Alonso Tacanga

11035 Kittridge Street, Unit 104, North Hollywood, CA, 91606

(818) 438-8003, alonso.tacanga@gmail.com

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, California State University, Northridge, 2009.

Experience
Assistant Sports Editor, Antelope Valley Press (Palmdale, CA); 2012-present
Budget elements of sports section, design and lay out pages.
Cover a variety of prep and college sports, including football, baseball, basketball,
soccer, volleyball, golf, etc.
Beat writer for the Lancaster JetHawks, the Houston Astros High-A affiliate.
Oversee and update our Twitter account @AVPressSports.
Write headlines and edit daily content, ensuring a quality product on a tight deadline.
Plan out weekly content.
Sports desk assistant/reporter, L.A. Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2009-2010
Covered high school and college sports games.
At the office, responsible for recording scores, statistics and details of games and
writing recaps.
Updated newspapers events list, copy-edited and performed other miscellaneous
activities.
Sports blogger, L.A. Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2008-2009
Updated newspapers only Spanish-language blog, Deportes Daily News.
Live-blogged from Staples Center during a Lakers regular-season game.
Covered the Lakers run in the 2008 NBA Finals and provided translation for
newspapers print edition.
Sports Editor, Daily Sundial (Northridge, CA); 2008-2012
Designed sports page layout and wrote headlines.
Served as link between reporters and sports information directors.
Assigned, wrote and edited stories, assisting reporters with story ideas and structuring
content. Also uploaded stories, photos and multimedia online.
Oversaw The Matador Score sports blog.
Covered the mens soccer, mens basketball, women's/men's volleyball, baseball and
softball beats. Traveled to Kansas City, Missouri to cover the mens basketball teams
run in the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
Oversaw the Sundial Sports' Twitter account.
News writer, Hoopville.com; 2006-2010
Wrote college basketball blurbs off other sources and posted them on website.

Skills
Extensive experience in sports reporting, blogging, copy-editing and headline writing.
Programs: Basic html, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
and iMovie.
Skilled in social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat.
Fluency in spoken and written Spanish.
Experience in Spanish-language reporting.

Awards
First Place, Best Headline Portfolio, California College Media Association, 2011.
Third Place, Best Use of Social Media, California College Media Association, 2011.
Third Place, General Newspaper Excellence, California College Media Association,
2011.
Daily Sundials Fall 2008 Outstanding Editor.
Second place, Online General Excellence, California College Media Association, 2008.

References
Kevin Trudgeon, former AV Press sports editor, kevin.trudgeon@gmail.com, (951) 2375911
Gilberto Manzano, Las Vegas Review-Journal sports reporter,
gmanzano89@gmail.com, (626) 354-5935
Melissa Lalum, former Sundial publisher, qualum@sbcglobal.net, (818) 677-6946
Darren Vaughan, former Antelope Valley Press sports editor, (661) 433-2925
More available upon request
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