about.
Covering former US Secretary of Education Betsy Devoss' controversial first visit to a Tennessee public school
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Managing Editor - Nashville Parent Magazine
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Arts Writer, Content Editor - Tennessee Performing Arts Center
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Performing Arts Reporter - The Tennessean
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Freelance Writer - The Tennessean, MemoryWell and Music Neighbors
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Internship, The Tennessean - Produced over 70 stand-alone stories ranging from politics, education, news, crime and entertainment. Shortly after completing the internship, I was offered the job of Performing Arts Reporter.
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Americorps Internship – Project Transformation – Dallas, TX
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Professional Selling Competition Finalist, MTSU, 2019
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National Student Advertising Competition Presenter, MTSU, 2019
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Oh Grandpa, blues/funk/rock band, Founder/ Manager/ Songwriter/ Performer
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Volunteered on mission trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala – construction/ community outreach
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Sidelines, MTSU student newspaper, politics & features reporter
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Balanced part-time work in the restaurant industry as a server/bartender/trainer
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Editor-in-Chief, Cougar Chronicle, Centennial High School
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
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Adobe suite – Indesign / Illustrator / Photoshop
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AP style – writing / proofreading / editing
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Press Releases and managing media relationships
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Oral presentations
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Professional selling
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Windows & Mac OS platforms – Excel / PowerPoint / Word
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Social media – expertise across all platforms
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DSLR camera – Canon / Nikon
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Audio editing – ProTools / Ableton Live / Audacity
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Data analysis – Simmons / AdMall / Search engine optimization
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Interpersonal communication (Honors Spanish, four years)
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Basic web design – HTML / CSS / Wordpress / WIX
PERFORMING ARTS
CRIME
My name is Michael W. Aldrich.
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I'm a creative and tenacious strategic communicator with strong people skills and multimedia expertise seeking a position requiring public relations, marketing and writing experience.
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POLITICS
resume/projects.
Interviewing former Governor of Tennessee, former Mayor of Nashville and US Senatorial candidate Phil Bredesen on his ideas to expand broadband access to rural areas in an effort to stimulate economic growth
