CHUCK BEDNAR


118 Forest St. Wintersville, OH 43953
Email: cbednar@1st.net | Phone: Available Upon Request

Education
Bednar earned an Associate of Arts Degree from Jefferson Community College in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1998. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa International Honor Society. Bednar also successfully completed the Writers Digest Schools Fundamentals of Nonfiction course in 2002.

Present Employment
Bednar is currently employed as a career reports writer for the Institute for Career Research. In addition, he is now working on multiple projects, including SEO keyword articles and forum administration, for 2 The Top Website Design & Promotion.

Previous Work Experience
Bednar has had more than 1,200 total nonfiction articles purchased or published since 1995. His former clients and employers include About.com, Barbara Gibson Associates, Business Industry Media, Collegebound Teen, eSports Media Group, F & W Publications, ForewordReviews.com, Freelance Rite, InQuest, Internet Surfer, LoveToKnow Video Games, Merit Industries, Parents R Us, Prodigal Son Magazine, RealFootball365.com, ScoresDaily.com, Suite 101, SuperCollege.com, The Canada Post, The Steubenville (Oh.) Herald-Star, The Weirton (W. Va.) Daily Times, Travel Golf Media and Webseed Publishing.

Published Books
In addition, Bednar is the author of 5 published books. His most recent was Great Sports Teams: The San Antonio Spurs, which was published by Lucent Books in 2003. Furthermore, Bednar is the author of A Baseball Memoir, Beyond the Box Score, The Year In College Football 1998 and The Year In College Football 1999. He also contributed to the e-book Millennial Milestones: A Celebration of Change and served as a researcher for the book All Gone: Things That Aren't There Anymore.

Awards & Other Accomplishments
Bednar won second place for best sports story in the 1996 Ohio Regional Collegiate Journalism Awards, and was named the eSports Media Group Author of the Month for June 1998. Bednar is also a former member of the Rotary Lombardi Award selection committee, helping the Rotary Club of Houston to honor the best interior lineman in college football each year from from 1999 to 2001, and was featured as a sportswriting expert in the book Ready, Aim, Specialize! by Kelly James Enger.

References and writing samples are available upon request.