Matt Lewis’ Résumé (Resume/Resumé  are also acceptable, according to –> livecareer.com) can be viewed by clicking the underlined text above – or – by going to the following website/URL address:

https://matt20hew.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/matt-lewis-resume.pdf

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2013	Worked at The Human Rights Campaign, which is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit that serves America – Washington, D.C. Worked as Multimedia Reporter at Arizona Republic (AZCentral.com/NBC 12 – Phoenix affiliate) Fundraiser/Public Relations Specialist at Si Se Puede Foundation, which is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit that serves an at-risk youth population in the East Valley Managed news blog: The Gilbert Gumption

2012	Works as Multimedia Reporter at Arizona Republic (AZCentral.com/NBC 12 – Phoenix affiliate) Fundraiser/Public Relations Specialist at Si Se Puede Foundation, which is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit that serves an at-risk youth population in the East Valley Worked as a Public Relations Intern at SunLife Home Health Worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Arizona Worked as Neighborhood Team Leader at Organizing For America Worked as a Freelance Journalist at Tucson Weekly Created and Managed news blog: The Gilbert Gumption Worked as a Freelance Journalist at Arizona Daily Star
2011	Worked as Editor/Multimedia Reporter and Page Designer at Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, Inc. (Casa Grande Dispatch, Maricopa Monitor, Coolidge Examiner) Co-Secretary at The University of Arizona Phoenix Young Alumni Association
2010	Worked as Editor of Coolidge Examiner Worked as Assistant News Editor at Arizona Daily Wildcat Worked as a stringer for The New York Times Co.
2009	Worked as Metro Intern at Arizona Daily Star Worked as Managing Editor at El Inependiente Worked as NASA Space Grant Intern at Tucson Daily Citizen
2008	Worked as an Apprentice at Arizona Daily Star Worked as a stringer at Associated Press Worked as Editorial Intern at Tucson Lifestyle Magazine Worked as Intern at San Manuel Miner
2007	Worked as Science and Tech Beat Reporter at Arizona Summer Wildcat
2006	Ended work at Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort
2004	Started work at Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort as Customer Service Relations Worked as a server at Basha High School Cafeteria/Chandler Unified School District
2003	Started work as a server at Basha High School Cafeteria/Chandler Unified School District Piece-mill worker at Designs by Pamela (Company may be defunct or name may be different)

TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCE
Title: Graduate Teaching Assistant
Company/Organization: University of Arizona’s Department of English
Category: Teaching/Teacher’s Protégé
From: Spring 2012 semester
Responsibilities: Creating and leading study groups, assisting students with writing required essays, observing the grading process of the faculty mentor, managing course website, promoting discussions related to the course material through social-media, such as Facebook and YouTube. Visit the course site @ http://engl431b.wordpress.com/

Title: Lead mentor
Company/Organization: University of Arizona (Dow Jones Diversity in Journalism Workshop for Arizona High School Students)
Category: Tutoring/mentoring
From: 2007-2011
Responsibilities: Help high school students put together a news product (both print and online editions).

Title: Einstein Protégé
Company/Organization: University of Arizona
Category: Tutoring/mentoring
From: January thru May 2007
Responsibilities: Assisted peers in a general education Science course. I also led a  study team and received training by the Teaching Teams Program.

Title: Supervisor/teacher’s aide
Company/Organization: D.W. Higgins Charter School
Category: Tutoring/mentoring
Duration: One week (2006)
Responsibilities: Aided teachers with kindergarten, elementary and middle school students (some with learning challenges) in general studies.

Title: Member
Company/Organization: Future Teachers Club
Category: Activities/societies
Duration: December 2011 – 2012
Responsibilities: Attending meetings that prepare future teachers with their eventual teaching expedition. The club prepares students for applications, interviews, leadership skills and helpful classroom tips that are so important in the development of quality teachers. By bringing in distinguished teachers and administrators from the Tucson area, the club is further integrated into the teaching community and more acquainted with the situations surrounding them in the educational community. The club also provides tutoring services at Menlo Park Elementary School. Menlo Park is classified as an “underperforming” school largely serving underprivileged children. Members work directly with youngsters in computer technology as well as in math and reading. Members also assist each other as they step out into the teaching world.

Title: Notetaker
Company/Organization: University of Arizona – Disability Resource Center
Category: Volunteer
Duration: One semester
Responsibilities: Took notes for a general education course and sent the notes daily to the Disability Resource Center so they could pass them along to students in the course with special needs.

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JOURNALISM RELATED EXPERIENCE

Freelance: Arizona Daily Star (Jan. 8, 2011 Special Edition)
Title: Freelance journalist
Category: Freelance submission
Date: Jan. 8, 2012
Story: Jan. 8 gave student leader new perspective

Company: Arizona Daily Wildcat
Title: Assistant news editor
Category: College daily newspaper
From: January 2010 to May 2010
Responsibilities: Wrote several stories each week along with editing and ensuring a steady stream of stories from other reporters. Mentoring and advising colleagues was also part of the job. Assisted with the print-edition layout on occasion (or on an as-needed basis).

