My name is Tyler. I am a journalism instructor for Indiana University School of Journalism in Indianapolis and a freelance Web designer/developer. This is where I keep track of everything I do, have done and plan on doing. You can follow me on Twitter.

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Experience

2001-2005, Graduated with Academic Honors Diploma SOUTHPORT HIGH SCHOOL, Indianapolis, Ind.
2002-2004 Photographer for the Southport High School newspaper, The Journal, which won the Gallup Award from the Quill and Scroll Society in 2004.
2004-2005 Editor-in-Chief of The Journal

2006-2009, B.A.J., School of Journalism, Art History Second Concentration
Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, Ind.
Spring 2009 - Dec. 2009: Managing Editor for IUPUI Student Media and Designer for the IUPUI Sagamore newspaper
Re-designed logo, copy formats, image sizes
Design editor for ISM Special Report tabloids
Summer 2009: Co-Creator of IUPUIStudentMedia.com
Re-created the media outlet from a print product to a mainly-online product
Programmed in PHP and in Wordpress, designed and monetized new online media outlet
Performed audience analysis
Outlined new team-based management structures
Jan. 2010-Dec. 2010: Assistant Instructor, J409 Media Management and J361 Web News Management
Aug. 2011-current: Instructor, Computer Methods in Journalism
Instructor, Reporting & Editing I & II

Jan. 2010-Jan. 2011
Journal & Courier, Lafayette, Ind.
Copy editor/Page Designer/Member of social media team
Edited copy, layout for daily editions (Local section, News Wires and A1)
Helped assemble the company’s social media strategy across Facebook and Twitter
Posting content to the Web daily

Sept. 2010-present
Freelance Wordpress/Web designer (Brown/Chance Designs), Indianapolis, Ind.
Clients include: Hoosier State Press Association Friends of Ernie Pyle Foundation (Ernie Pyle World War II Museum)

Skills

Proficient in AP style, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, jQuery and Wordpress. Working knowledge of PHP, Ruby and Python and some of their associated frameworks.

References

Maggie Balough
mhillery2011@gmail.com
(812) 701-2647

Henry Howard,
hhoward@ journalandcourier.com
(765)420-5262

Jim Brown
jwbrown@iupui.edu
(317) 691-2538