Pamela Wood

WORK EXPERIENCE

Reporter, The Capital, Annapolis, MD, 2003-present
Wrote news, feature and profile stories, as well as shot photos for most stories, for afternoon daily newspaper. Edited videos and provided breaking news updates for website. Filled in as state government reporter.

• Environment Reporter, 2005-present: Provided extensive coverage of Chesapeake Bay restoration effort, edited biweekly environmental section, tracked legislation at state General Assembly.

• General Assignment Reporter, 2003-2005: Covered a variety of stories from zoning disputes to police news.

Reporter, Maryland Gazette, Glen Burnie, MD, 2000-2005
Wrote news, feature and profile stories as a general assignment reporter for semiweekly community newspaper. Coverage included environment, development, state prisons and police/fire.

MULTIMEDIA SKILLS

• Digital Photography: Use Nikon DSLR camera, lenses and external flash to produce photos for most stories. Comfortable with Adobe Photoshop.

• Videography: Produce videos of news events using consumer-level equipment and basic editing software.

• Social Media: Use Facebook and Twitter (@pwoodreporter) as a reporting and promotional tool. Maintain professional blog and website at www.pwoodreporter.com using WordPress.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, Society of Environmental Journalists.

• Represented the newspaper at local schools as an Earth Day presenter, practice interviewer, guest reader and speaker for newspaper club.

• Guest speaker for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Leadership Anne Arundel and American Psychological Association.

• Interviewed by Maryland Public Television and “Midday with Dan Rodricks” on WYPR-FM, Baltimore’s NPR affiliate.

• Moderated “Chesapeake Bay at a Crossroads” Forum sponsored by the Capital-Gazette Newspapers in 2010.

AWARDS

Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association
Sixteen awards since 2001 for categories such as environment, feature profile, medical/science, business and multimedia. Awards include:

• 2011: Best in Show for feature profile for a story about the last skipjack captain harvesting oysters on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Also, first place for environment reporting for a series of stories about a massive die-off of oysters and first place for multimedia storytelling for stories, photos and video about rockfish poaching.

• 2010: First place in environment reporting for an investigation that showed fines as small as $50 were being levied for major sewage spills, as well as first place in state government for finding dishwasher detergents containing phosphorus were stocked on store shelves, despite a new law banning them.

• 2006: Best in Show for growth/development for a co-written article exposing the tactics used by developers to win community support for their projects.

• 2004: Best in Show for state government for an examination of the fate of a neglected cemetery at a soon-to-be-closed state psychiatric hospital.

Chesapeake Associated Press
2006 Mark Twain Award for Outstanding Environment Story, for an article about the overlooked and imperiled Atlantic sturgeon.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park: B.A. in journalism, 2000.

• Reporting intern at Gannett News Service and The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD).
• Reporter and editor for The Diamondback student newspaper.
• Earned honors citation from the Honors College.