Jeffrey Aaron Morris 308 Gail Drive Charleston, WV 25314

(304) 415-3053 jeffreymorris53@gmail.com

Skilled professional with demonstrated record of excellence in writing, editing, leadership and creativity. Versatile team player with extensive experience in researching articles, working with people, coordinating projects, handling multiple tasks and solving problems on deadline.

Areas of Professional Expertise

Leadership Served as senior digital content coordinator at TV station with staff of more than 50. Played key role in growth of station Facebook page (increase of more than 100,000 fans), Twitter

page (increase of more than 13,000 followers) and website (averaging 1.5 million page views and300,000 unique visitors per month).

Served as managing editor of a magazine targeted to public employees in four states. Played key role in the communications unit of a state agency, helping to generate story ideas and

produce materials for a variety of publications. Served as statewide grant writer for nationally known nonprofit organization. Shared in the supervision and evaluation of a 15-member reporting staff. Trained and coached interns, journalism class students and part-time and full-time reporters. Assisted in the daily planning of news coverage for a 48-employee newsroom. Coordinated and judged contest entries, leading the Charleston Daily Mail to five first-place

General Excellence awards.

Creativity Coordinated and involved in the creation of award-winning projects and

special series on a variety of topics from flooding to teen angst. Generated hundreds of story ideas for articles published on Page One and the

section fronts of four daily newspapers. Created witticisms for Charley West, the Charleston Daily Mail’s Page One

cartoon character.

Writing Demonstrated ability to research complex information and turn it into concise,

clear writing ondeadline for multiple platforms including television website, social media and

print media. Written and received more than $1 million in grants from foundations,

corporations and United Ways.

Authored press releases, speeches, scripts for a public affairs television program and content

for state agency publications and website.

Authored hundreds of articles and several series on a diverse number of subjects that were

published in six newspapers. Free-lanced for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, writing a full-page article for the

science section on a new automotive engine under development at West Virginia University.

Awarded five honors in the West Virginia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.

Editing Edited website and social media content, including video, in fast-paced TV

news environment. Proofread newsletters, newspaper pages and a variety of publications to

check for errors in headlines, photographs and captions, graphics, articles and design layouts.

Edited newspaper articles on deadline to meet legal and fairness standards, to ensure

completeness of reporting, proper grammar, spelling and style. Guided and edited multiple projects, including a yearlong series on West

Virginia entering the Millennium.

Company Affiliations

Senior Digital Content CoordinatorWCHS-TV(ABC)/WVAH-TV(Fox11), Charleston, WV 2012 to present Grant Writer American Red Cross Central WV Chapter, Charleston, WV 2008 to 2012Copy Writer/EditorMotionMasters, a “multimedia company,” Charleston, WV 2007 to 2008

Public Information SpecialistWest Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services, Institute, WV 2005 to 2007

City Editor/Projects Editor/Assistant City Editor

Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV 1989 to 2005 Suburban Reporter Lancaster New Era, Lancaster, PA 1989Higher Education Reporter/City Hall ReporterDominion Post, Morgantown, WV 1984 to 1989Freelance WriterPittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA 1987 to 1989ReporterPoint Pleasant Register, Point Pleasant, WV 1983 to 1984Sports Editor/Crew Chief/Copy Editor/ReporterThe Parthenon (Marshall University), Huntington, WV 1981 to 1983

EducationMarshall University, Huntington, WV 1981 to 1983Bachelor of Arts degree, journalism; Magna cum laude, 3.62 grade point averageBethany College, Bethany, WV 1979 to 1981Communications major

Honors and ActivitiesWest Virginia Press Association 1984 to 1997Better Newspaper Contest, five-time award winner (Lifestyle Columnist, Community Service, Sports Writing and Feature Writing)

Charlie Childers Award, Barboursville High School 1979Top senior award for outstanding leadership, scholarship and athletic ability

Advanced TrainingStandard First Aid/CPR-Adult, ARC Central WV Chapter 2011 Disaster Public Affairs Local Response, ARC Central WV Chapter 2009 Shelter Operations, ARC Central WV Chapter 2008 Client Casework, ARC Central WV Chapter 2008 PageMaker 7, Level 1, New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Teays, WV 2005 Computer-Assisted Reporting, University of Charleston 1998 Effective Writing and Editing, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, Dallas, TX

1992 Effective Writing and Editing, American Press Institute, Reston, VA

1986