JESSICA FOUMENA

RESUME

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JESSICA FOUMENA

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EDUCATION   BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (Waco, Texas) cum GPA: 3.8/4.0 Fall 2012 GPA: 3.9/4.0

                         Master of International Journalism (M.I.J.); Graduation: May 2013

                       WESTMINSTER COLLEGE (Fulton, Missouri) GPA: 3.5/4.0

                         Bachelor of Arts in Communication; May 2009

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Baylor Department of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media (Waco, Texas), Research Graduate Assistant, August 2011-present
• Seeds of Hope Publishers (Waco, Texas),  Journalist Intern, January 2013- Present
• Baylor Graduate School (Waco, Texas), Media Graduate Assistant, September 2012- January 2013
• The Cameroonian National Bilingual Daily Newspaper Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé, Cameroon), Journalist Intern, Dec 2011-May 2012
• Catholic Charities of Northeastern Kansas (Kansas City, Missouri), Social Media Marketing Intern, June 2011-July 2011
• Westminster College Career Services (Fulton, Missouri), Public Relations Intern, January 2009 -April 2009
• Newspaper The Fulton Sun Gazette (Fulton, Missouri), Journalist Intern, September 2008-December 2008   

RELEVANT SKILLS    

New/Social Media

• Managed the social media marketing and the Cameroon of  the first visit of multicultural music band Pososhok 
• Familiar with social tools such as Blogger, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and Pinterest
• Online experience with community-building and newsgathering on social media platforms
• Actively maintain two Weblogs focusing on issues related to Africa, women and the Christian faith
• Regularly updated the Baylor Graduate School Facebook page

Written & Verbal

• Speak and write French
• Proficient in Photoshop, Outlook and the Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint)
• Comfortable working with reporters, editors, producers, bloggers and other media professionals
• Delivered informational and persuasive speeches to classmates and other audiences

 Research

• Assist a Baylor faculty member in research work , grading, and proofreading documents  
• Research and write news releases for various  online and print media outlets
• Co-authored Educating Young Adults the  ‘True’ Meaning of an ‘Independent Woman:’ an Analysis of Popular Song Lyrics (Moody, M. & Foumena, J. (2011)),  research paper presented to the Children & Adolescent Media at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA)
  

 Leadership & Interpersonal

• Organized meetings for on-campus organizations such as the Baylor NABJ chapter               
• Adapt  to new surroundings after living in three continents: Central Africa, South Asia and now North America
• Extensive experience contributing to a collegial work environment

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

• International Communication ; Politics & Communication; Public Relations Media Programming
• Public Affairs Reporting; Law & Ethics in Journalism; Theory of Mass Communication

HONORS & AWARDS  Baylor and Westminster National Leadership Honor Society Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK)

                                   Scholarship Recipient of the Mr. and Mrs. Carmage Walls Journalism Scholarship Fund

                                   National Association of Black Students (NABJ), 2011 Student of the Year

                                   Westminster College Foreign Language Honor Society Alpha Mu Gamma

                                   Westminster College and United World Colleges (UWC) Scholar (2005-2009)

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