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		<h1>Melissa Steffan</h1>
			<h2>Journalist-turned-marketer-turned-developer.</h2>
				<div>206.498.7863 // msteffan2012@gmail.com // 705 G Street SE, Washington D.C., 20003
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			<h3>Summary</h3>
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					<li>4+ years professional reporting, writing, and content-editing experience at 1776, The Washington Post, Christianity Today, and other publications</li>
					<li>Social media, web editing, and communications experience at 1776, Christianity Today, and Center for Public Justice</li>
					<li>Reported news and commentary pieces published in 1776, The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Her.meneutics, Capital Commentary and Shared Justice</li>
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			<h3>Experience</h3>
				<h4>Assistant Editor, October 2013 to June 2015</h4>
					<p>1776, Washington, D.C.</p>
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						<li>Manage and curate all content for 1776 media platforms</li>
						<li>Create and manage all content for 1776 social media outlets</li>
						<li>Manage 1776 Twitter and Facebook advertising</li>
						<li>Participate in editorial and business strategy discussions</li>
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				<h4>Communications Specialist, September 2013 to October 2013</h4>
					<p>Center for Public Justice, Washington, D.C.</p>
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						<li>Designed and operationalized organization-wide communications and public relations strategy</li>
						<li>Coordinated with CEO to launch giving and marketing campaigns</li>
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				<h4>Editorial Resident & Assistant Online Editor, August 2012 to August 2013</h4>
					<p>Christianity Today, Carol Stream, Illinois</p>
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						<li>Conducted interviews and wrote news, breaking news, and features stories for print and online publication</li>
						<li>Managed daily homepage lineup and wrote daily news blogs for digital platform</li>
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				<h4>Reporting Intern, On Leadership and Innovations, September 2011 to December 2011</h4>
					<p>The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.</p>
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						<li>Conducted interviews and wrote 500- to 700-word news stories in Associated Press style for publication</li>
						<li>Edited On Leadership's monthly roundtable of student columns and helped launch new Innovations' blog, "On Giving"</li>
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				<h4>Editorial Intern and Founding Editor, "Shared Justice", February 2012 to August 2012</h4>
					<p>Center for Public Justice, Washington, D.C.</p>
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						<li>Conceptualized and launched new online politics journal, Shared Justice</li>
						<li>Developed and implemented complete social media strategy using Facebook and Twitter</li>
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				<h4>Editor-in-Chief, September 2010 to June 2011</h4>
					<p>The Falcon, Seattle Pacific University, Washington</p>
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						<li>Conducted interviews and wrote news, features, sports and opinions stories</li>
						<li>Managed 12-person editorial board and oversaw weekly production of The Falcon</li>
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			<h3>Education</h3>
				<h4>B.A. in Communications (Journalism), Political Science</h4>
					<p>Seattle Pacific University // September 2008 to June 2012</p>
				<h4>Washington Journalism Center and American Studies Program</h4>
					<p>Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, Washington D.C. // August 2011 to May 2012</p>
			<h3>Awards</h3>
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					<li>Charles Lingren Award, University Scholars, Seattle Pacific University (awarded to outstanding honors graduate)</li>
					<li>Society of Professional Journalists: First place (general column writing) and second place (general news writing), 2010 Mark of Excellence Region 10; third place (general news writing), 2011 Mark of Excellence Region 10</li>
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			<h3>Activities</h3>
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					<li>Wordpress CMS proficiency, as well as experience using Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint</li>
					<li>Traveled abroad to France to study political science, June-August 2010, and as exchange student to Germany in 2007</li>
					<li>Wrote 50-page honors thesis on the relationship between the New York Times' 1971 Pentagon Papers releases and Wikileaks' 2010 War Logs releases</li>
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			<h3>Interested?</h3>
				<p>Contact me!</p>
				<p>206.498.7863 // msteffan2012@gmail.com // 705 G Street SE, Washington D.C., 20003</p>
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