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Greg Peters
913-384-0686
[email protected]
6728 Granada Road | Prairie Village, KS 66208
Portfolio: http://gregpeters2012.weebly.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gregpeterskc
Twitter: @gpkc
Education
University of Missouri – Columbia
M.A. in Journalism (summa cum laude)
Fort Hays State University
B.A. in Communications (magna cum laude)
Awards/Honors
· Pulitzer Prize nomination: Coverage of Confederate Flag controversy in South Carolina
· Best of Photojournalism: 1st place, editing, 9/11 Front Page; Sports Page
· Best Television News Website: Kansas Broadcasters Association, KCTV5.com, 2009
· McClatchy President’s Award: Implementing multimedia at The Kansas City Star
· Society of Newspaper Design: gold medal, Page One; Award of Excellence: Feature Page editing, 2000
· Photo Director: Staff of the Year, SCPPA, The State newspaper, 1999
· National Photo Editing Clip Contest, 6th place in 2000, 7th in 2001 (top Knight-Ridder newspaper)
· Region IV Director: National Press Photographers Association
· Contributing writer and photographer: “Booneville,” a historic Missouri river town book
· Smithsonian Institution: “Game Face” exhibit, contributing photographer
· Author: “The Electronics Cookbook: A Guide To Digital Photography”
Work History
University of Kansas Medical Center, Communications Coordinator
· Managed internal and external communications for the School of Health Professions
· Social media coordinator for nine departments in the School of Health Professions
· Increased Facebook reach 500 percent and likes by 50 percent in four months
· Wrote, edited and photographed content for use in print and online
· Coordinated media pitches and story coverage for TV, print and online
Family Features, Social Media Manager
· Managed Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google-Plus accounts for LiveGoDo.com & Culinary.net
Hearst National Hub, News Editor
· Wrote, edited and produced stories, polls, galleries, videos and photos for 26 Hearst TV stations
· Edited broadcast scripts into AP Style for online use
· Wrote stories from first-hand reporting and news releases
· Used Hearst VideoPrep to edit videos for use with story packages
4029TV.com, Website News Editor
· Managed daily operations for the No.1 news website in NW Arkansas
· Grew 40/29’s Facebook reach 3-fold
· Achieved 30-day page-view traffic high
· Surpassed station’s 2012 mobile page-view goal by May
· Doubled normal page views during coverage of the Bobby Petrino scandal
· Launched the website’s new design; mentored the station’s new Digital Media Manager
· Increased viewership using Newsbeat data
KITV.com, Website News Editor
· Managed daily operations for KITV.com in Hawaii
· Achieved 30-day high for website page-view traffic
WXII12-TV, Website News Editor
· Managed daily operations for WXII.com
· Achieved 30-day page-view high
KMBC.com, Website News Editor
· Edited broadcast scripts into AP Style for online use
· Wrote stories from first-hand reporting and news releases
· Used Hearst VideoPrep to edit videos for use with story packages
KCTV5.com, Website News Editor
· Guided site to its top two months with 8 million and 7.5 million page views
· Introduced new content features
· Created online video and text packages using IBP1 CMS
Kansascity.com, Online Content Producer
· Grew online gallery page views engagement 5-fold to more than 5 million monthly
· Employed Omniture data and Google Analytics to help chart best placement, timing and content for gallery creation
The Kansas City Star, Photo Assignments Editor
· Managed daily and long-term operations for 14 staff photographers
· Liaison between Photo and all news desks
· Johnson County courts media liaison
· Created online photo galleries using McClatchy Workbench CMS tools
Technical Skills
Mac and PC · MS Office · Google Documents · Adobe Creative Suite · Google Analytics · Omniture · Newsbeat
· Internet Broadcasting Systems IBP1/IBP2 · I-News AP ENPS McClatchy Workbench CMS · CCI prepress
· HTML · QuarkXpress · PhotoShop
Social Media
Twitter · Facebook · LinkedIn · Google+ · Wordpress · Blogger · YouTube · Weebly · Wildfire
