Ashlee Betteridge

For Ashlee’s phone and mailing address or contacts for referees, please email (ashlee dot betteridge at gmail dot com).

Education

• BA Communication (Journalism) with Distinction average- University of Technology Sydney, 2004-06 (included one semester at the University of Westminster, London in the first half of 2006)

• Associate Diploma in Speech and Drama (Teacher)- Australian Music Examinations Board, 2005

• Higher School Certificate- Albury High School, 2003. UAI= 96.5

Paid media work

• The Jakarta Globe Newspaper, Jakarta, Indonesia (September 2008- present)
  Web desk copy editor
  

• Village Voice Newspapers, Sydney (September 2006- September 2008)
  Full time journalist and photographer

• Courier Newspapers, Sydney (September- December 2005 and August-September 2006)
  Freelance writing work for the education, commercial and entertainment sections in the Wentworth, Southern, Inner West and Sydney Central Courier Newspapers.

Media work experience and volunteering

• AusAfrica News, Sydney
  Volunteer writer and part of production team for pilot edition, late 2007

• 2SER 107.3 FM, Sydney
  Journalist for national current affairs show The Wire- August-October 2006
  Producing current affairs packages 1 day a week for breakfast and drive programs, July-November 2005
  Presented weekly TV review section on Wednesday Overdrive during 2007

• Smoke Radio, London
  Producing content for Smoke International (weekly international students program) and also reading and writing live hourly news bulletins. Also produced and presented Australian music special for the station. January- May 2006

• Vibewire.net
  Contributing articles on policy, art and culture throughout 2005
  Columnist for Go Travel Magazine in 2007

• Student Leader (now defunct)
  Regional editor for NSW/ACT campuses, 2005

• I have also written for The Point, UTS Law magazine The Full Bench and Vertigo.

Online and technical experience

• Former moderator of websites, including Bored of Studies, Dance.net and Geocities.

• Very familiar with Blogger, Typepad and WordPress blogging platforms.

• Have used Joomla, Mambo and Expression Engine content management systems.

• Have a strong knowledge of HTML. Know some CSS and XHTML.

• Proficient in using Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Frontpage, Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Audition (radio/podcasting), Protools, Burli (radio), Saxotech (editorial software), InCopy and RCS.

• Proficient in using both PC and Mac operating systems and programs

• Can touch type at a speed of 90 wpm.

• Trained to create videojournalism packages for the web.

• Able to produce quality photography for print and online publications.

Other skills

• Teeline shorthand to 120 wpm.

Interests

News and current affairs, politics, popular culture, travel (I have backpacked around Eastern and Western Europe, New Zealand and Vietnam), art and culture, music, photography and blogging.