CHAD ALLEN CAPELLMAN

350C Fieldpointe Blvd. Apt. 203                   sleepdeprived@hotmail.com

Frederick, Md. 21701                                                        703.585.8806


SKILLS

HTML, AOL Rainman, Macromedia FlashMX, Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks, Adobe Image Ready, Adobe Acrobat, Nero Wave Editor, Swish, ColdFusion, SQL, Photoshop, AOL Art Press, FTP, HotDog, Homesite, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, OmniPage Pro, QuarkXPress, Lexis/Nexis


EXPERIENCE

American Press Institute - managing producer

Oversee all aspects of the Web site for the American Press Institute, a 56-year-old nonprofit organization devoted solely to training and professional development for the news industry and journalism educators.  10/00 - present


FREELANCE/CONTRACT POSITIONS

America Online - temp editor, AOL for Broadband
Update video sports highlights two nights a week for AOL’s much-publicized Broadband service. Work one day a week as part of NFL@AOL editorial team. Requires co-ordination with editors at AOL headquarters in Dulles, Va. as well as editors at SportsLine.com in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 4/02 - present

senior editor, 2002 Winter Olympics Temporary position which required timely editing, publishing and coordinating of news, feature packages and results from 2002 Winter Olympics for pages primarily viewed by AOL’s 30 million-plus subscribers.  2/02 - 2/02

Terrapin Times - Write features and game stories for print and Web about University of Maryland athletics. 9/96-present

Digital City - Write venue descriptions and preview upcoming events primarily for South Florida section of AOL’s prominent community guide. 3/01 - present

Associated Press
Assisted Miami-based sports reporters for the world's largest and oldest news organization.
Duties included gathering post-game comments from players and coaches while on tight deadlines. 5/99 - 4/00

St. Petersburg Times
Covered Univ. of
Miami and Miami Dolphins for one of Florida's leading newspapers. Duties include filing game stories, preview capsules and features. 8/99-4/00

Alta Vista - senior editor
Edited and posted breaking news, sports, technology, entertainment and financial stories for one of the World Wide Web's 10 most-visited sites. Daily duties included prioritizing, editing and publishing news and photos; apprising Palo Alto, Calif., newsroom on latest developments; paying particular attention to the linking of related content.  3/00 - 9/00

·         As part of a content partnership agreement with financial message board Web site Raging Bull, periodically oversaw the Ragingbull.com home page, provided frequent stock market updates and wrote daily market summary. 3/00 - 9/00

PDA Mart - news editor/content producer
Wrote, edited and updated corporate and product news concerning Personal Digital Assistants and related software for Delray Beach-based startup division of Softmart Corporation..  4/99 - 3/00

CBS SportsLine - staff editor
Published and edited content for one of the broadest-reaching sports sites on the World Wide Web. Initiated use of macros to expedite HTML coding of articles; wrote and edited copy for Sports in the 20th Century retrospective as well as occasional breaking news articles.  8/98 - 4/99

·         Following CBS SportsLine's three-year deal to become the exclusive sports content provider for America Online (AOL), nightly responsibilities expanded to include updating and editing all aspects of AOL Sports using Rainman and Art Press software. 1/99 - 4/99

Washingtonpost.com - correspondent/online producer
Designed and edited Web pages on nightly basis for one of the nation's most-visited and respected news Web sites. Responsibilities were primarily in writing and editing for the sports section, but also included contributions to style and politics sections, as well as working on special events with the marketing department.  8/95 - 8/98

The Washington Post - contributing writer
Wrote news and features on deadline about local athletes and sporting events. Beats included
Howard University and American University basketball teams. 11/94 - 8/98

Outlook - paid intern
Wrote news and feature stories for the weekly faculty and staff newsletter at the
University of Maryland. 8/94 - 1/95

The Diamondback - sports editor
Paid position required assigning, editing and writing stories for the University of Maryland's independent student newspaper. Covered every campus sport with a concentration on football and men's basketball. Other positions included managing editor and wire editor. Duties included layout and editing of news section, writing for and editing all other sections. 7/92 - 8/94

Maryland Industrial Partnerships - paid public relations intern
Wrote news releases and stories for publication, and established contacts with media outlets for professional interest group at the University of Maryland. 5/94 - 8/94

Cable News Network - facilities engineer
Provided various services throughout the
Washington, D.C. bureau that required interaction with reporters and editors. Accompanied and assisted reporters in the field on shoots in and around the Washington, D.C., area. 8/91 - 2/94


EDUCATION

University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Bachelor of Arts in English with concentration in language, writing and rhetoric
                                                                                   (Graduation, May 1998)

Novell Internet Certification Program
Received certificates for completing seminar courses in:

-          Internet Business Strategies
-          TCP/IP Transport
-          Mastering the Net with Netscape Communicator
-          Web Authoring and Publishing
-          Advanced Web Authoring
-          Web Server Management
-          DNS and FTP Server Installation
-          Designing Effective Web Sites.                                  (Completion, July 1999)

Westlake Internet Training - Washington, D.C.
Between January 2001 and October 2003, received certificates for completing the following courses:

-          Introduction to Cold Fusion
-          Advanced Cold Fusion

-          Introduction to Macromedia Flash MX
-          Intermediate Macromedia Flash MX
-          Advanced Macromedia Flash MX

-          Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

References available upon request