Stefan Kamph

Multimedia Journalist 215-531-7509 stefan@kam.ph November 2012 present Freelance Writer, Philadelphia, Pa. Pitching feature stories to media outlets here and around the country. Available for writing assignments, radio pieces, blogging, and copy-editing. September 2010 October 2012 Staff Writer, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wrote ten 4,000-word cover stories a year for a regional alt-weekly with a print circulation of 50,000. Posted one reported item per weekday on the papers news blog, the Pulp. Balanced humor and vivid storytelling with painstaking accuracy. Culled story pitches from local news and sources in government, business, and the arts. Won a handful of awards: Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists, 2011 Second place, Alt-Weekly Award for Non-Deadline Reporting, AAN, 2011 Second place, Green Eyeshade Award for General News Reporting, Southeastern SPJ, 2011 Finalist, Excellence in Journalism Award for Community News Writing, Florida Press Club, 2012 May August 2010 Reporter, The Portland Mercury, Portland, Ore. Wrote hard-news stories and investigative features of 300-750 words. Posted breaking news and analysis throughout the day to Blogtown PDX, Portlands most popular blog. Took photographs, posted stories from meetings and events, shot and edited video, and created online maps. Published my first long-form cover story: inside a military-sponsored fifth-grade science class. January April 2010 News Intern, The Portland Mercury Built an education beat from scratch, writing stories on public schools and universities during a budget crisis. Scheduled over 50 endorsement interviews with state and local politicians during election season. May 2009 May 2010 Volunteer Producer and Reporter, KBOO Community Radio, Portland, Ore. Produced and edited a half-hour evening newscast under deadline pressure. Assigned stories to reporters and seamlessly combined their reports with syndicated content. Wrote the days stories into clear, conversational scripts. Filed live remote reports, interviews, and field recordings. April July 2009 Web Development Intern, Josiah Hill III Clinic, Portland, Ore. Researched, designed, and successfully programmed a custom content-management system and website for a healthcare provider, as part of a design certificate program at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. June 2008 B.A. with Honors, English Language and Literature, The University of Chicago

Skills

Public and court records requests AP Style and narrative structure Photography, videography, blogging, liveblogging/tweeting, field recording HTML, CSS, FTP, CMS (Wordpress, Foundation, Movable Type), PHP/MySQL Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Audition, ProTools, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Flash Social media and search-engine optimization

Languages Advanced Spanish Intermediate Catalan, French, Italian Beginning Swedish References gladly provided. Please email or call. Connect Twitter: @stefankamph facebook.com/stefankamph