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Aimee Heckel
[email protected]
303-473-1359
This is me: www.dailycamera.com/staff/aimee-heckel . Here, you can see all of the most recent stories I have published.
Check my Myspace blog (above) for my favorite writing clips.
Journalism background:
* Boulder Daily Camera , Boulder, Colo.
Features writer, 1/06 - present
Fashion columnist and blogger , 1/05 - present
General assignment reporter with emphasis on youth, 5/04 - 1/06
East Boulder County and night police reporter, 1/03 - 5/04
* Women's Magazine , Colorado
Editor, 07/08 - present
* Monarch High School , Louisville, Colo.
Part-time journalism adviser, 11/06 - 06/08
* Dirt, Boulder, Colo.
General assignment writer for five-day-a-week newspaper for 18-to-24 year-olds, 8/04 - 10/06
* Nine Magazine , Broomfield, Colo.
Board of directors, 9/05 - 5/06
* Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald ,Loveland, Colo.
Education reporter, 3/01 - 1/03
Design editor, 12/00 - 3/01
Reporting intern, 5/97 - 8/97
* The Scene Magazine , Northern Colorado
Investigative reporter for entertainment magazine, 9/00 - 1/01
* Gamut's Northern Front , Colorado and Wyoming
Writer and marketing director for online arts magazine, now an online arts gallery, 1/01 - 6/01
* The Rocky Mountain Collegian , Fort Collins, Colo.
City/regional reporter for campus newspaper, 9/97 - 5/99
* The Edge, Fort Collins, Colo.
Entertainment reporter for campus newspaper, 9/97 - 5/98
* The Arrow Magazine , Fort Collins, Colo.
Chapter correspondent for national Pi Beta Phi magazine, 9/97 - 5/99
* CSUN Television , Fort Collins, Colo.
Producer and camera for campus distance learning shows, 8/00 - 12/01
* American Junior Year in Heidelberg Web Page, Heidelberg, Germany
Writer and designer for German Web site , 11/99 - 8/00
Work also appeared in:
Rocky Mountain News, Denver
Scripps News Service
Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins
Longmont Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo.
The Broomfield Enterprise, Broomfield, Colo.
CBS Channel 4, Denver
Colorado Editor of the Colorado Press Association
Dozens of other print and online publications.
Various national magazines, including medical, fashion and tattoo publications.
Other media experience:
* Edited the book "Hit from behind," by Jim Heckel, published by Zulon Press, November 2008.
* Edited and contributed to the book, "Code Switching: How to Talk So Men Will Listen," to be published by Alpha Books/Penguin Group Inc. in September 2009.
Education:
* Colorado State University with BA in journalism and BA in German, graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, 2001
* Universität Heidelberg in Germany with concentration in international media, 4.0 GPA, 2000
Awards:
First place best series, Colorado Associated Press Reporters and Editors, 2006
First place feature story, Colorado Press Association, 2006
Thad Keyes award for series about Educate Africa, "The ripple effect," 2006
First place best verbal story-telling, Best of Scripps, 2005
First place news story, Colorado Press Association, 2004
Society of Professional Journalists Julie Galvan Outstanding Campus Member for top journalism graduate in the nation , 2001
Second place feature story, "Second first chance at romance," Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies, 2008
Second place personal column, Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies, 2008
Second place news column, Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters, 2008
Second place humorous column, Colorado Press Association, 2005
Second place education writing, Society of Professional Journalists, 2004
Third place online feature story for "The Lesson of the Needle," Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies, 2008
Third place entertainment-feature writing, Denver Newspaper Guild/Denver Press Club, 2005
Third place education writing, Colorado Press Association, 2003
Third place feature writing. SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards , 2002
Honorable mention public service, Colorado Associated Press Reporters and Editors, 2006
Honorable mention for specialty reporting on new youth beat, Best of Scripps, 2004
Colorado State University’s Top Graduate in Journalism award, 2001 and 2002
Clyde E. Moffitt Memorial Award for outstanding journalism, 2000
Activities:
Fellow at Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families 2005 conference, “Today’s Generation Gap.”
Active member of SPJ and former president, vice president, two times national delegate, publicity chair and Web master for CSU’s chapter. Our chapter won the top student chapter in the nation under my guidance as president.
Beyond journalism:
I am also:
Fluent in German and a professional translator.
On the board of directors for Think Humanity.
Volunteered with the Hurricane Katrina relief crews for six months.
A volunteer with Educate Africa . I travel annually to refugee camps there to help.
A freelance construction worker on fix-and-flip homes.
A pin-up model.
Reference:
Kevin Kaufman, managing editor
Boulder Daily Camera
303-473-1349
[email protected]