Marion, Ohio
kurtmooreoh@gmail.com
Professional Experience
The Marion Star/MarionStar.com, Marion, Ohio
Beat reporter, 1996-present
Education reporter/diversity coordinator, 2005-present
• Recipient of Associated Press awards in community service, best news writing and feature writing.
• Increased coverage of education through such efforts as “A Day in the Life,” a monthly tabloid that promoted each high school, and regular trips to classrooms to report on trends and issues in education.
• Led efforts to meet with minority communities and raise awareness of diversity that improved company diversity standards and earned newspaper awards from Muslim and African-American groups.
• Currently covering education and arts and entertainment while blogging on education issues.
• Considered a newsroom leader who mentors other reporters and substitutes for assignment editor in his absence.
Mount Vernon News, Mount Vernon, Ohio
City/county reporter, 1994-1995
• Covered dual beats of city and county.
• Assisted in lay out of daily newspaper and editing of stories.
Related experience
• Taught creative writing as a volunteer in a medium security prison.
• Moderated online poetry sites.
• Published in online poetry journals.
• Wrote press releases and prepared a newsletter for a local organization.
Education
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Bachelor of science, Journalism, 1994
• Majored in magazine journalism, in which I studied news and feature writing, graphics layout, editing and magazine production.
Bachelor of arts, Political Science, 1996
Awards
• Associated Press Society of Ohio awards in feature writing, community service coverage and news writing.
• Thomson Newspapers award for community coverage of an issue.
• Society of Professional Journalists writing award.
• Ohio Council on American/Islamic Relations media award.
• NAACP award presented to newspaper in response to diversity efforts.
• Ohio Advocates for Mental Health media award for story package on suicide.
• Ohio School Boards Association media honor roll inclusion.
