1. Stephen W. Browne
605 NW 18th Place Moore, OK 73160
SWaBrow@msn.com
(7 01) 840-3464
Education
Oklahoma University 2004-2007
Post-graduatestudy, Journalism and Mass Communication
GPA 3.5
Study on a research assistant fellowship.
Recipient of Laura Hamilton Billingsly Memorial Scholarship 2006-2007.
Recipient of Sooner Heritage Scholarship 2005-2006.
Internship:National Journalism Foundation, Washington,D.C. Aug.-Nov. 2007
Oklahoma University 1991
Master of Arts, Anthropology
GPA 3.5
Thesis: Ethnicity and Assimilation amongFilipino Immigrants in Central Oklahoma.
Experience
 Self-employed writer present
The Marshall Independent, Marshall, MN 2010 - 2014
 Government reporter covering Lincoln and Yellow Medicine Counties.
Valley City Times-Record, Valley City, ND Feb. 2008-May, 2010
Government reporter
 Covered city and county government, business, police beat, and wrote a weekly opinion-
editorial.
 Covered the flood emergency of2008-2009. Developed sources at the federal (congressional,
FEMA,) ND National Guard, city, county,and state levels.
 North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest:First Place in small
newspapers category:Government Reporting;“Residents Raise Concerns.” 2010
 North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest:Second Place in small
newspapers category: Reporting;“Social Interest versus Free Speech.” 2010
 North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Contest:First Place in small
newspapers category:Personal Column-Serious:“Father’s Day.” 2009
 Full scholarship:Fraser Institute journalism seminar;Economy and Markets 2009
Self-employed, Warsaw , Republic of Poland 1999-2004
Writer, editor, teacher
 Taught English to university students, business and legal professionals.
 Prepared manuscripts for publication in English-language journals.
 English editor, Polish Academy ofScienceAnnual Review.
 Regular contributorto:Okecie the Airport Magazine, The World ofEnglish, The Warsaw
Insider and others.
Relevant experience
 Prepared Saudi ARAMCOapprentices at the Industrial Training Center in Dahran, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia for technical instruction in English. 1998-1999
 Taught English in Sofia, Bulgaria and Belgrade, Y ugoslavia 1996-1997
 Published handbook for English teachers and students in Belgrade and Novosibirsk, Russian
Republic.
 Founded the English Department ofthe College ofExact Sciences (Skola Nauk Scislych,) the
first new college-level privateschool founded in Poland in two centuries. 1993-1995

2. Civic Participation
 Elected Honorary Member, Y ugoslav Movement for the Protection ofHuman Rights for work
with Serbian dissidents 1997
 Founder:Liberty English Camps, an organization that enlists volunteers to teach intensive
English lessons at summer camps in several countries. 1997
 Presenter at evening lectures, Barnes County Historical Society Museum.
Special Skills
 Computer skills: Internet research, Word, basic knowledge of InDesign.
 Languages: Polish; good. Spanish; basic.
 Instructor: Wu-Wei Kung Fu, Filipino Martial Arts. Intermediate/advanced training
in Ju-jitsu, kick boxing, Israeli combatives.
References
Nikki Zinke
Editor/publisher, Barnes County Independent
Former editor and publisher, Valley City Times-Record
Phone: 701-840-1045
nlz88.online@gmail.com
Per Peterson, editor-in-chief, The Marshall Independent
508 W. Main St.
Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: 507-537-1551
Fax: 507-537-1557
phpeterson@marshallindependent.com
Charles C. Self, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Research and Training
Edward L. and Thelma Gaylord Chair
Professor
Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
395 W. Lindsey St, Room 3120H
Norman, OK 73019
405-325-1117
cself@ou.edu
Dr. Peter Gross
Director and Professor
School of Journalism and Electronic Media
College of Communication and Information
333 The Communications Building
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-5155
pgross@utk.edu