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- 1. Stephen W. Browne 605 NW 18th Place Moore, OK 73160 SWaBrow@msn.com (7 01) 840-3464 Education Oklahoma University 2004-2007 Post-graduatestudy, Journalism and Mass Communication GPA 3.5 Study on a research assistant fellowship. Recipient of Laura Hamilton Billingsly Memorial Scholarship 2006-2007. Recipient of Sooner Heritage Scholarship 2005-2006. Internship:National Journalism Foundation, Washington,D.C. Aug.-Nov. 2007 Oklahoma University 1991 Master of Arts, Anthropology GPA 3.5 Thesis: Ethnicity and Assimilation amongFilipino Immigrants in Central Oklahoma. Experience Self-employed writer present The Marshall Independent, Marshall, MN 2010 - 2014 Government reporter covering Lincoln and Yellow Medicine Counties. Valley City Times-Record, Valley City, ND Feb. 2008-May, 2010 Government reporter Covered city and county government, business, police beat, and wrote a weekly opinion- editorial. Covered the flood emergency of2008-2009. Developed sources at the federal (congressional, FEMA,) ND National Guard, city, county,and state levels. North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest:First Place in small newspapers category:Government Reporting;“Residents Raise Concerns.” 2010 North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest:Second Place in small newspapers category: Reporting;“Social Interest versus Free Speech.” 2010 North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest:First Place in small newspapers category:Personal Column-Serious:“Father’s Day.” 2009 Full scholarship:Fraser Institute journalism seminar;Economy and Markets 2009 Self-employed, Warsaw , Republic of Poland 1999-2004 Writer, editor, teacher Taught English to university students, business and legal professionals. Prepared manuscripts for publication in English-language journals. English editor, Polish Academy ofScienceAnnual Review. Regular contributorto:Okecie the Airport Magazine, The World ofEnglish, The Warsaw Insider and others. Relevant experience Prepared Saudi ARAMCOapprentices at the Industrial Training Center in Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for technical instruction in English. 1998-1999 Taught English in Sofia, Bulgaria and Belgrade, Y ugoslavia 1996-1997 Published handbook for English teachers and students in Belgrade and Novosibirsk, Russian Republic. Founded the English Department ofthe College ofExact Sciences (Skola Nauk Scislych,) the first new college-level privateschool founded in Poland in two centuries. 1993-1995
- 2. Civic Participation Elected Honorary Member, Y ugoslav Movement for the Protection ofHuman Rights for work with Serbian dissidents 1997 Founder:Liberty English Camps, an organization that enlists volunteers to teach intensive English lessons at summer camps in several countries. 1997 Presenter at evening lectures, Barnes County Historical Society Museum. Special Skills Computer skills: Internet research, Word, basic knowledge of InDesign. Languages: Polish; good. Spanish; basic. Instructor: Wu-Wei Kung Fu, Filipino Martial Arts. Intermediate/advanced training in Ju-jitsu, kick boxing, Israeli combatives. References Nikki Zinke Editor/publisher, Barnes County Independent Former editor and publisher, Valley City Times-Record Phone: 701-840-1045 nlz88.online@gmail.com Per Peterson, editor-in-chief, The Marshall Independent 508 W. Main St. Marshall, MN 56258 Phone: 507-537-1551 Fax: 507-537-1557 phpeterson@marshallindependent.com Charles C. Self, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Research and Training Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Chair Professor Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication 395 W. Lindsey St, Room 3120H Norman, OK 73019 405-325-1117 cself@ou.edu Dr. Peter Gross Director and Professor School of Journalism and Electronic Media College of Communication and Information 333 The Communications Building The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 865-974-5155 pgross@utk.edu