Jakob Arnarsson
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, and Sports Editor experience at The Express, a student-run newspaper at Las Positas Community College, with a focus on sports reporting. Authored award-winning articles and honed photography skills, receiving multiple accolades. Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines while building strong relationships with athletes and coaches for compelling event coverage. Always seeking to grow skills as a writer, and in all other aspects of journalism and media coverage. Currently enrolled at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Editor-in-Chief/Managing editor/Sports Editor
Las Positas Community College
Livermore, California
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Oversaw a community college paper as Editor-in-Chief for one semester, and was managing editor for my other two.
- Managed editorial team, guiding story development and content creation.
- Managed a team of editors, writers and other staff members responsible for creating high-quality content.
- I mostly ran the sports content for the paper during my entire time on staff, generated broad content, and built relationships with coaches and players to deliver deep, insightful stories, as well as game coverage.
- Learned how to lay out a newspaper in InDesign.
- Participated in brainstorming sessions with other editors or writers regarding potential story ideas.
- I covered the school's basketball team, going to every game my last semester to establish the skills required to work on a beat.
- My managing editor and I sold an advertisement for the paper, increasing our budget to allow us to print a 12-page publication instead of 8.
- I traveled to multiple tournaments for swimming and basketball in Southern California to provide on-site stories.
- Produced multiple award-winning stories at JACC conventions, the Journalism Association of Community Colleges.
Education
Associate of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Las Positas College
Livermore, CA06-2025
High School Diploma -
Foothill High School
Pleasanton, CA06-2022
Skills
- Content creation
- Editorial management
- Audience engagement
- Storytelling techniques
- Research analysis
- InDesign layout
- Event coverage
- Interview techniques
- Deadline management
- Adaptability and flexibility
Accomplishments
- First Place for Sports Game Story for the 2024 NorCal Publications Award for JACC (Journalism Association of Community Colleges)
- First Place for Profile Feature Story for the 2024 NorCal Publications Award for JACC
- Fourth Place for Sports Feature Photo for the 2024 NorCal Publications Award for JACC
- Fourth Place for Sports Story for the 2024 State-On-The-Spot-Award for JACC.
Timeline
Editor-in-Chief/Managing editor/Sports Editor
Las Positas Community College
01.2024 - 05.2025
Associate of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Las Positas College
High School Diploma -
Foothill High School
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