TED E. PALIK

Journalist

E-mail: teddpal@hotmail.com

WORK HISTORY

1999-present

Edit and design daily and Sunday business pages and daily inside local pages. Edit and design weekly entertainment pages and editorial/opinion pages. Edit Sunday Review & Opinion pages. Edit national, world and local copy and write headlines on Harris Newsmaker Editorial. Edited breaking news updates on Pennlive.com, the newspaper's Web site. Edit local and wire pages on Harris Newsmaker Pagination. Proof local and wire pages and formerly served as late-night wire editor. Worked at Patriot-News printing plant to edit stories and check the paper as it came off the press.

1993-1999

Designed front, business and local sections and wire pages on Harris Newsmaker Pagination system. Edited local and wire copy and wrote headlines on Harris front-end system. Managed news and sports copy desks in slot position as needed. Pulled down AP stocks on Power Macintosh 9500/150 using Quark.

Special projects and accomplishments

• Designed and edited "NFL Monday" expanded coverage section each fall. Emphasis on area pro football teams.
• Designed three-day, front-page project on the impact of a new immigration law, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, April 1998.
• Received in-house award for headline "Wawa has last laugh in HAHA brouhaha." Headline topped story detailing name copyright lawsuit. Headline nominated for 1997 Keystone Awards, Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association.
• Received in-house award for headline "Q: Got milk? A: Got money?"
• Received in-house award for headline "Thoughts on his Penneys." Headline topped interview of J.C. Penney Co. president.
• Produced and edited Weekly Record sister paper, February 1997, February 1996.
• Designed two-day, front-page package of art, graphics and stories that analyzed the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Monterrey, Mexico, a city with business links to York County, winter 1993.

1989-1993

Designed local section fronts and front page, edited local and wire copy, wrote headlines. Coordinated reporting and composing staffs as assistant night editor. Sized photos on Macintosh computer.

1987-1989

Designed weekly "Plus" sections, edited wire and local copy, wrote headlines. Covered Manassas and Manassas Park city councils, school boards and planning commissions. Wrote on growth and development issues.

Special projects and accomplishments

• Covered Capitol Hill hearings on government purchase of land slated for development of a shopping mall at Manassas National Battlefield Park, Northern Virginia, fall 1988.
• Coordinated full-page, reader-friendly house ad, "We want your news," fall 1989.

1986-1987

Covered police, education, agriculture, small-town government and general local news in Dorchester County. Took photos. Special projects and accomplishments

• Reported on Eastern Shore drought through bus trip organized by office of then-U.S. Rep. Roy Dyson, D-1st, and federal officials, August 1986.

EDUCATION

INTERNSHIPS & CERTIFICATES

• Legislative intern, state Sen. Julian Lapides, D-Baltimore City, Maryland General Assembly, 1986.
• Inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, international honor society in history, March 1985.
• Administrative assistant, Department of the Army Military Intelligence, Intelligence Systems Integration, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C., summers 1982-85.
• Mail clerk, Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, D.C., summer 1981.

AWARDS

• Honorable Mention for headline writing (portfolio), Keystone Awards, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, 2008. Entries: "Optimizing U.S. traffic lights has been stop and go" / "Don't be a drip: Save kitchen water" / "Want health with that?"

• Honorable Mention for headline writing, Keystone Awards, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, 1997. Entry: "Candidate avoids rain, ends up in hot water."

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Attained basic knowledge of HTML for updating and design of Web pages.

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