Todd
Seibt
toddseibt@teamboxer.com
Experience
Director of Communications
Lutheran Homes of Michigan, April 4, 2008 to present
• Responsible for internal and
external communications across a wide range of facilities
and services. Also responsible for coordinating and integrating
marketing efforts. Completing and executing a strategic
communications plan. Consulting with similar non-profit
organizations on communications needs.
Consultant, freelancer,
teacher
Jan. 1, 2008 to present
• Consulting with multiple private
clients on communication, public relations, organizational
structure and hiring issues. Also, teaching in a variety
of settings, from writing, journalism, criminal justice
and ethics classes to teen leadership outings.
Assistant business editor
The Flint Journal - Flint, Michigan, 2002 to present
• Responsible for covering business
and labor issues, with special emphasis on GM, the UAW
and Delphi Corp.
• Responsible for story selection, photo selection,
production, paginating, design and proofing of daily
Business pages, as well as design, layout, content, headline
writing and editing of Saturday business pages, Sunday
Business and Thursday and Sunday Autos pages.
• Responsible for directing the business team and
handling all production, design, editing and team management
issues in the business editor’s absence.
• Helped develop concept, content and design for
new “Money” page. Now responsible for weekly
execution of that page, including story selection, editing,
layout, pagination and coordination of graphic art.
• Had a hand in nearly every page and every story
that originated from the business desk, often editing,
writing headlines and cutlines on deadline. Also wrote,
edited, paginated and executed pages for other sections
of the paper.
• Originally joined the business desk as a regular
reporter. Was immediately promoted to assistant business
editor.
Copy editor
The Flint Journal - Flint, Michigan, 1999-2002
• Responsible for a wide variety of duties, from
designing pages to line editing to working as an assistant
editor on deadline and long-lead projects.
• Responsible for directing the copy desk in the
wire and/or state editor's absence, and in story and
art selection meetings among editors.
• Outside my regular, assigned duties, produced
a steady stream of columns, features and hard news stories,
and routinely assisted in design and execution of pages
outside my primary areas of responsibility.
City Hall
reporter
The Flint Journal - Flint, Michigan, 1998-1999
• Covered the prime city political beat, including
the always-amusing Flint City Council and two completely
different mayors. Also developed and pursued various
feature and hard news stories on the beat.
Day police
reporter
The Flint Journal - Flint, Michigan, 1989-1998
• Served as the primary law enforcement reporter
at The Journal, with major responsibilities covering
the largest police and fire departments, all murders,
most initial court proceedings, and myriad other duties,
including routine and offbeat daily and Sunday features,
profiles, and in-depth reports on individual crimes.
• Directed and coordinated team coverage of major
breaking news events, from the office and from the
field.
• Served as lead writer on a special team that
investigated the scourge of crack cocaine that swept
the city in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The series
of reports won the team an advancement of justice award.
• Covered the Flint police beat during the worst
years on record for homicides, as Flint topped the
nation in murders, rapes and serious crimes.
Night police
reporter
The Flint Journal - Flint, Michigan, 1986-1989
• Worked a night/weekend shift, mainly covering
the Flint Police Department but also outcounty police
and fire departments. Usually first on and last off of
overnight homicide scenes, major fires and drug raids.
• Developed, pursued and delivered many feature,
profile and investigative pieces.
Reporter
Huron
Daily Tribune - Bad Axe, Michigan, 1983-1986
• Covered law enforcement, county
and court beats.
• Responsible for regular columns.
• Editorial writing and editing.
• Spot news and feature photographer.
• Designed and coordinated year-in-review section.
Education
Central
Michigan University
• Bachelor
of Fine and Applied Arts, Major in Journalism.
• Maintained
a 3.81 grade-point average while serving as police
reporter for CM Life, the campus newspaper.
Awards
•First Place, Sustained Coverage,
from the Associated Press, for a series of stories on
Delphi Corp. bankruptcy and resulting issues
• MVP Award, American Motorcyclist
Association
• Wade H. McCree Advancement of
Justice Award
• Second Place, UPI Award of Excellence
• First
Place, Feature Writing, UPI Michigan Newspaper Awards
• Second
Place, Column Writing, Michigan Press Association
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