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Résumé of John W. Samples |
Career Summary:
More than 30 years of
management experience
in Communications/Media, Electric Utilities,
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Ministry |
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2007 - present PO Box 736 Noblesville, IN 46061 |
Christian HolyLand Foundation supports the community of Arab Christian Believers in Israel. |
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2002 - 2006 520 E Market St / PO Box 1387 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 |
Lighthouse Ministries serves homeless men of Central Indiana. Services include a men's shelter that feeds and houses more than 100 men every day, and focuses on breaking the cycle of addiction and bad decisions that are such a part of their lives. |
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2000 -
2002 The Southeast Outlook, Louisville, Kentucky |
The Southeast Outlook is an advertising-supported broadsheet newspaper that has served as the primary communications instrument of Southeast Christian Church since 1995. |
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Utility Industry |
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1994 - 2000 Portland, IN 47371 |
Jay County REMC is a cooperative electric utility serving six counties in eastern Indiana. 5200 members; 4.4 per mile. Twenty-three employees; unionized since the 1960s. |
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1987 - 1994 Indianapolis, IN 46224 |
Wabash Valley is a Generation and Transmission electric cooperative serving the power supply needs of member rural electric cooperatives in northern and central Indiana. |
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Government |
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1985 - 2000 |
Regular contact with state legislators and United States congressional delegation and their staffs in the course of developing, monitoring and providing information for legislation and other political initiatives. |
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1985 - 1986 |
Managed Media Relations for the City of Indianapolis and represented the mayor at ceremonial and media events. |
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Journalism |
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1982 -1985 (two
tours) |
Producer of the six o'clock news (6/83-1/85). Anchored the 11:30 PM Nightbeat newscast in 1982, the 6:00 AM Daybreak, and Noon newscasts in 1984-85. |
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1979 to 1983 |
Managed production staff of various Public Affairs programs. Produced and anchored daily program during sessions of the Indiana General Assembly for three-state (Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky) PBS satellite TV network. |
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1978 to 1979 |
Produced, directed and hosted programs and documentaries for broadcasting facilities around Tennessee that had no production capabilities. |
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1977 to 1978 |
Named the 1978 Associated Press Best Overall Small Market News Operation, Best Feature Reporting and Best News Production. 90 minutes of live local news, sports and public affairs each day. |
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Misc Broadcasting |
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1973 to 2000 |
WBAA AM--West Lafayette, IN / WXUS FM--Lafayette, IN / WKCC FM--Grayson, KY / WCMI AM--Ashland, KY / WBEJ AM--Elizabethton, TN / WJCW AM, WJHL-TV 11--Johnson City, TN / WIFE AM--Indianapolis, IN and Lebanon, IN / WZZY-FM--Winchester, IN |
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