Charlene Oldham
Charlene.Oldham@gmail.com
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Seasoned writer with full-time and freelance experience at some of the nation’s most respected publications
- Dedicated educator with more than a decade of secondary and post-secondary teaching experience
- Proven public relations representative with experience booking events as well as generating media attention
- Graduate of the nation’s top-ranked school of journalism
SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Freelance Reporting and Public Relations
- Reported and wrote stories for newspapers including The New York Times and Newsday as well as magazines including SUCCESS and Eating Well
- Created and compiled photos, press releases, performance samples, and web-based materials for independent musical artists
- Facilitated radio, television, and print interviews for artists
- Generated stories or airplay at media outlets including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis’s 88.1-KDHX, and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle
- Helped book entertainment and generate press for large-scale events including Farm Aid 2009 and Bozeman’s Music on Main
Staff Writing
- Covered a variety of business-related beats including energy, workplace issues, transportation, tourism and conventions, and agriculture at daily newspapers around the country
- Covered Enron Corp.’s collapse and electricity market deregulation in Texas
- Contributed book and restaurant reviews as a freelance writer
- Graduated from the nation’s top-ranked graduate school of journalism
Teaching
- Teach college undergraduate seminar and writing courses and adult education
- Certified eMINTS teacher proficient in SmartBoard usage, website and WebQuest design, blogging, and other classroom technology
- Taught sixth through eighth grade Balanced Literacy curriculum
- Tutored small groups during and after school to improve specific reading skills
- Used Excel and other programs to collect and analyze behavioral data for the Positive Behavior Intervention Support Team at a PBIS award-winning middle school
- Sponsored yearbook and newspaper
- Nominated for Teacher of the Year in the 2010 school year
- Taught a variety of high school English and remedial reading courses as a general and special educator
- Certified in high school and middle school English and Journalism and eligible for a K-12 Reading Specialist Certificate
EXPERIENCE:
2016- present Regional Contributor, Crain Communications Saint Louis, MO
2011-2016 Adjunct Professor, Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO
2006-2011 Teacher, Hancock Place Middle School Lemay, MO
2002-2006 Teacher, Vashon High School Saint Louis, MO
2000-2002 Staff Writer, The Dallas Morning News Dallas, TX
1999-2000 Staff Writer, Orlando Sentinel Orlando, FL
1998-1999 Staff Writer, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Little Rock, AR
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
2005 Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO
MA in Teaching
- Earned a 4.0 GPA while working full time as a teacher in St. Louis Public Schools
2002-2004 Teach For America St. Louis, MO
Corps Member
- Completed an intensive summer training program focused on classroom management and culture, instructional planning, and delivery
- Implemented training while teaching summer school courses to elementary school students in Houston public schools
- Received two years of professional development and support from this prestigious and innovative non-profit that has placed corps members as teachers in under-resourced rural and urban schools for 25 years
1997 Columbia University New York, NY
MS in Journalism
- Received a master’s degree after completing a fast-paced program in New York City that included hands-on urban reporting experience
- Selected for a competitive internship program at Newsday
1996 Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR
BS in Journalism
- Served as editor-in-chief of the nationally recognized student newspaper
- Graduated cum laude
- Selected as a Distinguished Service Award winner
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