Mary Salisbury
mary.salisbury@temple.edu
1565 Brandywine Drive | West Chester | PA | 19382 | tel: 484-459-8991
EXPERIENCE:
HERCAMPUS.COM TEMPLE, Philadelphia, PA
August 2014 – present
Health and Fitness Section Editor
• One of seven editors managing writers and editing content for our school’s branch of
HerCampus.com.
• Attend E-board meetings every week and help plan and run our general body meetings and
fundraiser events.
• Develop 3-4 story ideas relating to health and fitness for writers per week and then edit their
articles for grammar, style, accuracy, and flow.
FOX BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, Philadelphia, PA
August 2014 – Present
Peer Writing Tutor
• Work with a team of 11 other Peer Writing Tutors where we are all trained to edit business
students’ papers for content, grammar and style.
• Critique up to 20 papers from a variety of courses, including Business Communications, Risk
Management, Finance, Accounting, Auditing, International Business, and more.
• Conduct 30-minute personalized sessions, critically analyzing the structure of each paper for
clarity, flow, and succinctness.
EDUCATION:
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, School of Media and Communications, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts, Graduation: May 2017
Major: Journalism | Minor: Business
GPA: 3.70 | Dean’s List, Fall 2013 | Academic Good Standing Spring 2014 – Present
OTHER ACTIVITIES & AWARDS:
• Fourteenth Street Magazine Contributor, Spring 2015 – Present
• Academic Good Standing, Spring 2014 – Present
• The Temple News Freelance Reporter, Fall 2013 – Present
• Dean’s List, Fall 2013
• Indian Post Newspaper Staff Writer, Fall 2011 – Spring 2013
SKILLS:
• Microsoft: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access
• Final Cut Pro 7 and Audacity
• Worpress and Vimeo
• Adobe: InDesign, Photoshop
RELEVENT COURSEWORK:
• Audio Visual Newsgathering
• Journalism in Society
• Design for Journalists
Writing for Journalism
Journalism Research
Elements of Writing
Human Resource Management
Macroeconomics
Marketing Management