BENJAMIN SUNG HENRY
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Experience
Page designer and copy editor , Kitsap (Wa.) Sun, April 2007 to present
» Page designer for A1, Nation/World, Sports and Life
» Wire editor
» Pioneered the integration of the presentation desk with the online department
Page designer and copy editor, The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, December 2000 to April 2007
» Page designer and copy editor, Copy Desk, July 2004-April 2007
» In charge of weekly Sunday A1 centerpieces, May 2005-April 2007
» Lead page designer, weekly Travel section, November 2004-May 2005
» Primary page designer, Sports Department, December 2000-July 2004
» Freelance sportswriter, August-December 2000
» Freelance sportswriter and clerk, June-September 1999
» Member of ethics committee, which drafted the Star-Bulletin's code of ethics
» Collaborated on "H-Men" project, which won second place in the Best of the West for "Words, Editing and Design," and finished in the Top 10 for Special Sections in The Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
Editor, eNewsHawaii, full-time, November 1999-June 2000
» Responsible for managing daily news content, maintaining growth in site traffic and brainstorming and implementing projects in line with company objectives. Managed three full-time employees and numerous freelance contributors and columnists.
Editor, Windward Oahu News (currently Oahu Island News, September 1997-October 1999
» Prepared editorial budgets and proofread all editorial content for monthly community newspaper (circ. 24,000).
Freelance sportswriter, The Honolulu Advertiser, January-June 1999
Associate editor, August 1998-May 1999; sports editor, September 1996-February 1999; Kalamalama (6,000 circ.):
» Held various positions for bi-weekly, Hawaii Pacific University public relations student newsletter (circ. 6,000). Wrote and conceived first style book in 1999, and created original infrastructure of Web site.
Intern, KHON News (FOX affiliate), fall 1997
» Edited video segments and sports highlights.
Sports editor, Damien Memorial High School student newspaper Ke Alii, 1993-96
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism,
Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu
» Graduated Cum Laude, with 3.6 cumulative grade-point average and 3.8 GPA in major,
May 2000.
High School Diploma, Damien Memorial High School, Honolulu
» May 1996
Skills
» Page design, copy Editing (headline/display-type writing, and proofreading for grammar, style and story cohesion), wire editing, writing and reporting, online design and maintenance, multimedia (audio and video) and knowledge in national/international news, politics, features and sports.
» Fluent in IBM and Macintosh; Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, ImageReady and PageMaker; QuarkXPress; Digidesign Pro Tools, Cakewalk Sonar, Garageband and other audio software; Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, FrontPage.
» Typing: 100 words per minute
Honors/accomplishments
» Best of the West and Associated Press Sports Editor co-winner.
» First Church Scholarship, awarding full, four-year tuition at HPU, 1996. Value: $32,000.
» Pa'i Award, co-designer of Honorable Mention Kalamalama entry, graphic design, 1997.
» Presidential Scholarship, 50 percent tuition awarded for associate editor's position at Kalamalama, 1998-99. Value: $4,000.
» National Honor Society member, Alpha Chi, Lambda Pi Eta and Phi Sigma.
» National Dean's List, 1997-99.
» Hawaii Pacific University Dean's List, 1996-1998.
» "Excellence in Newswriting," Damien High School's Ke Ali`i, May 15, 1995.
» District winner in the field of sports, Newspapers in Education, Damien High School's Ke Ali`i, 1995.
References
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