JOSH KELETY JOURNALIST 360-301-3490 joshkelety@gmail.com @Josh_Kelety jkelety.com SKILLS        Breaking news and enterprise reporting DSLR photography and Photoshop Lightroom Adobe Premier Social media and online publishing AP Style Microsoft Excel (i.e. pivot tables, sorts, and visualization) Tableau data visualization EDUCATION  Working towards a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science at the University of Washington Seattle campus (expected graduation in spring, 2018)  Graduated from Seattle Central Community College with an associate of arts transfer degree (2013-2014) EXPERIENCE Legislative Reporting Internship, January 2018-March 2018 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Olympia, WA  Covered the 2018 legislative session and state government for roughly 130 small papers around the state of Washington  Produced briefs on breaking news as well as longer enterprise stories on policy bills, legislative developments, and state politics  Covered stories ranging from the state’s response to the opioid crisis to the increasing turbulence in Washington state health insurance market News Reporting Internship, March 2017-June 2017 Seattle Weekly, Seattle, Washington  Covered Seattle City Hall and local news and politics  Assisted Seattle Weekly staffers in their research and reporting for their own articles  Contributed personally written and reported segments to feature articles  Freelanced for the magazine after completing my internship Editorial Internship, April 2015-October 2015 Seattle Met Magazine, Seattle, Washington  Fact-checked magazine articles  Reported almost exclusively for the magazine’s news and politics blog, PubliCola, primarily covering Seattle City Hall  Compiled event listings and wrote brief music and arts profiles  Copy-edited blog posts Freelance Reporter, December 2015-Present Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, Seattle, Washington  Cover news and events relevant to central Seattle neighborhoods—ranging from transportation issues to local election coverage Editorial Intern, January 2015-March 2015 Real Change News Homeless Empowerment Project, Seattle, Washington  Produced weekly news briefs and enterprise stories on issues affecting Seattle’s homeless and marginalized populations  Assisted senior reporters in their reporting  Copy-edited articles Reporting Internship, June 2014-August 2014 The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Indonesia  Covered municipal government-sponsored mass evictions of low-income Jakarta slum residents and street vendors to make way for infrastructure projects and housing  Assisted senior political reporters in their coverage of the 2014 Indonesian presidential election by reporting on stump speeches from the campaign trail  Wrote daily news roundups  Conducted most of my interviews in the local language: Bahasa Indonesia Campus News Editor & Editor-in-Chief, January 2014-December 2014 Seattle Central Circuit [student magazine], Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington  As news editor, I covered campus and relevant city news and edited content produced by staff writers  As editor-in-chief, I managed a staff of seven, vetted new hires, edited and fact-checked articles, provided editorial guidance, and represented the publication publically ACTIVITIES   Serve as the Secretary for the University of Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists; in this capacity, I record meeting minutes and help organize campus events Spent a year abroad in Indonesia as an exchange student during high school through a US State Department scholarship. While abroad, I lived with a host family, attended an Indonesian high school, learned the local language and absorbed Indonesian culture. REFERENCES Josh Feit Former News and Politics Editor at Seattle Met Magazine Contact: josh.feit@seattle.gov, 206349-3721  Mark Baumgarten Editor-in-Chief at Seattle Weekly Contact: mbaumgarten@seattleweekly.com, 206-6129932  Nick Barr Clingan Comparative History of Ideas Lecturer at the University of Washington Contact: nickbarr@uw.edu, 206-981-9450 