John W. Tozzi

Journalism Experience

• Write news, features and analysis for Small Biz channel of BusinessWeek.com
• Create slideshows and other evergreen online content
• Stories have been syndicated on Yahoo Finance and AOL Money

Freelance articles have appeared in BusinessWeek Online; The Real Deal; City Limits; US Banker; Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette

• Covered community news for weekly Bayside and Little Neck editions and 12 other papers
• Filed daily breaking news updates for TimesLedger.com
• Covered education beat, including award-winning investigative pieces on school overcrowding

• Covered community news for weekly Boston and Brookline neighborhood papers

• Reported for the news desk of 80,000-circulation national Irish weekly
• Wrote features and analysis of U.S. news for the foreign desk; wrote cover story for magazine

• Reported for urban affairs magazine’s weekly online newsletter
• Assisted staff reporters with research and fact-checking for articles for monthly print magazine
• Wrote briefs for daily email update, City Limits Extra

• Directed coverage and edited copy for off-campus news at independent five-day student paper
• Covered the judicial and legislative battles over gay marriage in Massachusetts

Education

• Coursework included business journalism, crime reporting, online research
• 3.64 GPA, Dean’s List, Trustee Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship

• Continuing education coursework in HTML and CSS (Summer 2007)

Skills

• Proficient in AP style
• Online research: federal, state and local records searches, SEC filings, PACER, Lexis-Nexis
• Software: QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office
• Basic HTML and CSS knowledge
• Basic digital photography

Awards

• 2nd place, In-depth Reporting, New York Press Association, 2006: Sean Bell shooting coverage
• 3rd place, General Excellence, Suburban Newspapers of America, 2006: Bayside Times
• 3rd place, In-depth Reporting, Suburban Newspapers of America, 2006: Classroom Crunch