Aimee Heckel
heckela@dailycamera.com
303-473-1359
This is me: www.dailycamera.com/staff/aimee-heckel. Here, you can see all of the most recent stories I have published.
Check my Myspace blog (above) for my favorite writing clips.
Journalism background:
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Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
Features writer, 1/06 - present
Fashion columnist and blogger, 1/05 - present
General assignment reporter with emphasis on youth, 5/04 - 1/06
East Boulder County and night police reporter, 1/03 - 5/04
* Women's Magazine, Colorado
Editor, 07/08 - present
* Monarch High School , Louisville, Colo.
Part-time journalism adviser, 11/06 - present
* Dirt, Boulder, Colo.
General assignment writer for five-day-a-week newspaper for 18-to-24 year-olds, 8/04 - 10/06
* Nine Magazine, Broomfield, Colo.
Board of directors, 9/05 - 5/06
* Loveland Daily Reporter-Herlad,Loveland, Colo.
Education reporter, 3/01 - 1/03
Design editor, 12/00 - 3/01
Reporting intern, 5/97 - 8/97
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The Scene Magazine, Northern Colorado
Investigative reporter for entertainment magazine, 9/00 - 1/01
* Gamut's Northern Front, Colorado and Wyoming
Writer and marketing director for online arts magazine, now an online arts gallery, 1/01 - 6/01
* The Rocky Mountain Collegian, Fort Collins, Colo.
City/regional reporter for campus newspaper, 9/97 - 5/99
* The Edge, Fort Collins, Colo.
Entertainment reporter for campus newspaper, 9/97 - 5/98
* The Arrow Magazine, Fort Collins, Colo.
Chapter correspondent for national Pi Beta Phi magazine, 9/97 - 5/99
* CSUN Television , Fort Collins, Colo.
Producer and camera for campus distance learning shows, 8/00 - 12/01
* American Junior Year in Heidelberg Web Page, Heidelberg, Germany
Writer and designer for German Web site , 11/99 - 8/00
Work also appeared in:
Rocky Mountain News, Denver
Scripps News Service
Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins
Longmont Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo.
The Broomfield Enterprise, Broomfield, Colo.
CBS Channel 4, Denver
Colorado Editor of the Colorado Press Association
Dozens of other print and online publications.
Various national magazines, including medical, fashion and tattoo publications.
Education:
* Colorado State University with BA in journalism and BA in German, graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA, 2001
* Universität Heidelberg in Germany with concentration in international media, 4.0 GPA, 2000
Awards:
Colorado Associated Press Reporters and Editors, first place best series, 2006
Colorado Associated Press Reporters and Editors, honorable mention public service, 2006
Colorado Press Association, first place feature story, 2006
Thad Keyes award for series about Educate Africa, 2006
Best of Scripps, first place best verbal story-telling, 2005
Colorado Press Association, first place news story, 2004
Society of Professional Journalists Julie Galvan Outstanding Campus Member for top journalism graduate
in the nation, 2001
Colorado Press Association, second place humorous column, 2005
Denver Newspaper Guild/Denver Press Club, third place entertainment-feature writing, 2005
Best of Scripps, honorable mention for specialty reporting on new youth beat, 2004
Society of Professional Journalists, second place education writing, 2004
Colorado Press Association, third place education writing, 2003
SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, third place feature writing, 2002
Colorado State University’s Top Graduate in Journalism award, 2001 and 2002
Clyde E. Moffitt Memorial Award for outstanding journalism, 2000
Activities:
Fellow at
Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families 2005 conference, “Today’s Generation Gap.”
Active member of SPJ and former president, vice president, two times national delegate, publicity chair and Web master for CSU’s chapter. Our chapter won the top student chapter in the nation under my guidance as president.
Beyond journalism:
I am also:
Fluent in German and a professional translator.
On the board of directors for
Think Humanity.
Volunteered with the Hurricane Katrina relief crews for six months.
A volunteer with
Educate Africa . I travel annually to refugee camps there to help.
A volunteer with Project Meds and Nets, which raises money for malaria medicine and mosquito nets for refugees in Uganda.
A freelance construction worker on fix-and-flip homes.
A regular freelance writer.
Reference:
Kevin Kaufman, managing editor
Boulder Daily Camera
303-473-1349
kaufmank@dailycamera.com
heres a mix from me : 
