Samantha Peltier

9110 Southwestern Blvd. Apt. 4204 Dallas, TX 75214 Tel: 832-493-1826 Email: speltier@smu.edu ePortfolio: samanthapeltier.wordpress.com

EXPERIENCE
SMU's The Daily Campus Health and Fitness Editor Fall 2013 Oversaw the production of the health and tness page for SMUs student-run newspaper. Provided articles to educate student body on a healthy lifestyle. Wrote, formatted and edited the page once a week using InDesign. Recruited and managed new student writers to contribute to the page. D Magazine Editorial Internship Fall 2013 Worked closely with the D Magazine editorial staff to ship out an error-free monthly magazine. Fact-checked articles for the magazines editorial managing editor by contacting the storys sources and using online resources. Provided research for future evergreen stories and staff writers. KPRC Local 2 News Internship Summer 2013 Experienced the newsroom as a whole. Shadowed reporters, multimedia journalists, photographers, producers and worked on the assignments desk. Recorded camera time preforming stand ups and tags. Anchored for the intern newscast. SMU's The Daily Campus Chief Copy Editor Spring 2013 Supervised and taught the copy editors. Used AP style to correct mistakes and errors in articles for the newspaper. Responsible for checking facts, grammar, AP style dates and names. SMU's The Daily Campus Copy Editor Fall 2012 Used AP style to correct mistakes and errors in articles for the newspaper. Responsible for checking facts, grammar, AP style dates and names.

EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University, 2014 graduation Journalism Bachelors Degree with minors in English and medieval studies Dulles High School, 2010 graduation Dallas, TX Sugar Land, TX

SKILLS
Procient in Microsoft Ofce, Final Cut Pro, Adobe InDesign, AVID iNews, Sony pd 170 Dv camera, Wordpress, online newsrooms, Photoshop, HTML, CSS and all social media platforms. Excellent writing skills including vast experience with AP style. Creative, innovative, and able to adapt my writing style to t any type of publication. Skillful in performing as an anchor or reporter.

ORGANIZATIONS
SMU Varsity NCAA Division I Rowing Team 2010-2012 Scholarship athlete with practices six days a week at 5 a.m. with 20 plus hours of commitment per week. Won NCAA gold medals in single and team events. Alpha Chi Omega Iota Sigma Chapter Participated in Greek life at SMU. Learned how to work as a team to achieve the same goal in the recruitment of new members. Worked closely with Genesis Womens Shelter during fundraisers and speaker events.