Ryan Hood

Writing

 

MLB.com (San Francisco, California) May 2014 – Fall 2014

Associate Reporter – Will provide daily coverage of the Giants as a full-time associate reporter. Will write game stories, previews, sidebars and feature stories.  

 

The Columbia Missourian (Columbia, Missouri) January 2013 – May 2014

Staff Writer – Initially served as the local high school basketball and soccer beat writer, writing features and game coverage for the paper. Then became the Missouri basketball beat writer. Provided daily coverage of the team, wrote features, game stories and advances. Worked at the paper in accordance with the School of Journalism’s course requirements.

 

The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) May 2013 - Aug. 2013

Sports Reporting Intern - Wrote features on local athletes and provided event coverage of the local sports scene for the highest circulation newspapers in the state of Maryland.

 

The Maneater (Columbia, Missouri) Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2012

Senior Staff Writer - Wrote advances, feature stories and game recaps for the University's twice-weekly independent student newspaper

• Missouri football beat writer, 2012 season

• Missouri men's basketball beat writer, 2011-12 season

• Missouri women's soccer beat writer, 2011 season

• Missouri women's gymnastics beat writer, 2011 season

 

Suburban Life Publications (Downers Grove, Illinois) May 2011 - Aug. 2011

News Reporting Intern - Wrote feature and news stories on the events and people in the western suburbs of Chicago

 

Editing

 

The Maneater (Columbia, Missouri) Jan. 2012- May 2012

Copy Editor - Proofread stories, checking for AP and Maneater style mistakes

 

Education

 

University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri) Fall 2010 - Present

• School of Journalism

• Majoring in Sports Journalism in the Print & Digital News emphasis area

• Expected date of graduation: May '14