JULIA PERKINS
JuliaRPerkins4@gmail.com 978 395 7570
@JuliaPerkinsHP JuliaRPerkins.weebly.com linkedin.com/in/juliarperkins/en
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The News-Times, Danbury, Conn. July 2016 to Present
Reporter
• Cover two towns with a population of 17,000-19,000 by reporting on local government, features and general
assignment stories for a daily newspaper in western Connecticut
• Write enterprise stories on education, the opioid epidemic, mental health and other hot-button issues
• Master digital practices, such as social media and SEO-friendly headlines, to drive readers to our website
• Handle breaking news coverage solo on Sundays for all six Hearst Connecticut Media papers
The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Hamden, Conn. Fall 2012 to April 2016
Editor-in-Chief April 2015-April 2016
• Managed staff of 35-40 writers and editors for student-run, weekly newspaper at a campus with about 10,000
undergraduates and graduates
• Established deadlines for editors and had final say over all editorial content
• Generated story ideas, wrote and edited articles, brainstormed layout plans, copy edited, posted articles and
photos online through WordPress, and shared stories on social media
• Mastered delegation, leadership and communication by leading meetings and heading a multimedia project on
campus alcohol culture
• Maintained the printing and advertising budgets
• Achieved New England Society of Newspaper Editors’ first-place award for College Newspaper of the Year
• Served as managing editor (2014-15), news editor (2013-14), associate news editor (2013) and staff writer (2012)
EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, Mass. Summer 2015, Winter 2015-2016
Proprietary content editorial intern
• Practiced attention to detail while editing medical articles within the XML program, Oxygen
• Created relevant links within articles to allow researchers to access information more easily
The Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle, Danvers, Mass. Summer 2014, Winter 2014-2015
Intern, Freelance reporter
• Covered front-page stories, including a controversy at a local college, for a weekly small-town paper
• Captured photos, attended town meetings and developed sources with officials
EDUCATION
Quinnipiac University School of Communications, Hamden, Conn., May 2016
Journalism major, English minor, Spanish minor
GPA: 3.95, Honors Program, Dean’s List all semesters, Communications Honors Society Lambda Pi Eta
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Girl Scout leader, Danbury, Conn. November 2018 to Present
• Encourage a group of girls in fourth and fifth grade to build self-confidence and leadership skills
• Organize meetings, activities, troop finances and cookie sales
HONORS
• Quinnipiac’s Outstanding Freshman and Outstanding Sophomore awards, Student Organization Member of the
Year Award 2016, Journalism Leadership Award 2016, Outstanding Student Affairs Leadership Award 2016
• College Media Pinnacle Award Best Editorial Second Place Fall 2015
• Hearst Connecticut Media’s Employee of the Month April 2018
• Published in “Connecticut’s Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology” April 2018
RELEVANT SKILLS
• AP Style, Social media, Microsoft suite, NewsGate, Audacity, WordPress, Weebly, Conversational Spanish
