Resume for Steven A. Cook Jr

Updated January 5, 2001
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Positions

  • Staff writer, The Schenectady Daily Gazette-June 2000 to present
    • Location: Schenectady, New York
    • Circulation: 58,000
    • Covering Montgomery County government, including the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department and the court system is my job for The Daily Gazette. I attend weekly county supervisors meetings as well as cover breaking news. I work out of The Daily Gazette's bureau in Amsterdam, New York.
  • Intern, The Cedar Rapids Gazette-August 1999 to May 2000
    • Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    • Circulation: 70,476 Sunday: 84,501
    • I covered many different stories for the Gazette from their Cedar Rapids newsroom as a general assignment reporter.
  • Intern, The Columbus Dispatch-May 1999 to August 1999
    • Location: Columbus, Ohio
    • Circulation: 250,000 Sunday: 400,000
    • As an intern for The Columbus Dispatch, I worked mainly as a general assignment reporter, covering breaking news and other daily stories.
  • Staff writer, The Daily Iowan- August 1998 to May
    • Circulation: August to May 20,500 June, July: 13,000
    • Duties included writing news and feature stories. My beat in my second year with the Daily Iowan is the Iowa City City Council, which includes covering council meetings every two weeks and city issues.
  • Intern, The Cedar Rapids Gazette - June to August 1998
    • Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    • Circulation: 70,476 Sunday: 84,501
    • I covered the Johnson County Board of Supervisors and wrote stories for the Sunday supplement, Johnson County Today.
  • Staff writer, The Daily Iowan - June 1997 to May 1998
    • Location: Iowa City, Iowa
    • Circulation: August to May 20,500 June, July: 13,000
    • Duties included writing news and feature stories. My beat was the Courts reporter, which included covering trials and going to the Johnson County Court House daily to pick up the day's court happenings.
  • News Correspondent, The Cedar Rapids Gazette - Dec. 29 to Jan. 16 1998
    • Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    • Circulation: 70,476 Sunday: 84,501
    • I worked at the Gazette during the winter break at the University of Iowa. I worked on stories for the Sunday supplement, Johnson County Today, and I covered the Johnson County Board of Supervisors twice a week, much the same as an intern, but for a shorter period.

Education

  • The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa, August 1996 to May 2000
    • Graduated May 13, 2000 with a B.A. majoring in journalism and political science

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