Gary Cope's Portfolio

Gary Cope is an award-winning writer and web content developer with more than 20 years of experience in communications, journalism, photography, writing, web development, social media, search engine optimization, and online marketing.

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A graphic I created for the Summer 2014 issue of Impact Magazine.

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My latest, and last, spotlight article for Virginia Tech. Published Aug. 10, 2014.

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My photo of Matt Pucci, a member of Virginia Tech's Corps of Cadets, appeared in the winter issue of Virginia Tech Magazine.

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My Spotlight article on Virginia Tech student Travis Whaley, which appeared on the front page of Virginia Tech's website.

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A photo I took of Virginia Tech Cadet Matthew Pucci was featured in Impact Magazine's winter 2013 issue.

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Hot off the presses, my latest article for Virginia Tech's Spotlight on Impact series. This story highlights the Health Education and Awareness Team at Virginia Tech. This is the second Spotlight article I've written this year.

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My latest article for Virginia Tech. This Spotlight on Innovations appeared on the university's main website, www.vt.edu, from Jan. 7-28.

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Hypatia learning community nurtures success for female engineers Impact Magazine Winter 2012

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Fralin Life Science Institute’s SURF program Impact Magazine Winter 2012

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Scholarship means smoother sailing for Corps of Cadets students Impact Magazine Winter 2012

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Donor Supports Critical Research into Autism VT Magazine Fall 2012

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VALOR program prepares its inaugural class for leadership Impact Magazine Winter 2012

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During time as the weekend sports anchor at WVIR, NBC 29, in Charlottesville, Va., I produced several features. In this package, I geared up to take on the University of Virginia's women's lacrosse team.

The Cavaliers' head coach Julie Myers and her team were great sports and made the piece a lot of fun to put together. It's hard to believe this was about 12 years ago, but I still remember it like it was yesterday.

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This is an article I wrote about the Virginia Tech ice hockey team. There is not a video associated with this piece. It's just a sample of my writing.

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Another multimedia feature for VT News. Again, I wrote the article and shot the accompanying video (top right of the sidebar).

As I manage three Virginia Tech websites, I am proficient in building pages and stories using the university's content management system, Ensemble.

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This was the first article I wrote for VT News. The treatment included a written story supplemented by a video I shot, which is highlighted at the top of the right sidebar, and a photo I took, located just below the video.

Click on the screen capture above to read the article and watch the video.

Video shot with Canon EOS Rebel T1i

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In February 2012, I introduced a new approach to storytelling to communicators at Virginia Tech. With an extensive background in video production and journalistic writing, I took the two formats and put them together.

I wrote an article about a donation from Northrop Grumman to the Virginia Tech Geosciences Museum. I interviewed three people for the article, but instead of using print quotes, I used soundbytes from their video interviews.

The innovative storytelling concept was so well received that the director of news and and information at Virginia Tech sent an email to all campus communicators hailing the format.

Click on the screen capture above to view the article and videos.

Shot with Canon EOS Rebel T1i