Matt Day

Dow Jones Newswires, New York, N.Y., June 2010-Present
Reporting Intern, Energy & Commodities Desk

• Covered the oil, gold, silver and other commodities and energy markets from New York, seeking out analysts, economists and market players, and synthesizing macroeconomic and market fundamentals analysis into daily reporting for the newswires and the print and online editions of The Wall Street Journal.
• Contributed spot news reporting on issues in energy and power.
  

The Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, Pa. May-Aug. 2009
Copy Editing Intern, Sports

• Edited and fact-checked articles, wrote headlines and cutlines, created wire story round-ups, gave feedback and asked for clarification from reporters, proofed pages.
• Wrote sports briefs and contributed reporting to coverage of the 2009 Gold Cup soccer tournament.
• Selected by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund internship placement program, with employment following a two-week training residency at Temple University.

Market News International, Washington, D.C. Jan-May 2009
Editorial Intern 

• Wrote news and analysis articles for the real-time financial news wire’s Washington bureau, reporting on congressional legislation, trade, financial regulation, the financial crisis, foreign policy, monetary policy and related topics.
• Assignments included reporting from Congress, the White House, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank.

The Mac Weekly, St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 2007-present
Executive Editor/News Editor/Associate News Editor

• As executive editor, selected and supervised a 25-person staff, planned the paper’s editorial content.
• Completed the administrative and managerial tasks associated with taking the paper from design to printing, online posting and distribution.
• Wrote news, sports, features and editorials.

Mt. Angel Publishing, Mt. Angel, Ore. Summers 2007, 2008
Editorial Intern

• Wrote news and features for Our Town, a regional news and lifestyle tabloid.
• Planned the protocol for the initial transition of Our Town to its first Web platform.
• Designed page layout for various community publications.

The New York Times, New York, N.Y. Sept-Oct. 2008
Debate Watch: Student View Blog

• Wrote blog entries responding to two presidential debates and the vice presidential debate with other college newspaper editors in real time for the Caucus blog on the New York Times Web site.
• Links to my bio, the first presidential, vice presidential and final presidential debate posts.
  

Columbia University, New York, May 2008
Bloomberg College Editors Workshop

• Attended a week-long series of workshops designed to supplement the journalism education of students at colleges without a journalism major. 
• Worked with editors at the New York Times, the Nation and Bloomberg News.
  

Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. Sept 2006-Present
Bachelor of Arts

• Pursing a degree in Political Science, expected to graduate May 2010.
• Concentrating in American government, history and legal studies.
  
• Earned a 3.67 grade point average on a 4 point scale after six semesters. 

American University, Washington, D.C. Jan-May 2009
Washington Semester Program - Journalism

• Took an eight-credit journalism seminar, covering news, features and opinion writing, journalism history and the future of news. 
• Featured guest lecturers in print and broadcast journalism representing the Washington Post, the Washingtonian, Newsweek, the Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Al-Jazeera English and others.