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Daniel Watson3006 Royal St., Apt. 34, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Phone: 530.409.6919 E-Mail: dewatson@usc.edu

Online Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/danwatson7

B.A., Journalism, Cal Poly, SLO; USC Masters Candidate, Online Journalism

Media background

Editor-in-Chief Full-time Current

Neontommy.com

In charge of the nations most widely trafficked online college news site.

Oversee an editorial board of more than 40 editors, and an entire staff of more than 100.

Instituted first daily budget system in publication history, including daily budget meetings using Google Hangout.

Built the publications first graphics and photo department; created first policy handbook.

Set all-time traffic records: more than 1 million pageviews in the first semester, spanning 120 countries.

Led surge in Facebook likes and Twitter followers to nearly 4,000 apiece; directed four Tumblr sites.

Effectively built staff of 20 executive producers for near-24/7 web aggregation.

Promoted content across the Internet, getting linked by Huffington Post, LA Times, Drudge Report, AOL, Reddit,Mediabistro, Village Voice, Truthdig, LA Observed, LAist, and many others.

Assistant Sports Editor Full-time Nov. 2006-Aug. 2010

Lee Central Coast Newspapers Santa Maria, California

Led a team of seven, overseeing production of five sports sections.

Restructured daily budget system for each of the five papers, instituted photo/video assignment system, chief

editor for quarterly special sections.

Laid out multiple sections daily (Quark), while continuing to write stories.

As host for Sports Times, scripted, produced, shot video and anchored weekly online summer show. For

example, please clickhere.

As blogger/tweeter, chronicled my training for a completed first marathon on Twitter.

Awarded first-place for best sports story of the year in California (Story)

Editor-in-Chief Full-time June 2005-June 2006

Mustang Daily San Luis Obispo, California (College newspaper)

Supervised the only completely student-run college newspaper in the nation. Managed 14 editors and 19 reporters.

Launched a new website and increased the monthly hits from 850 to 30,000 in two quarters. Shortly after its

launch, it was recognized as the best college newspaper website in the nation (ACP).

Professional development

Carnegie-Knight fellow Current

The Guardian London, UK

One of six winners of the prestigious News21 fellowship, covering the 2012 presidential campaign.

Conferences, freelance work, internships

As speaker, have lectured at national college media conferences (2006). As selectee, among 27 national selected

students to attend LA Times workshop (2005).

Freelance work has appeared in the Sac Bee, Orange County Register, KCET and Columbia Journalism Review.

Part-time jobs have included work at the Mountain Democrat (2001-2002), San Luis Obispo Tribune (2002-2003),

CBS-owned Maxpreps.com (2004) and Davis Enterprise (2006). Interned at UK current affairs magazine Prospect.