| Nicole
Stockdale
2300 Canton St. #1109
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 760-9625
nicole@nicolestockdale.com
Work
experience
The
Dallas Morning News • Dallas, Texas •
November 2003-present
Copy editor on the Universal Desk, perfecting stories and writing headlines
and cutlines for local, national and international copy. Act as a slot,
reviewing colleagues’ work. Mentor new employees and summer interns.
Help update online stylebook.
The
Wichita Eagle • Wichita, Kan. • January
2000-October 2003
News copy editor working on Metro, Nation/World and Business copy. Regularly
led copy desk. Helped update stylebook. Filled in as Metro page designer.
For two years, split time as Nation/World originating editor, creating
story budgets, preparing wire copy and planning presentation. Interned
on news copy desk in winter 1998.
The
Sunflower, Wichita State University • Wichita, Kan. •
May 1998-January 2000
As editor in chief, supervised an editorial staff of 30 and oversaw
an additional 10 business and ad employees in a nonlab paper. Developed
story and photo budgets. Edited all copy; designed pages. Managed budget
of $250,000. Also worked as a copy editor and a reporter, crafting headlines,
designing pages, and writing news, editorials and a weekly column.
Activities
and honors
- Run prominent
copy editing blog A Capital Idea, nstockdale.blogspot.com,
2003-present.
- Member,
American Copy Editors Society, 2004-present: regularly present at national
conference, moderate online job board, write column for newsletter.
- Member,
WSU Board of Student Publications, 2000-03; chairwoman, 2001-03.
- Elliott
School of Communication Overall Outstanding Senior, 2000
- Offered
a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund copy editing internship, 2000
- First
place: centerspread design, newswriting, column writing, Kansas Associated
Collegiate Press, 2000
- Communications
and political intern, EMILY’s List PAC, 1999.
Education
Wichita
State University, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 2000
Communication (emphasis journalism) and political science (emphasis
electoral politics)
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