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Bryan K
Pruitt.net
JOURNALISM BACKGROUND:
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Recognitions or fellowships received
Jan.
2006 to present
Nonfiction book project
(true-crime genre)
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Continuation of work on a
nonfiction, true-crime genre, book project |
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Sample chapters or chapter
summary available online upon demand |
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Projected publication: 2010 (Pinnacle Books, an imprint of Kensington
Publications) |
June 2003 to present
Freelance writer
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Specializing in health and
child safety issues. |
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Collaborated or published
projects with: NurseWeek magazine, ANG
Newspapers and the IRE Journal |
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Worked with IRE in 2005 to
bring Better Watchdog Workshop to Sacramento
see letter
here |
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Awarded multiple fellowships
listed here |
 Jan.
2008 (Spring Semester)
Instructor: Mitchell Community
College
Statesville, NC
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Part-time instructor,
Cooperative Education |
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Course in Creative Writing |
Jan. 2005to November 2007
KFBK News
Radio (ClearChannel Communications)
Sacramento, CA
Contract employee: news anchor
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Returned as
on-air news anchor, pending relocation to North
Carolina |
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Recorded
hourly newscasts for distribution to Clear Channel FM
affiliates |
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Studio
pictures
here |
 Jan.
2001 to December 2006
NursePLUS.com
Sacramento, CA
Position:
Editor, columnist
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Edited daily updates in a
news-based magazine boasting
more than 30,000 subscribers |
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Managed freelance contributors
to the magazine |
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Wrote a
weekly column dedicated to political issues
involving nursing |
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Forwarded "Flash" updates to subscribers |
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Website sold in 2006 |
Sept.
1999 to June. 2005
ANG
Newspapers/The Oakland Tribune and Vallejo Times-Herald
Oakland,
CA
Position:
Reporter
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Employed at daily ANG
publication, 31,000 circulation, covering Solano and Napa
counties |
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Assigned as lead writer for
Xiana Fairchild and Midsi Sanchez child disappearance
cases for the national ANG syndicate, including the
Oakland Tribune (3-million + circulation). |
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Awarded "First Place for
Non-local Spot News" by the California Newspaper
Publisher's Association for coverage of the 2000 Napa
Earthquake. |
Oct. 1998
to Oct. 1999
Gold
Country Media/The
Press-Tribune
Roseville, CA
Position:
Reporter
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Employed
at weekly publication, 17,000 circulation, covering
Placer and Sacramento counties |
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Assigned
to police and courts beat |
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Lead writer
for Roseville rail yard bomb discoveries and explosions
in 1999 |
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Awarded "Second Place for
local Spot News" by the California Newspaper Publisher's
Association for coverage of the 1999 rail yard bombs |
Jan. 1995
to Sept. 2004
Chancellor Broadcasting/KFBK News
Radio,
Sacramento, CA
Anchor/Editor
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Assigned a
regular on-air news shift at the highest rated
radio station in Northern California |
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Produced
"The Spencer Hughes Show." |
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Shared the
"Best News Broadcast Award, 1997," presented by the Radio
Television News Directors Association, for "The Afternoon
News with Jeff Bell and Kitty O'Neal." |
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Received
"Governor’s Certificate" for reporting of
Northern California floods, 1997. |
1994 and 1995
school years (junior and senior years)
KSSU Radio, Sacramento, CA
News Director, then Program
Director
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First accepted position as News
Director, later ('95-'96 school year) employed as program
director for "The Apex", the California State University,
Sacramento, radio station.
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Managed student-run radio
station, directed news coverage and anchored the daily
newscasts at top and bottom of hour during the morning show
(6 a.m. to 9 a.m.)
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Developed
special feature, "Knights on Campus," illustrating law
enforcement challenges on campus.
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Feb. 1994 to
July. 1994
KKIQ FM Radio
Pleasanton, CA
Internship/On-air personality
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Completed a structured internship
with Jim Hampton, program director of KKIQ.
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On air replacement at highly
rated adult-contemporary FM station in San Francisco Bay
Area.
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Wrote, edited and voiced
commercial spots.
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"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the
most important thing in the world--and he must hold
to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."
--John Steinbeck |
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