EMPLOYMENT
2016-Current Reporter and photographer, Beatrice Daily Sun, Beatrice, Nebraska.
Writing and editing news and features for a daily paper, covering city, county and education, meeting multiple daily publishing deadlines for print and digital, maintaining broad social media presence.
2016 Corporate Journalist, Newslink, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Writing news and feature stories about the railroad industry, traveling across the country on a weekly basis to gather and write 40 stories a week.
2015-2016 Document Control Specialist, Cannon Quality Group, Alamo, California.
Editing, drafting and releasing controlled documents in the biomedical startup field.
2015 Outreach Coordinator, Tucson Music & Dance Academy, Tucson, Arizona
Writing press releases, maintaining social media presence, photography, ad copy and layout
2009-2015 Freelance writer, Various, United States
Writing and photography for various media outlets.
2009-2015 Owner, Junk Whisperer Toys
Buyer, seller and trader of toys games and other odd items. Online sales and toy shows.
2008-2009 General Assignment Reporter, The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon.
Writing and editing news and feature stories and working under daily deadlines for afternoon newspaper as the education and county commission reporter, as well as covering general assignment stories and writing features. Other requirements include designing pages and copy proofing pages daily.
2009 Contributing Writer, Columbia Gorge Business Journal, Hood River, Oregon.
Writing and editing feature stories related to business in the Columbia River Gorge for this monthly publication.
2008 Intern, Alameda Journal, Alameda, California.
Writing and editing news and features stories.
2007-2008 Contributing writer, Diablo Arts Magazine, Walnut Creek, California
Writing stories on theater companies, art shows and upcoming theatrical productions.
EXPERIENCE
∙ Four years experience as reporter with daily newspapers, six years as freelance writer for various publications.
∙ Won four awards in Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's "Build a Better Newspaper" contest, including awards for feature writing, educational coverage, spot news writing and photography.
∙ Working familiarity with Reddit, Imgur, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, Snapchat, various blog sites and other online social networking sites and their possible applications in the media business.
∙ Won first place in column writing in statewide journalism conference in California.
∙ Two years reporting experience for college newspapers and magazines.
∙ Proficient at Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXPress, Photoshop and Microsoft Office Suite as well as various content management systems.
EDUCATION
California State University, East Bay, Journalism
Las Positas College, Journalism
Second City Conservatory, Sketch Comedy Writing, Improvisation
