Résumé

MATTHEW CROWLEY

mccrowley1@yahoo.com  | @copyjockey on X
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-crowley-editor/

SUMMARY

Versatile editor and writer with expertise in journalism, website copy, history projects, blogs, press releases and media blasts. Works quickly while keeping cool, minding flow, readability and style guidelines and hitting deadline. Collaborates with writers, editors, photographers, illustrators and artists to achieve smooth copy and optimal presentation. Taps interviews and research to create context and compelling copy.

EDITING

Digital desk editor, Arizona Republic/azcentral.com, 2018-2019.

  • Edited 12-15 stories per shift for reporting completeness, factual accuracy, clarity, style and spelling.
  • Packaged stories with photos, photo galleries, videos and other digital layout elements for best presentation.
  • Created simple videos (Wochit) and infographics (Infogram).
  • Updated digital page fronts and spurred web traffic by tweeting 15-20 stories per shift.

Assistant city editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2016-2018.

  • Edited five to eight stories and many breaking-news briefs per shift.
  • Supervised four-reporter breaking news team and interns on nights and weekends.
  • Planned stories, photos and illustrations.
  • Reported and wrote stories.
  • Transferred 100-page plus in-house stylebook from Google Doc to Associated Press webpage and maintained it afterward.
  • In six months, tripled size of archive of local advance obituaries with research, reporting and writing; many were used after my departure.

Universal desk copy editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2011-2015.

  • Edited 70 to 85 stories (news, features, sports, business) per week with NewsEngin, Microsoft Word.
  • Readied 20 to 30 pages per week for prepress by paginating layouts in Adobe InDesign and writing headlines and captions.
  • Designed six to eight news pages per week with Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop.

OTHER EDITING

  • Freelance book proofreader,  DK Publishing/Penguin Random House, 2022.
  • Contributing editor, San José Spotlight, 2019-20.
  • Freelance copy editor, Generation Justice, 2019.
  • On-call dissertation editor, Loyola Marymount University, 2017.
  • Assistant city editor-copy editor-reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2015-2016.
  • Freelance copy editor, long-form projects, The History Factory, 2015-16; Callisto Media, 2016.
  • Academic copy editing subcontractor, 2010-2011.
  • Business copy editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1998-2011.
  • Copy editor-collaborator, blumsday.com technology blog, 2005-2006.

WRITING

  • Contributing writer, CDC Gaming Reports, 2018-22.
  • Freelance copywriter, FM Marketing (Las Vegas), 2019-22.
  • Freelance headline/copywriter, Pinkston Strategy & Communications, 2021-22.
  • Freelance music critic, Seven Days Vermont, 2021-22.
  • Freelance copywriter,  Vermont Teddy Bear Co., 2021.
  • Freelance copywriter/copyeditor, ImageWords (Las Vegas), 2015, 2018-21.
  • Contributing writer, Las Vegas Newswire, 2019-20.
  • Freelance blogger, Grasslands, 2019.
  • Freelance web feature writer, Mount Holyoke College, 2016.
  • General assignment reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2015- 2016.
  • Freelance sportswriter, USA Today, 2015-2016.
  • Blogger, headline writing and copy editing, Copyediting.com, 2015.
  • Freelance copywriter, The Firm Public Relations and Marketing, 2015.
  • Contributor, Society for Editing newsletter and website, 2002-2015.
  • Contributing business reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2015-18, 1998-2010.
  • Contributor, Copyediting newsletter, 2014.
  • Book reviewer, Las Vegas Business Press, 2008-2012; Youth Today, 2015.
  • Staff writer, Las Vegas View, 1996-1997.
  • Staff  writer, Glens Falls Post-Star, sports, 1990-1993; features, 1993-1996.
  • Staff sportswriter, Cortland Standard, 1990.

MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP

  • Mentor, Cronkite School Journalism program, Arizona State University, 2022-2024.
  • Mentor, Newhouse Alumni Partnership Program, Syracuse University, 2020-2022.
  • Mentor, editing and journalism, Texas State University, 2011-2020.
  • Mentor, Society for Editing, 2010-2019.
  • Headline contest chair,  Society for Editing national headline contest, 2024.
  • Judge, Florida Society of News Editors contest, 2023.
  • Judge, Society for Editing national headline contest, 2014-2023.
  • Judge, Society for Editing Robinson Prize, 2017-2019.
  • Presenter, copy editing and headlines,  Society for Editing national conference, 2011, 2012, 2014.
  • Presenter, copy editing and headlines, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014-2016.
  • Presenter, “Heads We Win: The Secrets to Better Headlines,” for Intel Corp., 2014.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Member, Society for Editing, 2001-2024.
  • Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors, 2017-2024.
  • Completed, Lead with Influence, Poynter, 2023.
  • Completed, Associated Press stylebook workshop, 2023.
  • Completed, Poynter Summit for Reporters and Editors, 2021.
  • Completed with distinction, “Fundamentals of Investigative Reporting,” Poynter NewsU, 2020.
  • Fellow, Summer Institute for Midcareer Copy Editors at University of North Carolina, 2008.

AWARDS

National

  • American Copy Editors Society headline contest, newspapers 100,001 to 250,000 circulation, first place, 2007; second place, 2011; honorable mention, 2001, 2002.
  • Society for Features Journalism contest, headlines, first place, 2013; second place, 2009.
  • Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest, honorable mention, sports news, 50,000-and-under circulation, 1990.

Regional

  • Best of the West contest, headlines, first place, 2015, 2016; second place, 2011, 2013; third place, 2010.

State

  • Nevada Press Association, Better Newspapers Contest, headline writing, urban dailies, first place, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2015.
  • Nevada Press Association, Better Newspapers Contest, best nonstaff story, urban dailies, 2016.
  • Associated Press writing contest, New York state division, first place, sports features, 125,000-50,000 circulation, 1993-94.
  • New York State Newspaper Publishers Association writing contest, first place, sportswriting, 50,000-and-under circulation, 1991-92. 

TECHNOLOGIES

  • Software: 
    Content systems: Adobe InDesigny; Django; Presto; WordPress; Drupal, Joomla, NewsEngin.
  • Text: Microsoft Word, Google Docs,  Adobe InCopy.
    Visuals: Acrobat Pro and Photoshop; Microsoft; Google Slides, PowerPoint.
    Connection:  Zoom; Google Meet; Skype; GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar.
    Analytics: Google Trends, Google My Business.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Syracuse University.
(Dual degree, newspaper journalism/modern foreign languages)

  • Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.