Christina M. Hoffknecht
Objective
To use my editing, design, web and management skills in the print or digital media field.
Professional summary
Personal home caregiver, January 2018 — March 2021
Provided full-time home caregiving for two aging family members.
Lay Essay Reader, Carmel Middle School, September 2017 — February 2018
Assisted school’s language arts department with reading and grading eighth-grade essays to conform with various styles of writing.
Hub Liaison/Night and Weekend Editor, Monterey Herald, April 2014 — June 2017
Served as editor and news plan liaison with NorCal Design Center hub to produce daily newspaper. Duties included story budgeting and editing, page proofing, opinion page planning, website management, and covering breaking news nights and weekends.
Copy Desk Chief, Monterey Herald, March 2008 — April 2014
Supervised print and website production of news, business, opinion, sports and features pages. Managed staff of seven.
Assistant News Editor, Monterey Herald, December 2000 — March 2008
Edited and designed the Herald’s daily news, business and opinion sections.
Features Editor, Salinas Californian, May 2000 — December 2000
Supervised production of daily newspaper’s features section. Duties included story development, editing and page production. Managed staff of three.
Assistant News Editor, Salinas Californian, March 1995 — May 2000
Edited and designed the front page and wire pages.
Sports Copy Editor, Salinas Californian, April 1990 — March 1995
Edited and designed sports pages; wrote up high school and college sports briefs.
Copy Editor/Night News Supervisor, Merced Sun-Star, August 1988 — April 1990
Edited and designed the front page and wire pages for daily newspaper. Supervised local night news coverage.
Editor, Gustine Standard, January 1986 — August 1988
Led news production of weekly community newspaper. Duties included reporting and writing, photography and page production.
Paginator/reporter, Merced Sun-Star, September 1985 — January 1986
Edited and designed news, opinion and features pages. Wrote news and features stories.
Receptionist/Secretary, I.P. Sharp Associates, August 1984 — April 1985
Handled phones, correspondence and files for Palo Alto, Calif., tech research office.
Skills/Attributes
Typing speed: 70 wpm. Experience with Saxotech content management system, InCopy, Slack, Google Docs and Microsoft Office Suite. Serious team player and hard worker.
Education
CSU Fresno, Fresno, California — Bachelor of Arts, Journalism-News Editorial
Merced College, Merced, California — Associate of Arts, Mass Communication
Awards/Projects/Workshops
2020 Young Voices Media Project, Voices of Monterey Bay — 2020
Assisted with copy editing of Monterey County news outlet’s annual youth media project.
https://voicesofmontereybay.org/bootcamp/2020-young-voices-media-project/
California Newspapers Association Awards, Monterey Herald — 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
First place, second place and honorable mentions for front-page design.
Summer Institute for Midcareer Copy Editors, Chapel Hill, North Carolina — 2006
A one-week Knight Foundation fellowship at the University of North Carolina.
Stylebook, Monterey Herald — 2005
Led staff committee to produce a new in-house style guide.
Gannett Newspapers award, Salinas Californian — 1996
“Well Done” for packaging and presentation of eight-page reprint of four-part daily series.
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