Mashaun D Simon's Page

Title:

Freelance Journalist/Writer/Content Producer

Media Type:

Publishing, Newspaper

Media Realm:

Consumer Media, Business Media, Associations, City & Regional, Niche/Enthusiast

Home Region:

South

Past Companies & Brands

Black Enterprise, TheRoot.com, Essence Magazine, Written Magazine, Magazine Publishers of America

I'm Looking For:

Friends, Networking, Business Partners, Jobs, Inspiration

Professional Background: (Resume)

WORK HISTORY (Jobs & Internships):
• Office of External Affairs/Office of University Relations, Kennesaw State University, summer 2007-present; Writer/Reporter, University Relations; Student Assistant to the President’s Special Assistant for External Affairs. Job included writing and editing Communication materials; project management for the 2007 USG AAMI Conference; writing news articles, press releases and PSAs.
• Atlanta Press Club, Fall Intern, September – December 2006; Assisted the Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director; project manager for the 2006 Debate Series; administrative work including membership database updating and renewals, as well as assisting with luncheons and other special events.
• Black Enterprise Magazine, New York, Editorial Intern, summer 2006; Writer and researcher for Black Enterprise Magazine, the flagship of Earl G. Graves, Ltd. and BlackEnterprise.com. Other responsibilities included organizing and facilitating group tours.
• Mayor’s Office of Communications, City of Atlanta, Intern, Dec. 2004-April 2006; Ceremonial Documents writer/editor, Newsbytes Writer, Office Assistant
• Bloomberg News, summer of 2004, Economy Team Intern, reporter, and researcher. Received four individual bylines, one of which was picked up by the Seattle Times; four 'with reporting by' credits and wrote the daily Federal Reserve Central Bank update.

FREELANCE AND OTHER EXPERIENCE:
• Essence Magazine: Freelance news writer/research, April 2008-present
• Kennesaw State University’s, The Sentinel student newspaper: News Staff Writer, August 2007-present
• Preach2me.com: Managing Editor, April 2007-present
• Black Enterprise Magazine and BlackEnterprise.com: Freelance writer and researcher for Black Enterprise Magazine; editorial writer for BlackEnterprise.com, August 2006-present
• Magazine Publishers of America: Masthead Mosaics writer, November 2007 to present
• National Black Justice Coalition: Religious newsletter commentator, November 2007 to present
• Southern Voice Newspaper: News and features writer, 2007
• Written Magazine: Feature Writer and literary reviewer, 2007
• Atlanta Daily World newspaper: Senior Writer/Entertainment Reporter, 1999-2004
• Atlanta Association of Black Journalists’ 2007 Pioneer Black Journalist Awards: Associate Producer, Oct. 2007

EDUCATION
• Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA – Bachelor of Arts degree, Communications/Media Studies major; graduating, April 2009
• Georgia Perimeter College graduate, Clarkston, GA – Associate degree, Journalism/Professional Writing

Personal Interests

• National Association of Black Journalists Gay & Lesbian Task Force co-chair, 2007-2009
• National Association of Black Journalists Student Rep, 2005-2007; (since 2000)
• Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (since 1999); Student Consortium President, 2003-2005
• National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association, 2002-present
• 2005 Sidmel Estes-Sumpter Student Journalist of the Year, NABJ
• Four-time, AABJ Pioneer Black Journalist Award winner
• AABJ Volunteer of the Year, 2002

Education:

Kennesaw State University; Georgia Perimeter College

Other Web Profile or Personal Web Site

http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_side_pro

Other Web Profile URL or Personal Web Site

http://thisismemadosi.blogspot.com

Relationship Status:

In a Relationship