Michael Dane Beavers
214-244-6688
DaneBeavers.com / danebeavers12@gmail.com
Education:
University of Oklahoma – Bachelor of Arts in Journalism – May 2009
Major: Journalism and Mass Communication
Minor: Film and Video Studies
GPA: 3.43
Journalism Experience:
The Oklahoman/NewsOK.com May 2009 – Present, Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Web Editor for NewsOK.com
Editor for the largest website in Oklahoma, NewsOK.com. I manage the newsroom social media, lead breaking news coverage and live chats, build special pages, packages and multimedia elements and oversee the day-to-day online coverage of our award-winning sports website. NewsOK.com’s online sports coverage was named a top 10 website nationally by the Associated Press Sports Editors in both 2009 and 2010. I’m also a master site administrator who works with every area of the newsroom.
OUDaily.com/The HUB Dec. 2007 – May 2009, Norman, Okla.
- Senior Online Editor at OUDaily.com and former Assistant Online Editor
Completely redesigned and developed a new Web site and brand for The Oklahoma Daily, The University of Oklahoma’s student newspaper. I managed OUDaily.com and updated it with stories, videos, slideshows, podcasts, photos, blogs and more multimedia elements, and I was in charge of everything that went on the site. OUDaily.com won a Gold Crown given to the top college newspaper Web site by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and an Online Pacemaker award from the Associated Collegiate Press, considered the “Pulitzer Prize” of college journalism.
The Oklahoman/NewsOK.com May 2008 — Aug. 2008, Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Digital News Intern for NewsOK.com
Worked in deadline situations updating the Web site with stories, pictures, videos and audio, and also helped write daily newsletters, export stories from print to online, manage images and put breaking stories on the Web.
The Oklahoma Daily/The HUB Aug. 2006 – Dec. 2007, Norman, Okla.
- • Daily Staff Writer and OU football blogger for OU’s student newspaper and its Web site — hub.ou.edu
Covered all aspects of campus life for this 11,000-circulation daily newspaper, from hate groups in Oklahoma to rat research at OU. I also blogged about OU football and other collegiate sports throughout the season on various topics, including: recruiting, in-game statistics, off-the-field issues and analysis of teams.
Skills:
• Managing and organizing highly-trafficked websites and section fronts
• Skilled in using social media to build readership and direct news coverage
• Adept in using different content management systems
• Strong SEO knowledge and headline writing ability
• Experienced in online story presentation and developing multimedia elements for online
• Proficient in HTML, Microsoft Office, Macintosh and Windows operating systems, Adobe
Photoshop and InDesign, Final Cut Pro editing software and Audacity
• Written over 40 articles published in print newspapers and online
• Understand programming principles and databases
• Strong editing, spelling and grammar skills and highly proficient in Associated Press style
• Hard-working, driven, creative and eager to learn
Awards and Accomplishments:
• Named to the “UWIRE 100” in 2009 as one of the 100 best college journalists in the country
• Named as third best new journalist in Oklahoma in 2010
• Won Online Pacemaker and Gold Crown – the top awards in college journalism – with OUDaily.com
• Dean’s honor roll in the Journalism College at OU for three consecutive semesters
• Earned scholarship from the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation in 2008
• President’s honor roll at OU for fall semester 2007 and 2008
• Graduated high school with honors
