News Desk, Stillwater News Press
Daily newspaper, Stillwater, Oklahoma
March 2015 - present
• Copy edited stories for print and online publication
• Built pages in Quark
Editor-in-chief, The O’Colly
Student news outlet, Oklahoma State University
July 2014 - December 2014
• Wrote editorials, one of which garnered more than 60,000 page views
• Managed five editors and oversaw a staff of 30 contributing writers
• Oversaw the creation of a digital-only team, which increased daily mobile views
by 2,000 percent.
• Arranged community activities, such as a campus booth to hand out our midterm
election special issue and encourage students to vote
Business Desk Intern, The Oklahoman/NewsOK.com
Metro daily news outlet, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 2014 - August 2015
• Created a beat for myself — environment and agriculture — after following the
business section to see coverage holes
• Performed as a full-time staffer, delivering as many stories per week as employees
Copy Desk Chief, The O’Colly
January 2014 - May 2014
• Managed five copy editors
• Wrote headlines and cutlines
• Acted as a de-facto assistant news editor
City Council Reporter, The O’Colly
August 2013 - December 2013
• Used open meeting and open records knowledge to cover municipal government
• Covered conflict-heavy meetings, including one where the council tried to subtly
assign $60 million of debt to the city and circumvent a required popular vote
News Intern, The Journal Record
Business and legal daily newspaper, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 2013 - July 2013
• Worked as a full-time general assignment reporter, covering lawsuits, legislation,
education, nonprofits, health care, real estate and retail.
• Learned how to juggle longform and daily stories

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