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Erin Schultz
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Adventures in Music
 

Erin E. Schultz
1470 Factory Ave., Mattituck, N.Y. 11952
ees2139@gmail.com, 517-290-0104
www.erinschultz.com
www.timesreview.com
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EDUCATION:        
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York , N.Y.
M.S., May 2008; Print concentration
Electives were Feature Writing, Covering Ideas, Radio Skills, and Columbia News Service, a national wire service transmitted through the New York Times Syndicate.
                       
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
B.A. 1998; Theater; Minor: Journalism; Honors College
General studies in public speaking, history, French, and political science

EXPERIENCE:      

Writer, The Times / Review Newspapers, Mattituck, N.Y.
www.timesreview.com
July 2008 – present
Pitch, research and produce hard news and feature-style pieces for an award-winning series of weeklies on the East End of Long Island. Cover local government, education, business, real estate, entertainment, sports, food and beverage, lifestyle issues -- anything and everything newsworthy on the North Fork. I also take my own pictures when necessary and often shoot and edit short video clips for the Web.

Freelance
Writer
1996 - present
Pitched, researched, reported and wrote profiles and other feature pieces for The Chicago Tribune, The New York Daily News, New York Resident Magazine, Newsday, Great Lakes Stage, The Olympian (Wash.), The Edmonton Journal (Alberta), The Berkshire Eagle (Mass.), Great Reporter.com, and Pontiac Performance. Piece on obscure Michigan lighthouses made the front page of the Lansing State Journal Sunday addition, Memorial Day weekend, 2007.


Writer, Lansing State Journal Custom Publications
Lansing, Mich.
www.lsj.com
2004 - 2007
Pitched, researched, reported and wrote feature stories on a variety of topics for Gannett-owned niche publications, including Greater Lansing Woman, Greater Lansing Parent, and HomeWorks. Generated good story ideas, including one on “women who cheat” that lead to an inordinate degree of national publicity.

Writer, Lansing NOISE Magazine
Lansing, Mich.
www.lansingnoise.com
2004 - 2006
Covered local, regional and national musical acts for Gannett-owned alternative weekly, from Whitesnake’s bass player, to Delta bluesman Byther Smith, to several dozen up-and-coming indie bands. Also wrote long-form lifestyle pieces an all-female hockey league, greasy-spoon breakfast joints and micro-brewed beer taking over bars and restaurants in a Lansing suburb.

Musician/DJ                                                                                                    2000 - 2005
Played bass, guitar and sang with a popular Michigan rock band. Managed and booked myself around the Midwest. Developed, maintained and contributed to band’s Web site.

SKILLS:       
Computer-assisted reporting and research, Lexis Nexis and Factiva, Fatwire, Audacity, ProTools, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, iPhoto, Adobe Photo Shop, Bridge, multi-media reporting including video, slideshow and audio packages for the Web.

REFERENCES: 
Julie Lane
Reporter
The Suffolk Times
jalwrite@aol.com
631-766-3929

Randee Daddona
Photographer
The Suffolk Times
randee5@optonline.net
631-765-0505

Laura Muha
Professor
Columbia University   
212-854-0117       
ljm31@columbia.edu   

Paula Span
Professor
Columbia University
973-746-6777
spanp@comcast.net
    
Laurie Robison           
President          
Robison & Associates PR, LLC
517-896-1873
Laurie@RobisonAssociates.com