O'Brien is an award-winning sports columnist with the Florida Press Association.
He currently lives in Palm Coast, Fla.
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42 Bickford Drive
Palm Coast, FL 32137
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Cell: 386-793-6495
aobrien7@gmail.com
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Andrew R. O’Brien
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Summary of Qualifications
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Multi-faceted experience
in a fast-paced, detail-oriented media environment. Demonstrated
ability to work in both large corporate and small business, community- type
environments. Experienced journalist for print and electronic media. Background
in social networking and multimedia industry.
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Education
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Flagler Palm Coast High
School Palm Coast, Fla.
Scholastic
Diploma
2006
University of North Florida Jacksonville,
Fla.
Bachelor of Science Degree – Journalism June 2006 - Dec.
2010
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Professional Experience
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Flagler County
Broadcasting Bunnell, Fla.
News/Sports
Correspondent | WNZF Sept. 2008– Dec. 2010
§ Work within the news and sports departments.
§ Voice, produce and edit news packages as well as
write and edit copy.
§ Run sound board and news department when needed.
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Fill in sports
department during drive time and broadcast high school sports games
Palm Coast Observer, LLC Palm Coast, Fla. Associate Editor | Palm
Coast Observer January 2010 –
Present
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First staff
writer for start-up community newspaper.
§ Covered city/county government, neighborhood, crime,
business, but most of the writing focus is on sports.
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Full responsibility for all sports coverage in Flagler County,
including breaking news sports stories, player features and a sports column
on covering youth, high school and community sports.
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Write, edit and take photos for Sports section.
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Instruct and work with fishing and golf columnists.
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Shoot and edit video for website.
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Award-winning sports columnist at the 2012 Florida Press Association
awards convention.
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References Available upon request.
Education Details Bachelor of Science Degree
in Communication with an emphasis in Journalism from the University of North
Florida, in Jacksonville. Along with a print media concentration, I have taken multiple
courses focused on broadcast writing and electronic media, including writing
broadcast copy and shooting/editing video. I earned a 3.6 upper-level GPA.
