Carolyn Quimby

Lake Grove, New York Willing To Relocate (631) 806-6817 carolynquimby@gmail.com

Education: State University of New York at New Paltz Bachelor of Arts in English with a Creative Writing concentration Minor: Journalism Overall GPA: 3.93, Deans List every semester Related Experience:

May 2013

Chronogram; Kingston, N.Y. Editorial/Web Development Intern (January 2013-Present) - Wrote and edited monthly print content, including arts stories, features, event write ups and news briefs, as well as weekly blog posts. - Navigated Chronogram.coms backend and used basic HTML coding to put new and archived material onto the web - Responsible for the 8 Day Week a weekly events calendar sent out to thousands of subscribers including researching and compiling events from our print and digital directories, writing 40 word descriptions, and finding and editing photos. The New Paltz Oracle; SUNY New Paltz, N.Y. Staff Writer (Oct. 2011- Dec. 2011) Arts & Entertainment Copy Editor (Dec. 2011- May 2012) Arts & Entertainment Page Editor (Aug. 2012 - Present) - An integral part of the editorial board of New Paltzs student run, nationally recognized newspaper - Covered local arts, music, theater, film, politics, town and village government, campus news, and opinions, such as reviews and editorials. - Performed duties such as conducting interviews, maintaining source relationships, fact checking, micro and macro editing articles, creating dynamic layouts in Adobe InDesign, and holding weekly office hours. - Contributed the weekly column, Musician of the Week, which highlighted student musicians. - Responsible for overseeing two A&E copy editors, staff and contributing writers. LNK International, Inc. Hauppauge, N.Y. General Intern/Proofreader (Summer 2008 Winter 2013) - Worked summers and winters at one of the nations largest manufacturers of over-the-counter drugs - Responsible for proofreading federal drug facts, medicine boxes and labels - Helped train and oversee other interns in organizational projects Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society; SUNY New Paltz, N.Y. Pi Tau Chapter Co-President (April 2012 Present) - Responsible for co-sponsoring English Department events, fundraising, bringing visibility to the society, and corresponding with current members, alumni and the larger organization. - Student representative at Prospective Students Fall Open House (Oct. 2012) and Accepted Students Day (April 2013). Published: Stonesthrow Review (2011-2013), Codhill Presss upcoming anthology, A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley (Fall 2013) Relevent Courses: Journalism I, Feature Writing, Media Ethics, Press In America, Public Affairs Reporting, Literature of Journalism, Creative Writing I, Creative Writing II, Craft of Creative Non-Fiction, Craft of Fiction, Craft of Poetry, Skills: Associated Press style, Modern Language Association style, Chicago style, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, iMovie, basic HTML, Microsoft Office, Wordpress. Online portfolio and clips available at carolynquimby.wordpress.com