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Trent Opstedahl

 


Opstedahl@gmail.com
Tel: 605.484.4935

 

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Experience

Lee Enterprises Design Center | Madison, WI | Senior designer | May 2016 – Present

  • Responsible for designing newspaper pages for publications around the United States with varying market sizes

  • Able to work under demanding time constraints to meet various deadlines throughout the night

  • Effectively communicate with editors to create appealing page designs, and with coworkers allowing us to get our work done efficiently

  • Work closely with other senior designers and team leads to troubleshoot daily page flow issues

The Volante | Vermillion, S.D. | Campus Newspaper | Circulation: 4,500 | August 2012 - May 2016

  • Served as editor-in-chief and oversaw entire news organization. Responsibilities included: Serving as the liaison between The Volante and the Student Media Board, which governs the organization’s fiscal matters; Hiring10+ staff editors to manage content and page presentation; Managing a staff of about 30 people;
    Enforcing deadlines throughout the week; Reviewing content for correct grammar/AP Style and possible libel

  • Developed and implemented a weekly webshow called Verbatim to increase web traffic

  • Additional roles served: Managing editor, news presentation editor, news editor, asst. multimedia director, reporter, photographer

 

Coyote News | Vermillion, S.D. | Campus Newscast | January 2016 - May 2016

  • Served as floor director, ran studio camera, part of the live shot crew for newscast; Associate producer for newscast’s daily webshow

 

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead | North Dakota | Daily Newspaper | Circulation: 37,500 | June 2015 - August 2015

  • Page design/copy editor intern. Designed covers and inside pages for the Metro/State and News sections; Edited local and national copy for correct grammar/AP Style

  • Collaborated with editorial staff to brainstorm appealing, informative page designs; Communicated with photographers and reporters about their work and how to best display it

 

Grand Forks Herald | North Dakota | Daily Newspaper | Circulation: 7,500 | May 2014 - August 2014

  • General assignment reporting intern. Wrote news/feature articles ranging from agriculture and city government to community events and education

 

The Bemidji Pioneer | Minnesota | Daily Newspaper | Circulation: 4,887 | May 2013 August 2013

  • General assignment reporting intern. Wrote news/feature articles covering community issues and events around the Bemidji area

 

The Argus Leader | Sioux Falls, S.D. | Circulation: 23,721 | May 2011 - June 2011

  • Shadowed editors in the newsroom. Wrote articles and headlines for daily newspaper, as well as edited copy

Education

University of South Dakota, Vermillion. May 2016

  • B.A. — journalism, minor in Spanish 

Honors and Activities

  • Al Neuharth Scholarship for Excellence in Journalism; full tuition and fees; 2012 – May 2016

  • 2016 Design of the Year Award, 4th Place, Newsmagazine/Special Section Cover; Associated Collegiate Press

  • Member of the Cross Media Council, which promotes the work of USD student media and advocates for free speech on campus; 2014 – May 2016

  • Attended workshops at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Association National College MediaConvention; New Orleans; 2013

  • Volunteered for a South Dakota Public Broadcasting telethon; 2012

  • Member of The Volante news staff that received an Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker award; 2012

  • Associated Collegiate Press Summer Workshop; Minneapolis; 2012

References

Alanna Thiede                                                                       Alicia Strnad Hoalcraft                                                     Chuck Baldwin

Managing Editor                                                                    Page Design Hub Manager                                             Journalist in Residence

Lee Ent. Design Center                                                         Forum Communications                                                  University of South Dakota

608.252.6323                                                                        701.241.5552                                                                   605.310.9351

athiede@madison.com                                                         astrnad@forumcomm.com                                              chuck.baldwin@usd.edu

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