My Resume (as of 12/7/05)

Contact Info

638 EAST 22ND ST. BROOKLYN, NY 11210 · (718) 253-6302
E-mail: BCOUCH@GMAIL.COM · Mobile: (347) 866-3164

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. major in Journalism and Mass Communication – Public Relations Sequence, May 2005 .

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Cooperstown, NY)
Public Relations Assistant/Writer, May 2005-Present

Wrote feature articles for Memories & Dreams magazine and the Hall of Fame's Web site, baseballhalloffame.org.
Wrote press releases and media advisories for regional and national distribution.
Copy and content edited Memories & Dreams magazine.
Created and maintained a master editorial calendar.
Compiled the electronic and hard copy clips for internal distribution.

MLB Advanced Media, LTD. (New York, NY)
New York Region Intern, June-Oct. 2005

Assisted MLB.com beat writers in daily home coverage of NY Yankees and Mets, including the Yankees-Angels American League Division Series matchup.
Specific duties included:
- Writing sidebars, previews and occasional game stories, totaling more than 150 clips on deadline.
- Gathering, compiling and transcribing quotes.
- (Co-)Writing the daily notebook.
- Covering several team-oriented community events.
Covered for beat writers who didn’t travel to New York.

Specific duties included:
- Writing the daily notebook, running gamer, game write-through and and next-game preview for the Pittsburgh Pirates (June 14-16, Aug. 16-18) and Kansas City Royals (Aug. 26-28) Web sites.

Currently Freelancing on Assignment

Brooklyn Cyclones (Brooklyn, NY)
Media Relations Intern, Summer 2004

Specific duties included:
- Writing post-game press releases, published on the team's Web site.
- Preparing information for and aiding media covering the team.
- Proofreading text and ad copy for the team's media guide and game program.
- Responding to e-mails sent to the team's informational mailbox.

Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, NC)
Senior Writer, Spring 2005

Served as a beat writer for men’s basketball, covering games at the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, including the Final Four in St. Louis.

Sports Columnist, Fall 2004

Wrote a weekly sports column with a focus on the UNC-Chapel Hill sports community.

SportSaturday Editor, Fall 2003

Produced a 12-16-page football preview tabloid for each of six home football games at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Conceptualized, budgeted and edited stories.
Completed most of the page work.
Also served as a beat writer for volleyball and women’s basketball.

Staff Writer, Spring 2002-Spring 2003

Covered men’s golf, women’s gymnastics, volleyball and softball as a beat writer.
Traveled to Atlanta, Ga. in November 2002 to cover the Tar Heels at the ACC championships in volleyball.

Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (Chapel Hill, NC)
Omega Chapter Fundraising Chair, Spring 2002-Spring 2003

Organized a magazine fundraiser through campusfundfaiser.com that raised $1,300.
Organized, on two weeks notice, a t-shirt fundraiser that raised $400.
Organized a fundraiser with Victory Card and Papa John’s pizzeria that raised $250.

Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
General Management Intern, Nov.2000-June 2001

Researched and gained the music licenses for songs for Pina Bausch’s Masurca Fogo.
Managed project accounting for department.
Did database entry and general office work.
Managed community extras engaged for production and performed in Baryshnikov’s White Oak Project in the 2001 Spring Season.

Proficient

PC, Macintosh, Quark Copydesk, Microsoft Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS.

Knowledgeable