: About Me

Kurt D. Moore is a professional journalist who currently serves as the education reporter at The Marion Star in central Ohio. His duties include writing for the print edition and the MarionStar.com Web site. He also edits and assigns stories and takes photographs when the opportunities arise.

Kurt has worked in journalism for about 14 years, 13 with his current employer. He has also written public relations articles for a drum and bugle corps and taught writing as a volunteer in a medium security prison.

Issues he has reported on extensively include education, diversity and arts and entertainment. He has also covered government, public policy and the environment.

His expertise includes writing personal profiles, experience that he's gathered writing stories on both the famous and not so famous. He enjoys writing on journalism and the writing process.

Kurt is adept at finding resources online and can write in a variety of styles.

He is a graduate of Ohio University's esteemed E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

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Kurt D. Moore

kurtmooreoh@gmail.com

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Reporter, The Marion Star/MarionStar.com, June 1996-present

Experienced at reporting on a variety of subjects including education, government, public safety, agriculture, arts and entertainment, religion, health and non-profit organizations. Created a weekly series on area artists, entertainers and writers in which I choose the subjects, write the stories and shoot and edit videos for the newspaper's web site. Leading diversity efforts that led to awards from Marion NAACP, Ohio Council on American/Islamic Relations and Ohio Advocates for Mental Health. Coordinated coverage and reported stories for a monthly special publication profiling area high schools. Edit stories and direct reporters in city editor's absence. Assist in updating web site and shooting and editing videos for MarionStar.com.

Reporter, Mount Vernon News, August 1994-August 1995

Covered dual beats of city and county. Edited stories and paginated newspaper pages. Selected wire stories for use in newspaper.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Taught creative writing as a volunteer at a local medium-security prison. Represented newspaper on a university panel on diversity and assisted in coordination of diversity discussions as part of university-led committee. Wrote press releases and developed newsletter for local drum and bugle corps. Current projects include development of blogs focusing on education and journalism.

EDUCATION

Ohio University, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Athens, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 1994.

Specialized in political science and English.

Ohio University College of Arts and Sciences, Athens, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1997.

Concentrated on public policy.

SKILLS

Shooting videos with digital camera; editing video with iMovie software; updating web site with Publicus software; experienced with NewsEditPro software; previous Quark XPress experience.

AWARDS

Associated Press Society of Ohio awards including second place and honorable mention for community service, second and third place for best news writer, second place for breaking news, honorable mention for business reporting; I-CAIR Award for Fair Media from Ohio Council on American-Islamic Relations; Reader Leader Award from Thomson Newspapers for story on environmental problems related to an egg farm; Ohio Advocates for Mental Health award for story written on a family coping with the suicide of a family member.

My passion is ...

writing, interviewing people and keeping the public informed.

I know too much about ...

a little bit of everything thanks to my work as a journalist.

My parents always told me ...

work hard. While I don't work in the potteries like my father, I carry on his strong work ethic.

My childhood ambition ...

to help other people when I grow up.

My favorite memory ...

hearing my son tell me how much he loves me.

Why I write ...

To write is to breath. I find it necessary to write in at least some form so that I can function.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Currently reading memoirs and writing books. Listening to Ben Harper, Tori Amos and the blues and alternative.

My first job ...

delivering newspapers.

My best moment ...

writing stories that matter and that help people share their own personal stories.

My inspiration ...

Writers and teachers who came before me and helped give others a voice.

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My job as a newspaper reporter is giving me a front-row seat to the debate over whether the Internet is killing print journalism. From my perspective the Internet isn't the only challenger, but it's definitely the one getting the attention. Print journalism has faced a number of challenges for years. The cost of ink and paper continue to increase, cutting into a newspaper's profit and forcing changes such as the reduction in size of many newspapers. This reduction has led many readers to believe that they are getting less news while being asked to pay more for the newspaper. The catch is t...

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