About Me:
DEAN M. BACKES
OBJECTIVE To earn freelance positions, with publications nationally, in which I am able to display my writing talents and allowed the opportunity to develop new skills.
EXPERIENCE
2007 – Present ‘MaxPreps.com,
National Correspondent
• Write feature stories, game coverage stories and take photos.
• Write weekly stories pertaining to records, milestones and achievements
• Ranked Missouri and Kansas football and basketball teams weekly
2001 – 2005 ‘De Soto Explorer’, De Soto, Kansas.
Sports Reporter
• Wrote stories and took photographs for all local high school sporting events.
• Wrote preview stories before each season began.
• Wrote feature stories of top high school athletes in De Soto.
2000 – 2001 ‘Sun Newspapers’, Overland Park, Kansas.
Sports
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