Lou Carlozo

Lou Carlozo

Greater Chicago Area
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Volunteer Experience

  • D'Addario & Company, Inc. Graphic

    Advisory Board Member, The D'Addario Foundation

    D'Addario & Company, Inc.

    - Present 6 years 6 months

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    Music and music education changed my life. Under the poised leadership of Suzanne D'Addario Brouder (whose family has crafted instrument strings for at least four centuries), the D'Addario Foundation strives to make music education possible by supporting programs for students in under served communities.

    http://www.daddariofoundation.org/about/board-members

  • Advisor

    The Briner Institute, Libscomb University

    - Present 5 years 5 months

    Arts and Culture

    Advisor for the newly-created institute and think tank, based out of Libscomb University in Nashville. Our mission-in-progress is to support and mentor artists, regardless of their sociopolitical leanings, who operate from a Christian faith perspective. We seek to inspire, shine a light and foster the creation of beautiful and powerful art, media, entertainment and technology.

    https://brinerinstitute.org/

  • Special Olympics Graphic

    Performer, producer, writer of "Music for Champions" album, Special Olympics Illinois

    Special Olympics

    - 4 months

    Children

    Wrote, performed, produced, engineered and assembled the exercise album "Music for Champions," while executing graphic design of the disc package. The final cost of the project was $1500, plus one Special Olympics hoodie: 15 percent of the minimum fair market value of $10,000 for all services rendered. The cost savings allowed Special Olympics Illinois to allocate funding to other areas directly impacting the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The album was utilized in exercise…

    Wrote, performed, produced, engineered and assembled the exercise album "Music for Champions," while executing graphic design of the disc package. The final cost of the project was $1500, plus one Special Olympics hoodie: 15 percent of the minimum fair market value of $10,000 for all services rendered. The cost savings allowed Special Olympics Illinois to allocate funding to other areas directly impacting the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The album was utilized in exercise programs statewide.

  • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Graphic

    Cook/server, Lincoln Park Community Shelter, Chicago

    Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

    - 3 years 1 month

    Social Services

    My wife Amy and my children volunteered here to prepare and serve meals for the shelter's residents. Currently serve on as-needed basis.

  • Founding board member

    Chicago Harmony and Truth music alliance (CHaT)

    - 4 years 6 months

    Arts and Culture

    One of eight founding board members of the premier music alliance and service organization for local Chicago musicians, studio engineers, record producers and publicists. Also co-founded the Trunkstock Music Group within CHaT, a collective of musicians who shared promotional and performance resources. Served until the music alliance disbanded in 2011.

Publications

  • Contributor, NYT Bestseller "Footnotes from the Worlds Greatest Bookstores" by Bob Eckstein

    Random House

    Contributed an essay about "The Book Cellar" in Chicago. The author stated in public appearances that this was one of his favorite essays in the book.

  • Journalism textbook: "Tap Your Passion: The Art and Heart of Reporting and Writing"

    Under consideration at Oxford University Press

    My journalism textbook used as an adjunct professor of journalism at Loyola University Chicago and National-Louis University, Chicago.
    * Interviewed experts including National Book Award winner Tim Weiner and Chicago Tribune Dining Critic Phil Vettel
    * To request reading samples for your consideration, contact me through LinkedIn

  • Contributor, "For You Bruce," a tribute book to Bruce Springsteen

    Datachrome

    Wrote the book's forward and one essay. Book sold out its first printing.

  • The Scoop Troop

    Augsburg Fortress

    Author of the "tween" book commissioned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of American for use in youth group curriculum.

Courses

  • Advanced Expository Writing (Fall 2012) Grade: A

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  • Editing Internship (Winter 2014) Grade: A

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  • FINAL GPA: M.S. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: 4.0

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  • Feature Writing: 3 proficiency credits

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  • Fundamentals of Journalism: 3 proficiency credits

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  • Professional Writer (Winter 2016) Grade: A

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  • Rhetorical Theory (Spring 2015) Grade: A

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  • Screenwriting (Spring 2012) Grade: A

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  • Summer 2013 Writers' Workshop Grade: A

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  • Summer 2015 Writers' Workshop Grade: A

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  • Teaching Freshman Composition (Winter 2013) Grade: A

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  • Thesis Capstone Part 1 Grade: A

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  • Thesis Capstone Part 2 Grade: A

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  • Writing for Children (Fall 2013) Grade: A

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Projects

  • Reuters clips

    - Present

    A summary of my work as a personal finance journalist for Reuters from June 2011 to present. I've covered stories including the death of Steve Jobs, the Bank of America shakeup and the world's highest dropout rate of American college students.

    See project

Test Scores

  • M.S. in Written Communication at National-Louis University

    Score: 4.0 (maximum)

Languages

  • French

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Organizations

  • Journalists Trying to Cultivate a Sense of Humor

    Dishwasher

    - Present
  • LinkedIn For Journalists

    Q&A Contributor

    - Present

    Mission is to mentor up-and-comers and poke fun at pompous advice. Contrarian by trade and by nature. Expert at being a self-styled expert.

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