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WILLIAM A. BROOKS
[email protected]
773-727-8896
Education
Experience
Art Age Studios & Apparel
CEO/Founder
April 2015 - Present | Chicago, IL
www.ArtAgeCo.Weebly.com
Chicago Sun-Times
Preps Desk
August 2014 – Present (7 months) Greater Chicago Area
Duties include: Compiling high school results from phone calls, faxes and emails; posting stories to our website, HighSchoolCubeNews.com; writing roundups for our various print and online editions that will be distributed throughout the Chicagoland area and suburbs.
ChiCitySports.com
Writer & Podcaster
June 2014 – Present (9 months)
Covering the Chicago Bears & Chicago White Sox. Along with any other updates for Chicago teams. Also following the Northwestern Wildcats and the Big Ten.
*Hosted the Mike and Will Show podcast for it's short lived run.
http://www.chicitysports.com/author/WillIam-Brooks/
Thornwood High School "The Arrow" Newspaper
Column Writer in Sports
August 2013 – Present (1 year 7 months) South Holland, IL
Written several sports articles for my high school newspaper as of today, our newspaper is usually released monthly.
ChicagoSportsMonger
Position as the site Editor
April 2013 – June 2014 (1 year 3 months)
SportsMonger.com/Chicago
Started out as a contributor, now editor of the site writing about local sporting events and news around the Chicago area and the professional Chicago sports players and teams. Also a Big Ten Conference journalist preferring the Northwestern Wildcats.
Other duties:
- Controlled the Chicago Sports Monger Twitter page.
- Shared posts
- Scheduling posts
- Writing articles on a weekly basis.
Volunteer Experience & Causes
Aided in special Olympics/Special Education mentoring.
Thornwood High School
Aiding in field trips and setting up the special olympics. Partnering up with a child with disabilities and showing them how to do things and providing them with one thing everybody seeks, a nurturing friend. Go on bowling trips and more with them.
National Association of Black Journalist
High School Membership
November 2014 – Present
Projects
Skills:
WILLIAM A. BROOKS
[email protected]
773-727-8896
Education
- Currently a high school student at Thornwood High School.
Experience
Art Age Studios & Apparel
CEO/Founder
April 2015 - Present | Chicago, IL
www.ArtAgeCo.Weebly.com
Chicago Sun-Times
Preps Desk
August 2014 – Present (7 months) Greater Chicago Area
Duties include: Compiling high school results from phone calls, faxes and emails; posting stories to our website, HighSchoolCubeNews.com; writing roundups for our various print and online editions that will be distributed throughout the Chicagoland area and suburbs.
ChiCitySports.com
Writer & Podcaster
June 2014 – Present (9 months)
Covering the Chicago Bears & Chicago White Sox. Along with any other updates for Chicago teams. Also following the Northwestern Wildcats and the Big Ten.
*Hosted the Mike and Will Show podcast for it's short lived run.
http://www.chicitysports.com/author/WillIam-Brooks/
Thornwood High School "The Arrow" Newspaper
Column Writer in Sports
August 2013 – Present (1 year 7 months) South Holland, IL
Written several sports articles for my high school newspaper as of today, our newspaper is usually released monthly.
ChicagoSportsMonger
Position as the site Editor
April 2013 – June 2014 (1 year 3 months)
SportsMonger.com/Chicago
Started out as a contributor, now editor of the site writing about local sporting events and news around the Chicago area and the professional Chicago sports players and teams. Also a Big Ten Conference journalist preferring the Northwestern Wildcats.
Other duties:
- Controlled the Chicago Sports Monger Twitter page.
- Shared posts
- Scheduling posts
- Writing articles on a weekly basis.
Volunteer Experience & Causes
Aided in special Olympics/Special Education mentoring.
Thornwood High School
Aiding in field trips and setting up the special olympics. Partnering up with a child with disabilities and showing them how to do things and providing them with one thing everybody seeks, a nurturing friend. Go on bowling trips and more with them.
National Association of Black Journalist
High School Membership
November 2014 – Present
Projects
Skills:
- Web-Design
- Radio
- Pro-Tools
- Editing
- Podcasting
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Cyberlink (Video-editing)
- Writing
- Microsoft Office
- Wordpress
- Social Media
- Blogging
- SEO
- Producing
- Marketing
- Business plan writing
- Public Relations
- Digital Public Relations
- Graphic Designing
- Start-Ups