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Matt and his brothers

Thats me, on the left of my two brothers.

The way I saw it as a wee boy growing up in Rockford, Illinois, sports writing was for the dopes who couldn't actually cut it on the playing field. As it turns out, I was right.

After my own athletic career fell significantly short of a seven-figure signing bonus, I decided to study journalism at Arizona State University with designs on getting into sportswriting. I covered major college sports for the school's student-run daily, The State Press, for one year before eventually landing in Port Angeles, Washington, at the Peninsula Daily News.

During the past six years at the PDN, I've maintained a twice-weekly outdoors column while also serving as an assistant sports editor and lead reporter.

Resume

Newspaper Experience: Peninsula Daily News August 2005 – Present Port Angeles, Wash. Sports Reporter/Outdoors Columnist
  • Cover high school, community college and other area sports
  • Write two columns a week focussing on outdoor activities
  • Edit Sunday section, design pages, edit copy, direct staff
  • Programs used: InDesign, InCopy, QuarkXPress, DewarView
  • Organize and design three special sections honoring top area prep athletes
The State Press June 2003 – June 2004 Tempe, Ariz. Sports Reporter
  • Covered cross country, water polo, swimming/diving and out-of-town football in Fall of ’03
  • Covered baseball and swimming/diving in Spring of ’04.
Technical Experience: Webdevil February 2004 – June 2004 Tempe, Ariz. Web Producer
  • Edited and posted stories and photos on Web
  • Programs used: College Publisher, QuarkXPress
Encore Lex Solutio July 2004 – July 2005 Chicago, Ill. Back Office Technician
  • Created and manipulated databases for law firms
Education: Arizona State University 1999 – 2004 Tempe, Ariz.
  • Bachelor of the Arts: Print Journalism
Awards:
  • Peninsula Daily News news staffer of the year 2006 and 2009
  • 2005 Best of the West (college) sports reporting award
Other Activites:
  • Volunteer: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Clallam County Family YMCA and Sequim Little League
  • Member of Arizona State University club rugby team