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- 1. ROBERT MITTENDORF Address: 6 River Ridge Loop, Bellingham, WA 98229 Mobile: 360-483-7946 E-mail: mittendorf.robert@gmail.com An award-winning writer, photographer, editor and newspaper page designer with supervisory skills and more than 20 years experience in community journalism. THE BELLINGHAM HERALD (December 2002-present), a 24,00-circulation daily newspaper in Bellingham, WA. Reporter, copy editor, page designer, content manager, photographer, videographer. >> Current: General-assignment reporter covering breaking news, local libraries and family issues, and assisting with other topics as needed. Provide photographs to accompany stories. Write feature articles for the Herald's quarterly Bellingham Families magazine. Write a weekly column, Get Out, focusing on family-oriented local activities for Take 5, the newspapers weekly lifestyle section. Past: Responsible for visual display of the front page and news sections: editing stories; devising layouts; writing headlines and other text. Responsible for press check of the news section. >> Post stories to website, update website for breaking news, schedule and post content to various social media. >> Maintain a social media presence for my work, mostly Twitter (@BhamMitty) and Facebook (The Bellingham Herald, Bel- lingham Families). SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL (September 1987-November 2002), a 30,000-circulation daily newspaper in Santa Cruz, CA. Night weekend supervisor, night assistant city editor, assistant wire editor, features writer, copy editor and page designer. >> Responsible for front-page story selection, design and headlines for the Sunday and Monday editions; supervise a staff of three editors and one to two reporters on the Saturday and Sunday night shifts; supervise production of the Sunday and Mon- day editions. >> Responsible for editing, design, headlines and production of the Sunday opinion, business and real-estate sections. >> Responsible for press check of the news sections. >> Instrumental in writing the newspapers local stylebook. >> Member of the Sentinels employee communications committee, working to improve communication among the newspa- pers various departments. Professional journalism Firefighting/EMS SOUTH WHATCOM FIRE AUTHORITY (March 2003-present), a combined volunteer-career fire department serving several com- munities of southern Whatcom County, WA. >> Washington state structural firefighter; Washington state emergency medical technician; certification in use of advanced airway devices; Washington state certified in hazardous materials to operations level; certified in pre-hospital trauma life support. >> Received the departments Iron Man Award in 2015 for grit and perseverance in recovering from a life-threatening illness. >> Received departmental recognition for best training class attendance from 2004-06 and in 2011; runner-up for best alarm attendance in 2004, winner in 2012; part of the Engine Company of the Year in 2006. >> Assist with the departments fire-safety program, helping to conduct station tours and presenting educational programs in area schools. >> Manage departments social media, posting photographs and information to Facebook and creating videos. >> Developing an annual report for the fire authority. Special skills >> Expert in 35mm and medium-format photography (digital and film). >> Proficient in Microsoft Word and Quark XPress; familiar with Photoshop and other Microsoft Office products. >> Efficient at Web posting and handling simple HTML. Awards >> Part of a team of editors and page designers whose work was recognized for general excellence in layout and design among daily newspapers of circulation 25,001-75,000 by the California Newspaper Publishers Association (2001, 2003). >> First place for headline writing, 2007 Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest (newspapers under 25,000 circ.). Education >> Bachelor of arts in journalism from the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Minor studies in political science and U.S. history.