Piper Hansen
Portfolio — piperjhansen3.wo rdpress.com
(502) 648-6715 / piperjhansen3@manualjc.com
Twitter — @piperjhansen
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Manual RedEye — Editor-in-Chief
Adobe Creative Cloud
MAY 2018 - PRESENT
WordPress
An exclusively online, student-run, multimedia news publication for students and faculty at duPont Manual High School and members of its surrounding communities. ●
Public speaking Newswriting
Over 130 bylines regarding things from education to government
Live-tweeting
to arts and entertainment and more
Project management
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Manage daily content and oversee all aspects of production
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Ensure state and national standards are met
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Conduct weekly meetings and hold staff members accountable
AWARDS
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR: MAY 2017 - MAY 2018
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Reporting resulted in the reassignment of top school leadership
MARCH 2019 2019 Kentucky
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Promote RedEye content, school announcements and other
Journalist of the Year,
necessary updates through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
Kentucky Journalism
Increase in overall Twitter engagement by 5.6%
Education Association
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STAFFER: MAY 2016 - MAY 2017
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MARCH 2019 1st: Best
Develop story ideas for pitch meetings and manage personal
News/Feature Photography,
deadlines
Western Kentucky
Contribute digital and interactive content to the news flow
University’s Kentucky High School Media Institute
Z-Media — S tudent Producer
MARCH 2019 2nd: Most
JANUARY 2019 - PRESENT
Valuable Newspaper Staffer,
Student-produced radio show and film festival event for students and
Western Kentucky
faculty at duPont Manual High School and members of its surrounding communities.
University’s Kentucky High School Media Institute MARCH 2019 3rd: B est Online
Since Parkland, The Trace — R eporter
News Story, Western
OCTOBER 2018 - FEBRUARY 2019
Kentucky University’s
An archive of youth who were victims of gun violence one year after the
Kentucky High School Media
mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Institute NOVEMBER 2018 H onorable
Parkside Living — Content Contributor
Mention: D igital Story of the
JANUARY 2017 - JANUARY 2019
Year - Interactive Graphic,
Local newsmagazine covering lifestyle, food and entertainment in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood in Louisville, KY.
National Scholastic Press Association
NOVEMBER 2018 E xcellent:
PROJECTS & OTHER ENGAGEMENTS
CSPA 2019 Spring Convention — Speaker MARCH 2019
Hosted a seminar for roughly 30 conference attendees from around the country about leadership in the creation of multimedia packages at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 2019 Spring Convention held at Columbia University.
JEA/NSPA NHSJC Fall 2018 — Speaker NOVEMBER 2018
Hosted a seminar for roughly 50 conference attendees from around the country about digital, interactive journalism at the Journalism Education
Newswriting Write-Off, National Scholastic Press Association JUNE 2018 Kentucky
Representative, Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Scholarship Conference through the Freedom Forum Institute at the Newseum JANUARY 2018 R egional Silver
Key: Journalistic Writing, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Association and National Scholastic Press Association’s 2018 National
JANUARY 2018 R egional Silver
High School Journalism Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Key: Journalistic Writing, Scholastic Art and Writing
“See You Tomorrow” — P roducer, Editor
Awards
JANUARY 2018 - FEBRUARY 2018
MARCH 2009 Honorary
Short film for duPont Manual’s Introduction to Multimedia course.
Kentucky Colonel, Commonwealth of Kentucky
“Valerie” — C inematography DECEMBER 2015 - AUGUST 2016
Feature-length film for duPont Manual’s Introduction to Multimedia course.
“Gratitude” — Director, Production Design JUNE 2013
Short film for regional 48 Hour Film Festival.
REFERENCES James Miller, Manual RedEye Adviser, duPont Manual High School Journalism and Communication Teacher Kristafer Abplanalp, Z-Media Adviser, duPont Manual High School Journalism and
EDUCATION
Communication Teacher Liz Palmer, duPont Manual
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ — Journalism
High School Journalism and
AUGUST 2019 - TBD
Communication Teacher
Student in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication as well as The Barrett Honors College.
duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY — Journalism and Communication Magnet AUGUST 2015 - PRESENT
Relevant courses: Journalism One, Journalism Two, Digital Design, Introduction to Multimedia, Advanced Multimedia (Z-Media), Oral Communication and Debate, Editorial Leadership and three years of Writing and Composition for Desktop Publishing (Manual RedEye).
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