CHRISTOPHER J. BAXTER
Address on Request | Bethlehem, Pa. 18018 | (603) 568-6660 (cell)
cbaxter1@gmail.com | www.chrisbaxteronline.com
Professional Experience | Freelance & Collegiate Experience
Education | Awards, Appearances & Memberships
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (download full resume)
Summer 2008-Present | The Morning Call – Allentown, Pa.
City Hall & Education Reporter – City of Easton/Easton Area School District
- Craft daily stories for online continuous news and print deadline, using traditional reporting and social media source cultivation, with a focus on city life and politics, budgeting, education, education finance and urban redevelopment.
- Enterprise in-depth, front-page investigative, watchdog and feature stories for the weekend edition, individually and as a collaborative team leader, with a focus on human interest and the environment.
- Capitalize on public records and computer assisted reporting to uncover and analyze long-term data and trends, integrate print and online presentations and make complex topics accessible and meaningful.
2008-2010 | The Morning Call – Allentown, Pa.
Suburban & Education Reporter – More than a dozen towns and school districts
- Crafted daily stories for online continuous news and print deadline, using traditional reporting and social media source cultivation, with a focus on suburban life and politics, budgeting, education, education finance and development.
- Enterprised in-depth, front-page investigative, watchdog and feature stories for the weekend edition, individually and as a collaborative team leader, with a focus on human interest and the environment.
- Capitalized on public records and computer assisted reporting to uncover and analyze long-term data and trends, integrate print and online presentations and make complex topics accessible and meaningful.
Summer 2008 | The Boston Globe – Boston, Mass.
Internship: News Reporter
- Crafted stories daily on deadline for print/online, and enterprise for the weekend, with a focus on breaking news, politics, crime, environment and features.
Summer 2007 | The Virginian-Pilot – Norfolk, Va.
Internship: News Reporter
- Crafted stories daily on deadline for print/online, and enterprise for the weekend, with a focus on local and state issues, including military, environment and transportation.
Summer 2006 | The Morning Call – Allentown, Pa.
Internship: News Reporter
- Crafted stories daily on deadline for print/online, and enterprise for the weekend, with a focus on state and national trends, including local, city, police and breaking news, as well as features.
Summer 2005 | Concord Monitor – Concord, N.H.
Internship: News Reporter
FREELANCE & COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE
- Spring 2007: Freelancer, E: The Environmental Magazine
- Fall 2007: Creator, Director & Reporter, ICB Sunday, 92 WICB Ithaca
- Spring 2007: Study Abroad, Reconciliation & Development, Durban, South Africa
- 2004-2006: Founder & Editor in Chief, iMPrint Magazine, www.imprintmagazine.org
- 2004-Fall 2006: Staff writer, special projects manager, The Ithacan, Ithaca College
2004-2008 | Ithaca College – Ithaca, N.Y.
B.A. Journalism, summa cum laude
B.A. Politics, summa cum laude
AWARDS, APPEARANCES & MEMBERSHIPS
- Second place, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, Keystone Press Awards, Special Projects Category, “What Lies Beneath,” 2011
- Second place, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, Keystone Press Awards, Feature Category, “The science of scuff,” 2011
- Third place, Society of Professional Journalists, Keystone Chapter, Environment Category, “Dirty little secret,” 2011
- Featured, National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, “Nonprofit paid personal bills,” 2010
- Guest, CNN, “Feds probe Obama target game,” 2010
- Guest, WDEL 1150AM Wilmington, Del., “Feds probe Obama target game,” 2010
- Second place, Society of Professional Journalists, Keystone Chapter, Environment Category, “Business as usual, even without permit,” 2010
- Featured, National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, “What lies beneath,” 2010
- Featured, Investigative Reporters And Editors, “Business as usual, even without permit,” “What lies beneath,” “Dirty little secret,” “Nonprofit paid personal bills,” 2009, 2010
- Member, Investigative Reporters And Editors, 2009, 2010
- First place, New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association, Best Radio Interview, “Coddington Road Widening,” 2008
- First place, Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence, Radio News Reporting, “SPCA Under Fire,” 2008
- First place, New York Press Association, News Story, “Who’s looking?” 2007
- Second place, Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence, In-Depth Reporting, “Screenings on Standby,” 2007
- Certificate of Merit, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, News Writing, 2007
- Fellow, National Press Foundation, Washington Fellowship, 2007
- First place, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Best Online College Magazine, iMPrint Magazine, 2006
- Second place, Associated Collegiate Press, Story of the Year, “Net Fix,” 2005
- Scholar, Roy H. Park School of Communications, full-tuition Park Scholarship, Ithaca College, 2004-2008
