CV

Summer Dawn Hortillosa
contact: summerhortillosa@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE:

The Jersey City Independent
Staff Writer (May 2012 – present)

Responsibilities: Writing art and entertainment features, blogging news stories, aggregating to other articles, organizing Best Bets features, using social media to promote stories, compiling weekly newsletter.

Evening Journal Association, The Jersey Journal
Hudson County Now blogger (November 2010 – August 2011)

Responsibilities: Blogged breaking news and aggregations on Hudson County Now and its related blogs; wrote news articles and entertainment features; wrote headlines; managed photos and videos on Hudson County Now; managed the Journal’s web presence; promoted web content; trained others to use Moveable Type blogging platform and other web tools; edited copy; formatted and laid out stories for print and web; maintained event calendars; took photos

Highlights:
- Wrote majority of entertainment content every week
- Promoted “liking” and other interaction on Facebook page
- Created new features like “Photo of The Day” and “Features Photos from The Jersey Journal” on HCN and Facebook
- Created and organized Hudson County Prom Picture Challenge, which pulled in ~80,000 hits total
- Wrote breaking news blog posts, such as coverage of Lincoln Tunnel accident that got ~50,000 hits total
- Wrote SEO-friendly blog posts that got ~50,000 hits such as Lunar Eclipse 2010 and Supermoon 2011 coverage

Hoboken Now blogger/Weekend Urge entertainment reporter (August 2011 – February 2012)

Responsibilities: Blogged/reported on Hoboken, N.J. regional beat on Hoboken Now; covered Hudson County arts and entertainment; trained new bloggers; laid out pages; wrote headlines; copy edited; took photos

Smart Learning Inc.
(June 2010 – Present; per-job basis)
Copy Editor
Responsibilities: Edited copy for chess book, “Improve Your Chess at Any Age,” and various educational texts for instructional chess iPhone application.

TheInternational.org
(August 2010 – November 2010)
Journalist

Responsibilities: Wrote in-depth analyses of and reports on controversial world events; contributed to editorial and administrative discussions; searched for free, usable visuals

The Cougar News
(2006, September 2007- June 2008)
Writer/Assistant Editor/Executive Editor

Responsibilities: Edited articles; designed layout of Cougar News and sister newsletter; managed newsroom and reporters; wrote articles, headlines, captions; took photographs

WRITING

PLAYS:
Secrets; Love (Downtown Urban Theater Festival), 2012
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Wed, 2008
Murder at Vinnie’s (Dinner Show and Stage Versions), 2007
The Not-So-Lovely Tale of Strawberry Fructose (New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival), 2007

PUBLICATIONS:
The Jersey City Independent, 2012; So Divine Magazine, 2012; The Jersey Journal (Hudson County Now, Waterfront Weekly/Hoboken Now, Bayonne Now, Kearny Weekly, Hudson Dispatch), 2010-2012; The International, 2010; Purpleslinky.com, 2008; Authspot.com, 2008; Socyberty.com, 2008; Gomestic.com, 2008; Telewatcher.com, 2008; Bookstove.com, 2008; Academé, 2008; McNair Academic Newsletter, 2008; Cougar News, 2006, 2008

SHORT STORIES:
Slumber, Mnemosyne Literary Magazine, 2007
Grocery Shopping with My Girl, Mnemosyne Literary Magazine, 2007

EDITING:
2008: Executive editor, McNair Academic Newsletter (Spring)
2007-2008: Assistant editor, Cougar News (Issues 2, 3 & 4)
2007-2008: Executive editor, Cougar News (Issues 1 & 5)
2007: Executive editor, Mnemosyne Literary Magazine

THEATER

DIRECTING:
Secrets; Love, Downtown Urban Theater Festival
As You Like It, MAHS Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Wed, MAHS Shakespeare
Murder at Vinnie’s, McNair Academic Mock Trial Team
Twelfth Night, The Rudesby Algorithm Youth Acting Company

STAGE MANAGING
Murder on Ice, Art House Productions
As You Like It, MAHS Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Wed, MAHS Shakespeare
Murder at Vinnie’s, McNair Academic Mock Trial Team
Twelfth Night, The Rudesby Algorithm Youth Acting Company

TRAINING
Shakespeare, Dr. Sara Solberg
Vocals, Anne McIver, Maria Williams, Victor Hernandez

AWARDS:
Excellent Student Journalist Award, 2008
Real Women Essay Contest, 2008
Silver Medal Essay (NJ Academic Decathlon Regional Competition), 2008
Governor’s Award in Arts, 2007
NJ Young Playwrights Contest, 2007 (The Not-So-Lovely Tale of Strawberry Fructose)
Gold Medal Essay (Highest Scoring in Region; NJ Academic Decathlon), 2007

EDUCATION

Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts); GPA: 4.0
Currently not enrolled; will resume studies at a later date

University of Phoenix, (Phoenix, Arizona; Online Campus); GPA: 4.0
Associate of Arts in Communication

OTHER SKILLS

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint and Visio); Microsoft Paint; JASC Paint Shop Pro; JASC Animation Shop; basic HTML; Adobe PhotoShop CS4; Moveable Type; WordPress; Newsmaker; SEO and SMO training

Languages: English, Spanish, basic American Sign Language, Ilonggo (Filipino dialect)

Etc.: 92 WPM, 95% accuracy; 18000+ keystrokes (10-key)