College capstone course: El Independiente
Title: Managing editor/team leader for education beat
Category: Bilingual college newspaper, which serves the City of South Tucson
From: August 2009 to December 2009
Responsibilities: Edited, wrote and took photographs of newsworthy events; as well as managed budget meetings, uploaded/updated items on the website and delivered newspapers. Lewis’s beat was Education.

Company: Arizona Daily Star
Title: Metro intern
Category: Daily newspaper
From: August 2009 to December 2009
Responsibilities: Covered the public safety beat and breaking news at Tucson’s largest newspaper. I also wrote one obituary of a UA professor.

Company: Tucson Daily Citizen
Title: NASA Space Grant Consortium intern
Category: Daily newspaper
From: January 2009 to May 2009
Responsibilities: Reported on innovations in science, engineering, and technology for the Tucson Citizen through a grant from NASA and the University of Arizona. I also covered the Susan G. Komen Race of the Cure’s fundraising event in Southern Arizona, during the same time I had just found out that my own mother had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer.

Company: Arizona Daily Star
Title: Apprentice
Category: Daily newspaper
From: August 2008 to December 2008
Responsibilities: Wrote feature stories as part of an innovative collaboration between the Daily Star and the University of Arizona School of Journalism; while concurrently taking a course reinforcing professional journalistic skills and standards. Two of Lewis’s stories were picked up the Associated Press wire service and ran in newspapers and websites throughout the state and country.

The stories (and links are below):

• Concentration camp fades for Tucson chef (Arizona Daily Star) – Republished by KTAR.com(92.3 FM all-news talk radio, via the AP)

• Dachshund racer vies for top dog (Arizona Daily Star) – Republished by Kansascity.com (The Kansas City Star newspaper)

Company: Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
Title: Editorial Intern
Category: Monthly magazine
From: May 2008 to August 2008
Responsibilities: Wrote stories, performed fact-checking duties, participated in editorial board meetings and cataloged information.

Company: San Manuel Miner
Title: Intern (General Assignment Reporter/Photographer)
Category: Monthly newspaper
From: February 2008 to April 2008
Responsibilities: General assignment reporter/photographer.
Beat: Features – Reported and photographed community events; such as a new health care facility opening, a car show and a Boy Scout troop earning their badges. Lewis even took his reporting to new heights by flying in an Ercoupe, two-seater plane; which is a fixed-wing aircraft.

Freelance: The Arizona Republic
Title: Freelance journalist
Category: “News by You” Reader Submissions/Local section (Chandler)
Dates: Nov. 7, 2007, and Apr. 7, 2008
Stories:

1.) “Support network helps parents of autistic children”

2.) “Foundation’s robotics program plants science seeds”

Company: Arizona Summer Wildcat
Title: News Reporter / Beat: Science
Category: College newspaper
From: June 2007 to September 2007
Responsibilities: General assignment reporter
Primary topics: News Section – Covered science and technology at the University of Arizona.

Freelance: Glendale Visitors Guide (Super Bowl Edition)
Title: Freelance journalist
Category: Magazine briefs
Date: June 2007
Topics: Cooking classes, sporting good stores, entertainment venues, history of sports arenas; and Glendale city parks.

Matt Lewis’s Journalistic Story

By Salvador Rodriguez

When Matt Lewis wrote a book as part of a third-grade project, he knew he wanted to be a writer.
“Something about that made me love writing in general,” said Lewis, 21, a senior at the University of Arizona. “I even had my mom print me out business cards saying I was going to be a professional basketball player and a professional writer.”
But it wasn’t until he joined his high school newspaper during his sophomore year that Lewis fell in love with journalism.
“If you really get to the heart of somebody, everybody has an interesting story,” he said. “They have experiences that nobody else can ever have, so it’s unique in that regard.”
Lewis said he enjoyed reporting a story about the treatment of gay students at his high school because it really struck a chord with readers.
“I was sort of doing it as almost a reflection piece for people to say, ‘We need to take a step back and look at how we’re treating other people, not just homosexuals,’” he said. “That just really got me passionate about writing, and I felt that was my calling.”
Lewis has had numerous internships during his time at the UA, at publications including the Arizona Daily Star, the Tucson Citizen, a community newspaper and a local magazine.
He said his goal as a journalist is to change the world for the better. Lewis believes people still want news, whether they get it from a newspaper or on the Internet.
“I know that some of this stuff resonates with people,” Lewis said. “Even if it just changes that one person in one small way, that’s still something, and to me, that’s enough.”

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