Albert Gregory
Albert Gregory (he/him) graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from SF State. He currently attends the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. In the Spring of 2022, he served as the Managing Editor for Xpress the Magazine and, in the Fall of 2021, he was the Multimedia Editor for the Golden Gate Xpress newspaper. In addition, Albert was Editor-in-Chief at the Oak Leaf newspaper at Santa Rosa Junior College during the 2017 Tubbs Fire. He is a freelance writer/ photographer, and his work has appeared in The Press Democrat, USA Today and Bleacher Report. Albert was born in Portland, Oregon, but grew up a military brat on a Coast Guard base in Novato, California. He currently lives in Sonoma County.
Skills
Writing
Multimedia
Photography
Copy Editing
Past Experiences
Freelance Writer/Photographer at the Press Democrat
(2018 – Present)
Covering high school and college sports in the North Bay.
Freelance Writer/Photographer at the Community Voice
(MAY 2021 – Present)
Covering local news and sports in Rohnert Park and West Sonoma County.
Managing Editor / Copy Editor at Xpress The Magazine
(DEC 2021 – MAY 2022)
Responsible for editing, organizing, scheduling, presenting and creating stories for San Francisco State’s magazine that serves the student body and surrounding community. Also produced articles and multimedia content and was the final eyes on all published text to make sure is was grammatically correct, followed AP Style rules and facts were correct.
Multimedia Editor at Golden Gate Xpress
(AUG 2021- DEC 2021)
Responsible for assigning and guiding reporters’ multimedia projects —including videos, podcasts and graphics — out of San Francisco State’s accredited newsroom to serve the student body & local community. Also contributed articles, photos and multimedia content.
Contributing Writer at USA Today’s The Raiders Wire
(MAY 2018 – DEC 2018)
Covered any and all news regarding the Oakland Raiders.
Managing Editor (May-December 2017), Sports Editor (May-December 2017) at The Oak Leaf
Responsible for editing, organizing, scheduling, presenting and creating stories for Santa Rosa Junior College’s news publication that serves the student body and surrounding community. Also, produced articles and multimedia content. Additionally served as Sports Editor and was responsible for overseeing the sports section by assigning stories, copy editing, editing photos, designing the layout for the website and the newspaper, and following up with writers and teaching them the skills required to cover sports.
Editor-in-Chief at The Oak Leaf
(January – May, 2017)
Responsibilities as Editor-in-Chief were to come up with story ideas and assign them to either the editors or the staff writers. Ran the story budget meeting, came up with the creative design for the paper, copy edited everything, edited photos and managed the content for the website and the newspaper.
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