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Mike Johansson's Experience:
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Senior Lecturer in Communication at Rochester Institute of Technology
August 2009 - Present | Rochester, NYI'm teaching Social Media, Public Relations and Advertising at the School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts at Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Founder at Rochester Social Media Speakers Bureau
December 2008 - PresentThe Rochester Social Media Speakers Bureau was founded at the behest of several highly qualified social media practitioners in the Rochester, N.Y. area. It aims to connect competent social media experts with audiences hungry to learn more about the various platforms and their uses in the online world.
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Social Media Strategist at Fixitology
November 2008 - PresentFixitology is using tools, including Social Media, to solve business problems. It's finding solutions where you least expect to discover them. Its connecting the dots until the whole is many steps removed, but still connected to, the original challenge. For example, it's using Social Media tools to learn from your customers and talk to them directly. If you are looking for better products, more customers, increased media attention and a stronger bottom line, we can help. Contact us - you won't regret it.
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Editor/GM of insider at Democrat and Chronicle
February 2004 - August 2008Editor and General Manager of print (insider) and online edition (rochesterinsider.com) for youth product that serves more than 100,000 readers each week in Rochester, N.Y. Manages insider staff with additional dotted line responsibility for those in Advertising, Marketing and Circulation. Responsibilities include meeting monthly budget goals, marketing and distribution. Member of company-wide Innovation team and quality team.
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Online News Editor at Democrat and Chronicle
April 2002 - January 2004Produced daily news report on Rochester's largest Web site. Produced multimedia and coached others in producing multimedia. Introduced new Web-writing style, coached entire newsroom on Web production and established new entertainment silo. Led new initiatives in breaking news and packaging.
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News Editor/Features at Democrat and Chronicle
April 1997 - March 2002Managed copy desk and designers for daily features section of a metropolitan newspaper. Planned content and coached junior staff.
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Assistant Features Editor at Democrat and Chronicle
August 1992 - March 1997Selected stories, edited copy, designed pages and managed staff
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Sunday Features Editor at Democrat and Chronicle
May 1988 - August 1992Edited copy, selected stories, designed pages.
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Agricultural Editor at The Daily Telegraph (Napier, New Zealand)
February 1982 - February 1985Reported on farming (at the time New Zealand's No. 1 industry) for a daily provincial newspaper. The newspaper (which has since become Hawke's Bay Today) served 30,000 readers in a 3,000 square mile area. In addition, edited and produced a weekly farming supplement for the newspaper. In 1983 Mike won the Agricultural Writer of the Year Award beating out far more experience writers and editors at much larger papers.
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Sub Editor (Copy Editor) at The Daily Telegraph
1985 - 1985Copy editor on a general news desk for this morning tabloid in Sydney: edited stories, wrote headlines and laid out pages.
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Sub Editor (Copy Editor) at The Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
January 1980 - February 1982Member of sub-editing desk with assignments on wire copy, sports and general news. Also covered basketball for The Press and was named Basketball Writer of the Year in 1981.