KAREN DILLON
KAREN DILLON 5812 Meadowsweet Lane, Shawnee, Ks 66226 Cell: 913-232-1068 [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Motivated award-winning Journalist accomplished in research, interviewing, reporting and writing. Effective communicator with a talent for writing high quality news stories involving complex legal issues.
HIGHLIGHTS Makes good use of court, police and legal records Deadline-driven Firm grasp of journalistic ethics Effective interviewer
Strong interpersonal skills Focused Copyediting and proofreading Strong interpersonal skills
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Award winning stories include the failure of the federal governments in the United States and Canada to warn people about the hepatitis C virus; the battle over coal plants and clean air; the struggle between corporate livestock farms and residents. Was named Missouri Reporter of the Year for stories about the government's failure to warn people about E. coli in the Lake of the Ozarks. Received more than three dozen national, state and local awards including some of the top in journalism: Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for government reporting; the George Polk Award, Investigative Reporters and Editors and Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award; Associated Press Managing Editors Award; National Society of Professional Journalists Award. Twice was the recipient of the Missouri Public Defenders' Woodward and Bernstein award.
EXPERIENCE THE KANSAS CITY STAR Kansas City, MO 11/1991 to 11/2013 Journalist, Researcher and Writer Researched court and legal records and other documents to write both short and long-term stories involving a myriad of issues. SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE Sarasota , FL 01/1990 to 11/1991
Journalist CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago, IL
06/1989 to 09/1991
Journalist Intern SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS San Jose, CA
05/1988 to 08/1988
Journalist Intern BOONE NEWS REPUBLICAN Boone, IA
01/1977 to 06/1984
Writer, photographer, layout artist
EDUCATION MASTER OF ARTS: JOURNALISM/POLITICAL SCIENCE University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
1989
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Motivated award-winning Journalist accomplished in research, interviewing, reporting and writing. Effective communicator with a talent for writing high quality news stories involving complex legal issues.
HIGHLIGHTS Makes good use of court, police and legal records Deadline-driven Firm grasp of journalistic ethics Effective interviewer
Strong interpersonal skills Focused Copyediting and proofreading Strong interpersonal skills
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Award winning stories include the failure of the federal governments in the United States and Canada to warn people about the hepatitis C virus; the battle over coal plants and clean air; the struggle between corporate livestock farms and residents. Was named Missouri Reporter of the Year for stories about the government's failure to warn people about E. coli in the Lake of the Ozarks. Received more than three dozen national, state and local awards including some of the top in journalism: Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for government reporting; the George Polk Award, Investigative Reporters and Editors and Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award; Associated Press Managing Editors Award; National Society of Professional Journalists Award. Twice was the recipient of the Missouri Public Defenders' Woodward and Bernstein award.
EXPERIENCE THE KANSAS CITY STAR Kansas City, MO 11/1991 to 11/2013 Journalist, Researcher and Writer Researched court and legal records and other documents to write both short and long-term stories involving a myriad of issues. SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE Sarasota , FL 01/1990 to 11/1991
Journalist CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago, IL
06/1989 to 09/1991
Journalist Intern SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS San Jose, CA
05/1988 to 08/1988
Journalist Intern BOONE NEWS REPUBLICAN Boone, IA
01/1977 to 06/1984
Writer, photographer, layout artist
EDUCATION MASTER OF ARTS: JOURNALISM/POLITICAL SCIENCE University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
1989