913-384-0686
[email protected]
6728 Granada Road | Prairie Village, KS 66208
Portfolio: http://gregpeters2012.weebly.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gregpeterskc
Twitter: @gpkc
Education
University of Missouri – Columbia
M.A. in Journalism (summa cum laude)
Fort Hays State University
B.A. in Communications (magna cum laude)
Awards/Honors
· Pulitzer Prize nomination: Coverage of Confederate Flag controversy in South Carolina
· Best of Photojournalism: 1st place, editing, 9/11 Front Page; Sports Page
· Best Television News Website: Kansas Broadcasters Association, KCTV5.com, 2009
· McClatchy President’s Award: Implementing multimedia at The Kansas City Star
· Society of Newspaper Design: gold medal, Page One; Award of Excellence: Feature Page editing, 2000
· Photo Director: Staff of the Year, SCPPA, The State newspaper, 1999
· National Photo Editing Clip Contest, 6th place in 2000, 7th in 2001 (top Knight-Ridder newspaper)
· Region IV Director: National Press Photographers Association
· Contributing writer and photographer: “Booneville,” a historic Missouri river town book
· Smithsonian Institution: “Game Face” exhibit, contributing photographer
· Author: “The Electronics Cookbook: A Guide To Digital Photography”
Work History
University of Kansas Medical Center, Communications Coordinator
· Managed internal and external communications for the School of Health Professions
· Social media coordinator for nine departments in the School of Health Professions
· Increased Facebook reach 500 percent and likes by 50 percent in four months
· Wrote, edited and photographed content for use in print and online
· Coordinated media pitches and story coverage for TV, print and online
Family Features, Social Media Manager
· Managed Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google-Plus accounts for LiveGoDo.com & Culinary.net
Hearst National Hub, News Editor
· Wrote, edited and produced stories, polls, galleries, videos and photos for 26 Hearst TV stations
· Edited broadcast scripts into AP Style for online use
· Wrote stories from first-hand reporting and news releases
· Used Hearst VideoPrep to edit videos for use with story packages
4029TV.com, Website News Editor
· Managed daily operations for the No.1 news website in NW Arkansas
· Grew 40/29’s Facebook reach 3-fold
· Achieved 30-day page-view traffic high
· Surpassed station’s 2012 mobile page-view goal by May
· Doubled normal page views during coverage of the Bobby Petrino scandal
· Launched the website’s new design; mentored the station’s new Digital Media Manager
· Increased viewership using Newsbeat data
KITV.com, Website News Editor
· Managed daily operations for KITV.com in Hawaii
· Achieved 30-day high for website page-view traffic
WXII12-TV, Website News Editor
· Managed daily operations for WXII.com
· Achieved 30-day page-view high
KMBC.com, Website News Editor
· Edited broadcast scripts into AP Style for online use
· Wrote stories from first-hand reporting and news releases
· Used Hearst VideoPrep to edit videos for use with story packages
KCTV5.com, Website News Editor
· Guided site to its top two months with 8 million and 7.5 million page views
· Introduced new content features
· Created online video and text packages using IBP1 CMS
Kansascity.com, Online Content Producer
· Grew online gallery page views engagement 5-fold to more than 5 million monthly
· Employed Omniture data and Google Analytics to help chart best placement, timing and content for gallery creation
The Kansas City Star, Photo Assignments Editor
· Managed daily and long-term operations for 14 staff photographers
· Liaison between Photo and all news desks
· Johnson County courts media liaison
· Created online photo galleries using McClatchy Workbench CMS tools
Technical Skills
Mac and PC · MS Office · Google Documents · Adobe Creative Suite · Google Analytics · Omniture · Newsbeat
· Internet Broadcasting Systems IBP1/IBP2 · I-News AP ENPS McClatchy Workbench CMS · CCI prepress
· HTML · QuarkXpress · PhotoShop
Social Media
Twitter · Facebook · LinkedIn · Google+ · Wordpress · Blogger · YouTube · Weebly · Wildfire