Bob's RESUME
BOB KALINOWSKI
WORK EXPERIENCE
CITIZENS’ VOICE NEWSPAPER Wilkes-Barre, PA
REPORTER/COLUMNIST/VIDEO EDITOR 5/25/03 - present
- Wrote thousands of stories over 18 years under deadline pressures, covering primarily the political, crime and military beats in one of the nation’s few remaining competitive daily newspaper markets. Regularly chosen to cover the day’s most important stories, from corruption scandals and devastating natural disasters to breaking news and sensational murder trials. Post stories online in urgent fashion.
- Led the coverage of the 2020 presidential election in Luzerne County, a swing county in a key battleground state often credited with delivering the decisive results in the 2016 election. Offered analysis on “Special Report with Bret Baier” on the Fox News Channel following a campaign visit by Vice President Mike Pence.
- Appeared on the “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” podcast about the murder of a young mom, prompting her to react: “Bob, if I could reach through this camera and hug you and kiss you right now, I would.”
- A career highlight was a yearlong project, 70-Year Salute, which chronicled the service of 21 local World War II veterans in a 48-page special section, forever capturing their stories for future generations.
- Regularly use video to accompany stories using Final Cut Pro editing software. Produced an award-winning 30-minute documentary for the veterans project, part of which aired on ABC’s World News Tonight on Veterans Dy in 2015.
- Parlayed my video skills during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown to launch a personal project on my You Tube page Nanticoke Newsroom, a satirical “real fake news” daily show that has gotten my cat more famous than me (so far).
- In 2018, supervised a 12-part series “Lost But Loved” on the local opioid epidemic following a record number of fatal drug overdoses, putting faces to the victims and their families.
- Won more than 30 statewide journalism awards, which included investigative pieces into sales of alcohol to minors, a credit union scandal involving cops and the murder of a correctional officer in federal prison.
MILITARY
UNITED STATES NAVY United States of America
OFFICER CANDIDATE, SUPPLY CORPS 3/04 -2/06
- Successfully completed the rigorous academic and physical requirements for the elite program for future military leaders and was to join the Feb. 2005 class in Pensacola, Fla., but was offered an Honorable Discharge due to injury. Chosen for Supply Corps school, which trains the Navy’s business managers.
MANAGEMENT
SOUTHSTREET INVESTMENT GROUP LLC Wilkes-Barre, PA
MANAGING DIRECTOR 3/17 - Present
- Manager of the Historic Welles Mansion at 28 W. South St. in Wilkes-Barre, overseeing restoration of the 1895-built structure and managing its rental assets. An honor, but lots of work being a landlord.
SALES
WYCHOCK REAL ESTATE LLC Mountain Top, PA
REALTOR 4/21 - Present
- Found immediate success as a licensed real estate agent in Pennsylvania, trusted by buyers and sellers with helping them in one of the most important decisions in life - the purchase and sale of property.
LEADERSHIP
GREATER NANTICOKE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Nanticoke, PA
HEAD COACH Seventh grade boys basketball team 11/02 - 11/03
- Selected to lead a group of pre-teens playing for and representing their school and hometown for the first time. Helped prepare scouting reports for the high school varsity team that proved invaluable to the team’s run in winning a PIAA District II Championship.
THE NEWSPAPER GUILD, LOCAL 120 Wilkes-Barre, PA
VICE PRESIDENT 10/04 - 3/06 and present
- Unanimously elected just before and served during contract negotiations and helped eventually broker a deal affecting the future of 30 employees. Co-devised plan, which proved key, to eliminate attorneys from discussions and tackle primary sticking points with only chief negotiators and management at the table.
LEADERSHIP WILKES-BARRE Wilkes-Barre, PA
2010 CLASS MEMBER June 2009 – June 2010
- Nominated by employer to enroll in the year-long community service program that educates and trains the emerging leaders in the Greater Wilkes-Barre Area and encourages networking opportunities with other area professionals. The program is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the area, as class members are tasked with working in teams to develop an influential civic project.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS Wilkes-Barre, PA
U.S. REP. PAUL E. KANJORSKI Summer 2001
INTERN, 11th DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA
- Gained first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of the federal government at the constituent level by working in the congressman’s local office, witnessing how decisions made in Washington, D.C. affect average people at home, listening to citizens’ problems and seeking solutions and joining the congressman and staff out in the field at events.
ABC NEWS RADIO New York, N.Y.
INTERN 5/21/02 - 8/09/02
- Selected to work behind the scenes at ABC News Radio’s fast-paced world headquarters in Manhattan and entrusted to help prepare talk show material for affiliates, conduct man-on-the-street interviews for national broadcasts, research vital information and assist world-renown commentators who served as mentors.
COLLEGE BOUND MAGAZINE Staten Island, N.Y.
CORRESPONDENT Spring 2003 - Spring 2004
- As a college student, pitched and sold an article featuring exclusive interviews with ABC News stars Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer about the keys to career success and later sold another piece, becoming the first-ever King’s College Mass Communications major to sell two national articles in one semester. My professor told me I succumbed to “celebrity journalism.” Well, it worked!
MOHEGAN SUN POCONO CASINO Plains Township, PA
BARTENDER 5/13 - 9/20 (COVID-19 FURLOUGH)
EDUCATION
KING’S COLLEGE Wilkes-Barre, PA
B.A. MASS COMMUNICATIONS 8/99 – 5/03
GPA: 3.74/4.0 Magna Cum Laude
THE CROWN, KING’S NEWSPAPER, STAFF WRITER 3/00 – 5/03
88.5 WRKC, KING’S RADIO, NEWS/TALK SHOW HOST 9/02 – 1/03
VOLUNTEERISM
CLIFTON R. LEWIS GOOD LIFE FOUNDATION Goodyear, AZ
MARKETING/FUNDRAISING (Muscular dystrophy charity) 4/11 - Present
GREATER NANTICOKE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Nanticoke, PA
CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER 3/14 - Present
WYOMING VALLEY VETERANS DAY PARADE COMMITTEE Wilkes-Barre, PA.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS/PUBLIC RELATIONS 6/15 - Present
MEMBERSHIPS
AFL- CIO, COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA, The Newspaper Guild, Local 120
SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, Post 350, Nanticoke
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, Aerie 834, Nanticoke
