BAILEY BASHAM

F R E E L A N C E J O U R N A L I S T & E D I TO R
@BAILEY_BASHAM

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OVERVIEW
Four-time Tennessee Associated Press award-winning journalist and editor. Former /BBASHAM95
editor-in-chief of the TrevEchoes. Motivated, dedicated journalist and editor. Strong,
clear writer with practice of being thorough. Skilled interviewer and experienced lis-
tener. Passionate, creative storyteller, intelligent communicator and AP style pro.

CORE COMPETENCIES ABOUT ME

B A I L E Y B.
• News and feature writing • Highly organized and deadline
• Copy editing oriented I earned a bachelor’s in multi-
• Newspaper layout and design media journalism from Trev-
• Adaptability
• Creativity ecca University, and I currently
• Problem solving work as the Tennessee Migrant
• Project planning • Excellent written and verbal Education Program assistant
• Working knowledge of social media
communication skills Conexión Américas. I also free-
lance for The Contributor and
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Trevecca’s alumni magazine
and news site.

MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM ASSISTANT 10/2017–PRESENT CON TACT IN FOR M AT I O N

CONEXIÓN AMÉRICAS
Duties include writing content and designing layout for program brochures, Email: baileybasham@gmail.com
manuals, resource guides, etc.; working directly under the Associate Director to Phone: 931-691-1098
the Migrant Education Program; collaborating with the Tennessee Department
Address: 4701 Old Hickory Blvd.
of Education; managing and submitting payments and invoices; maintaining a file
system; and providing support to a team of 15 program recruiters and tutors. Old Hickory, Tenn. 37138

S TA F F W R I T E R ONLINE PORTFOLIO
S E WA N E E M O U N TA I N M E S S E N G E R 5/2017–10/2017
Duties included working on deadline to produce original content for pub- www.baileybasham.com
lication; working with Adobe InDesign to layout pages; copy editing stories for
publication. E D U C AT I O N
C O P Y E D I TO R
T E N N . D E PA R T M E N T O F E D . 9/2016–6/2017 Bachelors of Science,
Duties included reading and editing written communication to ensure cor- Multimedia Journalism
rect grammar and logical structure; ensuring all written communication adhered
to the department of education style guide; supporting staff members with revi- • Trevecca University
sion as needed; and providing timely, thorough feedback on written communica-
tion to varios department point-persons. • Magna Cum Laude graduate
• Course work in online,
E D I TO R - I N - C H I E F 8/2015–5/2017
broadcast and print jour-
TREVECHOES
nalism and audio, film and
Duties included editing all stories for the newspaper; organizing and assign-
ing stories for the publication; coordinating photos with staff photographer; writ- video production.
ing news and feature stories; meeting and enforcing strict deadlines; and working
with a small staff of writers and a local printer. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS
• Named Best Newspaper Reporter by Tennessee Associated Press, Second Lambda Pi Eta
place in 2016; First place in 2017
• Tennessee Associated Press award-winning Investigative Reporter, Honor- • National Communications
able Mention in 20116; Third place in 2017 Society’s official honor society.
• Earned over 20 Tennessee Associated Press Awards for TrevEchoes,
• 4/2015–Current
2015–17