Swedish Covenant Hospital work

After graduation, I began interning in the marketing department at Swedish Covenant Hospital, a position I held for three months. I wrote in a variety of styles for various forms of communication for the hospital and used InDesign to create fliers for distribution to patients and physicians.

Well Community
Well Community is the hospital's online magazine, targeted at current and future patients. Along with posting content to the website, I also wrote articles:

Pregnancy prep takes two

Kid-sized emergencies
Brand new facility; same dependable pediatric care
An inconvenient condition
Gardening Journey Series: Part 1 -- Grandma's Garden
Gardening Journey Series: Part 2 -- Healing in the Garden
Gardening Journey Series: Part 3 -- The Link Between

Employee News
The employee news website for Swedish Covenant Hospital is a public site. I wrote and posted short copy and articles to the public site. These pieces also were in the employee newsletter.

Full length articles:

What's up, doc: Meet Dr. Ketki Modi

SCH surgeons team up for procedure using BrainLab technology

Short copy
SCH begins "baby-friendly" journey
Swedish Covenant Hospital is a New Market Tax Credit recipient
Dr. Ronald Curran named SCH Chair of Surgery

I also compiled the employee newsletter, which was emailed to all hospital employees.

Resume

Heather Punke

heather.punke@gmail.com

EDUCATION 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Media  May 2012       

Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism
High honors, GPA: 3.79/4.00

·         Concentrations in Political Science and History

·         ­Dean's List Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2011

·         James Scholar: awarded to students in the top 20% of their class

·         Member of Kappa Tau Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi honors societies

WORK EXPERIENCE 
            Becker's Hospital Review August 2012 -- Present
            Writer/Reporter in Chicago, IL

Swedish Covenant Hospital  May 2012 – August 2012

Publications and Marketing Intern in Chicago, IL

·         Write, edit, and post stories for the hospital’s online magazine, WellCommunityChicago.org, and the employee news website, TheScienceOfFeelingBetter.org

·         Ghostwrite newsletters for hospital directors

·         Write copy and choose photos for the hospital media walls, giving information to employees and patients
·         Maintain and update Well Community's Facebook page

College of Media  August 2011 – May 2012

UI-7 News Director, Television 2 (JOUR 445) Teaching Assistant in Urbana, IL                                                       

·         Directed two live, student-run newscasts each week

·         Assisted students with editing software and studio technology and equipment

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  May 2011 – May 2012

Communication Intern in Urbana, IL

·         Produced, edited, and close-captioned videos for the department’s YouTube channel

·         Wrote stories published in newsletters and online at ece.illinois.edu covering research and faculty awards

·         Scheduled and conducted interviews with students and professors

Daily Illini On-Air  October 2008 – April 2012

Sports Reporter and Blogger  in Champaign, IL

·         Wrote and produced one to two sports stories per week for radio broadcast covering football and men’s basketball

·         Earned Co-sports Reporter of the Week for coverage of the NCAA volleyball tournament

·         Created live blogs from varsity home sporting events

·         Co-hosted two live football tailgate radio shows in fall 2011

ACTIVITIES 

Sigma Kappa Sorority                                                                                   
Vice President of Communication  January 2011 – December 2011

·         Worked as a team with the other executive council members to improve how the sorority ran

·         Improved attendance by 13% in one semester after redeveloping the attendance system

Public Relations Chair  January 2010 – December 2010      

·         Wrote AP-style press releases, placed ads, and created fliers for the chapter’s first ever PR campaign for National Hazing Prevention Week

·         Led a committee of 15 women and helped develop them into future leaders of the sorority

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Logic Studio, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Audition, Avid, tape-to-tape editing, technical directing, Microsoft Office

Resume Reel

These are a series of clips and stories that aired on UI-7 News from February through May 2011.
I wrote, edited, and produced all of the packages using Avid.  Enjoy!

Resume Reel

Daily Illini work

I was an on-air sports reporter and blogger for the Daily Illini from October 2008 to April 2012.  I've been lucky enough to cover Illini men's and women's tennis, volleyball, football, and men's basketball.  Below is some of my recent work.

Radio Stories
Football:
Get to know Coach Vic
Redshirt freshman Days looks to make an impact with Illini offense
Zook era over
Illini in offensive rut
Don't you forget about the longsnapper

Basketball:
Toughness still in question for men's hoops
Defense key to Illinois' struggles
Freshmen step up in exhibition win over Quincy

Volleyball:
Volleyball continues play without DeBruler
No time to sulk for Illini volleyball after Nebraska loss

Live Sports Talk Show
Standing Room Only (live from the WPGU tailgate) October 1
Standing Room Only (live from the WPGU tailgate) October 15


Live Blog (hit the play button to view)
Live from Minneapolis: Illinois football vs. Minnesota
Live from Huff Hall: Illinois volleyball vs. Penn State

Print
Illini fall to Minnesota to end regular season

ECE Work

I was a Communication Intern for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois from summer 2011 until I graduated in 2012 .  This is some of the work I've done for the Department.  Some of these stories were also published in alumni and student newsletters.

Written work:
Sartori wins award for research on error tolerance in processors
ECE grad student Yi Chen moves from research to business
ECE grad student is silver medalist
Graduate student Kathrine Kim receives prestigious NSF fellowship
ECE seniors take second in national competition
Chen and Jiang win award for research on uncertainty in power systems
Vicki Brown-Mowery retires after 25 years of service to University
Gabriel Popescu writes the book on innovative new imaging technique
Pop named a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study


Videos:
Illinois Solar Decathlon: Electrical Engineering Team
The Future of Solar Power
Power Systems Simulations