Jennah Page Booth

Jennah Booth | Journalist

jennahpage@gmail.com

Jennah is located in Sacramento, CA. She is a graduate of California State University, Sacramento, the former Audience Engagement Editor for The State Hornet, and the former Editor-In-Chief of the American River Current. She has also contributed to Sacramento News and Review, the Fort Bragg Advocate-News, and the VOICES: River City Podcast.

Articles by Jennah on the Current

Articles by Jennah in Sacramento News and Review

Articles by Jennah for the Fort Bragg Advocate-News

Articles by Jennah for The State Hornet

Education:

• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO – Sacramento, CA
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree – Journalism (Spring 2022)
• AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE— Sacramento, CA
  • Associate in Arts for Transfer Degree – Journalism and Mass Communication (Spring 2018)
• Studied journalism, 2015 – 2022

Experience: 

THE STATE HORNET: Audience Engagement Editor (statehornet.com) — Spring 2022

• Worked with Google and social media analytics to track and strategize engagement techniques.
• Scheduled social media posts.
• Designed graphics and content packages for social media.
• Assigned and oversaw the work of two staffers.
• Produced stand-alone and live coverage for Instagram and Twitter.
• Spearheaded audience engagement and social media for collaborative campaigns.

General rotation staff writer (statehornet.com) — Fall 2021

• Wrote news, sports and arts and entertainment content.
• Took photographs for stories.
• Compiled sports newsletters.

THE AMERICAN RIVER CURRENT: Editor-In-Chief & News Editor (arcurrent.com) — Fall 2018, SPRING 2019, Fall 2019

• Assigned stories and deadlines to writers.
• Worked with the editorial staff to manage writers and content on the website and in print.
• Edited articles for the print and online publications.
• Wrote news, arts and culture, feature, scene, sports and opinion articles.
• Took photos of various events and edited them for publication.
• Published stories to the website.
• Designed pages and graphics for the Current’s print editions.

Social Media Editor/Staff Writer (arcurrent.com) — Spring 2018 

• Wrote news, arts and culture, feature, scene, sports and opinion articles.
• Took photos of various events and edited them for publication.
• Edited articles as needed for the print and online publications.
• Published stories to the website.
• Posted published articles to the Current’s Facebook page and promoted the publication across social media.
• Designed pages and graphics for the Current’s print editions.

FORT BRAGG ADVOCATE-NEWS: Contributor — Summer 2020 – Fall 2021

• Regularly covered Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and Fort Bragg City Council meetings

SACRAMENTO NEWS AND REVIEW: Contributor — Spring 2020, Spring 2022

• Pitched, reported and wrote articles for the publication.

VOICES RIVER CITY: PODCAST: Contributor — Summer 2018

• Co-wrote and recorded content for news segments on the podcast.
• Helped edit the segments.

Skills Summary:

• Proficient in news coverage, writing and editing.
• Proficient with Mac and PC operating systems.
• Proficient in WordPress blogging.
• Proficient in photography and Adobe Photoshop.
• Proficient in Premier Pro and video editing.
• Proficient in engagement analysis and social media scheduling.
• Proficient in Indesign, page layout and graphic design.
• Proficient in Excel and Datawrapper
• Excellent communication, organization and leadership skills.

Awards

• General Excellence – ARCurrent, JACC (Spring 2020)
• Editorial – First place, JACC (Spring 2020)
• General Excellence – ARCurrent, JACC (Fall 2019)
• Profile Feature Story – Honorable Mention, JACC (Spring 2019)
• Political Cartoon – First place, JACC (Spring 2019)
• Feature Story – Honorable Mention, JACC (Spring 2019)
• Feature Photo – Honorable Mention, JACC (Spring 2019)
• Editorial – Honorable Mention, JACC (Spring 2019)
• General Excellence – ARCurrent, JACC (Spring 2019)
• Political Cartoon – Fourth place, JACC (Fall 2018)
• General Excellence – ARCurrent, JACC (Spring 2018)
• Political Cartoon – Honorable mention, JACC (Spring 2018)