Terry
J. Aman
1425 Eighth Street Northwest – Apt. 4 ● Minot, ND
58703-1361 ● tj@tjaman.com
EXPERIENCE Features editor, The
Minot (N.D.) Daily News; circ. 30K daily
2000-present
Staff writer, The Minot
(N.D.) Daily News; circ. 30K daily
1999-2000
Staff writer, The Devils
Lake (N.D.) Daily Journal; circ.4.2K, m-f
1996-1999
Editor, The Bottineau (N.D.)
Courant; circ. 3 K, wkly
1993-1996
EDUCATION University of North Dakota, Grand Forks 1993
B.A. in mass communications,
political science,
and the Four-Year Honors
Program, graduating
cum laude - 3.27 GPA on a 4.00 scale
Oak Grove Lutheran High School,
Fargo, N.D.
1988
Graduated 3.75 GPA on a 4.00
scale
HONORS/ Numerous North
Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper
AWARDS Awards
including First Place for page design and layout in 2007,
for government news
reporting in 1999 and for government and
spot news reporting in 1998.
Minot Area Theatrical Society
Outstanding Director, 2001, Outstanding
Actor, 2002 and 2007, Walk
of Fame “Lifetime Achievement” Award, 2007.
North Dakota Forest Service
“Communicator of the Year,” 1996
UND Starcher Award, Best Senior
Thesis, 1994. Work titled:
Developmental Economic
Policy and the Third World.
SKILLS I’m a capable
photographer and videographer, with samples of my work
available here.
I am proficient in QuarkXPress
and Adobe Photoshop and am highly
adaptable regarding
software.
I’ve been involved in theater since
1994 on stage and behind the scenes.
I have written a weekly
television column since 2005, and have
maintained an archive here.
I’ve built a website at www.tjaman.com
which features a good selection
of my writing, interests and
other creative pursuits.
Since March 2009, I’ve recorded
a podcast called “TV
is the New Reading”
based on my weekly blog and
column.
OTHER Bottineau
Community Theater, 1994-1996
EXPERIENCE Lake Region Pioneer
Players, 1997-1999
vice president, 1997-1998,
president 1998-1999
Mouse River Players, 1999-2000,
2008-present
Minot Area Theatrical Society
2001-present
secretary, 2003-2004, vice
president 2005-2006
Minot State University Summer
Theater 2007
PROFESSIONAL Available upon
request.
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