KEVIN KENEALY

708.299.2486 kevin.kenealy@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL

English Teacher Certification Type 09 in progress Fall 2009-Summer 2012

Currently hold a 3.837 GPA on 4.0 Scale

Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Summer 2006-Spring 2008

B.A. in Journalism Area of Concentration: Online Journalism

Graduated with a 3.5/4.0 GPA, named part of Society of Collegiate Journalists

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Fall 2004-Spring 2006

Associate of Arts Graduated as part of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

AWARDS

Pacemaker Award for Multimedia Journalism, EIU

Journal Gazette-Times Courier Award for Community Journalism, EIU

Most stand out member of Pounce Online, EIU

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Elim Christian Services, Palos Heights, IL

One on One Paraprofessional Fall 2010 – Summer 2011

Work one on one with a student with cerebral palsy who is confined to a Winter 2012 - Present

wheelchair, figured out how to differentiate instruction for special needs students

Oak Lawn Community High School, Oak Lawn, IL

Student Teacher Fall 2011

Taught four English classes for freshmen through seniors, assisted with school newspaper, the Spartanite, increased student grammar scores 10 percent in one unit Independence Junior High School, Palos Heights, IL Fall 2009

Student Aide

Observed Special ED, English and lunch; graded papers, tutored students, conducted class presentations

Moraine Valley Community College

Journalism Teacher Aide Spring 2008

Led a workshop on Opinion writing for high school journalism students, critiqued papers, participated in a panel discussion, helped students come up with story ideas

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WORK EXPERIENCE

The Doings Newspaper, Hinsdale, IL

Contributor Spring 2009-Present

Cover Westchester village and school board District 92 meetings

Saunoris’ Garden Center, Chicago Ridge, IL

Nursery Employee Spring 2003-Present

Water flowers, sell nursery stock, assist customers, stock flowers, landscape, operate forklift and bobcat

The Glacier Newspaper, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Fall 2004-Spring 2010

News Editor, Editor in Chief, Layout Editor, Web Designer, Views Editor

Helped the bi-monthly paper win its first national award, winning second best newspaper in the country as a bi-monthly as editor in chief, designed the paper’s first Web site, helped teach and train editors and staff to be better journalists

Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

Staff Writer, Online Reporter, Online Interactive Editor, Pounce Editor Summer 2006-Spring 2008

Assembled online Web packages that consisted of slideshows, podcasts, videos, stories and graphics, in charge of Web-oriented magazine Pounce Online, began a daily news podcast for dennews.com (the newspaper’s online site), continued to report on the news, features, opinions, and sports pages Journal Gazette-Times Courier, Mattoon, IL Online, Layout Intern

Summer 2007

Laid out the front page of Entertainment, Obituaries, Markets pages, worked on audio projects using Audacity

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE AND SMART BOARDS MICROSOFT EXCEL ADOBE DREAMWEAVER BLOGGER/WORDPRESS PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN FLASH

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO

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