Stephen Montemayor
Journalist. Jayhawk. Lover of Stories, Travel, Food, Coffee And My Wife (Not In That Order!)
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Posts
- Jun 11, 12
Am shifting updates to my Tumblr.
Wrote a post for my new blog, Craft, but that was months ago. Am keeping that on life support and harboring visions that it will one day see new words.
Am still on Twitter, at smontemayor.
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Tweets
- RT @ConcussionRep: the good old days - cigarettes & 3 year olds playing tackle football. dad's sweater's probably made out of asbestos. htt…
- RT @shawneedispatch: MV's Brigham sets pole vault record; SJA girls relay team notches state-best mark. State qualifiers: http://t.co/hrjrZ…
- RT @shawneedispatch: SMN, SMNW boys finish 1-2 at 6A track regional; SMN girls second. See who advances to state: http://t.co/A6lu8VFe6Y #s…
- RT @TrackInKansas: In order to qualify for boys discus at Baldwin 4A regional you had to throw 153-6 for 4th place. Some yrs that throw wou…
- Congrats, @KUJournalism grads!
- Just became a Murs fan http://t.co/uOSdeWsdlK via @HipHopDX
- "It's the best sport I've ever played. There's nothing else like it." http://t.co/T43ooN8ZR0
- RT @jonathan2rosa: Thanks to @MeaganMThomas and @LJWorld for taking the time to hear my story and sharing it with everyone. @KUBaseball ht…
- "The Legend of Malacrianza" by Ashley Harrell and Lindsay Fendt (via @longform) — possibly best you'll read all week http://t.co/SyyVN4Lyv5
- One of the great sports books, Eduardo Galleano's Soccer in Sun and Shadow is now a @TheByliner e-book. Do read it: https://t.co/wRA5tWeBoN
- “There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that the point?”
- I didn't want to change the channel afterward #theoffice
- With The Office finale approaching fast, this @JPosnanski essay is a fine read to get in the right mindset http://t.co/x8eIaWELpE
- This is very cool: Royals broadcast goes silent for first half-inning to honor Fred White http://t.co/bYNNPMjpAy via @Deadspin
- “I’d like to be remembered as a good reporter" — Red Smith http://t.co/aTzS05sBSo
- If you want to write about sports, read (and read about) Red Smith: http://t.co/aTzS05sBSo
- @ahammsportsgeek It's right up there, to be sure.
- RT @BasehorSentinel: BLHS girls soccer sends off longtime leaders http://t.co/M140bS1QrO #basehorsports
- This of course brings to mind Medicinal Fried Chicken http://t.co/9rjKYqx6zb
- Today in Life Imitates @SouthPark: Smugglers bring KFC meals into Gaza from Egypt http://t.co/IYscYBa06G
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Info
- Community Sports Editor at The World CompanyNewspapers | Kansas City, Missouri Area, USSummarySpecialties: • Hardware: Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, SLR Camera • Software: QuarkXPress, Ellington CMS, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, UStream, Storify, WordPress. • Proficiency in Associated Press style.Experience
- Jan 2012 - PresentCommunity Sports Editor / The World Company
Coordinate sports coverage for The World Company's community newspapers and websites in Shawnee, Bonner Springs, Basehor, Tonganoxie and Baldwin City.
- Feb 2011 - Jan 2012Reporter, Photographer / The Shawnee Dispatch
• Reported and photographed stories on education and general assignments for weekly community newspaper.
• Designed pages and copy edited stories for the print edition.
• Posted content online using Ellington CMS, and used a variety of multimedia and social media tools to enhance reporting. - Oct 2010 - Jan 2011Intern, Lawrence.com & Lawrence Journal-World / The World Company
• Used both social and traditional media to promote and generate feedback for a "Best of Lawrence" contest
• Contributed feature stories with video
• Posted slide shows and event dates online - Aug 2010 - Dec 2010University Administration Reporter / University Daily Kansan
• Covered university's chancellor and athletics department and state's board of regents
• Completed an award-winning longform project on head injuries in college football
• Wrote scripts for and delivered live television news updates for campus TV station - Jan 2010 - May 2010Editor-In-Chief / The University Daily Kansan
• Managed staff of more than 200 employees for a Princeton Review Top 20 college newspaper
• Led daily and weekly budget meetings in which each issue's content was determined
• Edited content and helped send paper during evening production process, once per week
As member of The Kansan Board of Directors, determined printing contracts and hired future editors - Aug 2009 - Dec 2009Sports Editor / The University Daily Kansan
• Led department alone that is traditionally managed by two people
• Provided content for a supplemental weekly sports magazine and edited a special basketball preview issue
• Assigned and copy-edited stories five days per week
• Edited content and helped send paper during evening production process, once per week
• Wrote two weekly columns and occasional feature stories in addition to management duties - Jun 2009 - Aug 2009Intern / Big Lead Sports
Contributed 2-3 weekly posts on sports and pop culture for a national audience.
- Jan 2009 - May 2009Football Reporter, Sports Columnist, Opinion Columnist / The University Daily Kansan
• Covered football team's spring practices, game and recruiting
• Maintained a blog the corresponded with the beat
• Wrote sports and opinion columns each week - Aug 2006 - May 2008Sports Editor, Reporter / The Campus Ledger
Spent two years on staff of Johnson County Community College's student-run newspaper. From Aug. 2006 to May 2007 I was a staff reporter, writing 3-5 sports and news stories in each issue that appeared every other week.
From Aug. 2007 to May 2008 I was sports editor and continued writing while editing stories and recording podcasts for our website.
Education-
2008 - 2010University of KansasJournalism (News & Information) in Journalism, Economics
Activities: The University Daily Kansan -
2006 - 2008Johnson County Community CollegeJournalism
Activities: The Campus Ledger, Kansas Scholastic Press Association
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Honors:10th Place, 2011 Hearst Award, Sports Writing First Place, Sports Feature, KACP Spring 2010 Conference 16th Place, 2010 Hearst Award, Sports Writing 2009 ACP Online Pacemaker, Kansan.com 2008 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker, The Campus Ledger staff 2007 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker, The Campus Ledger staff 2007 Robert Helmer Award and Scholarship, Johnson County Community College 2006 Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholar, $1,000 Scholarship
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Interests:Reading, writing, traveling, cooking
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