Resume

Experience

Casper Star-Tribune

Education reporter — August 2009-present
Identify, research and write local and state daily news, explanatory and feature stories about education — pre-K through college. Recognized by the Wyoming Press Association for in-depth reporting (“Top of the class“) and specialty/beat reporting (education) in 2010. Awarded the School Bell for outstanding education coverage by the Wyoming Education Association.

Columbia Missourian

City editor — August-December 2008
Coached student reporters on the K-12 education beat, taught reporting skills and edited copy, video and audio. Hunted for stories and assigned to reporters based on their interest, strength and potential to improve.

Reporter — August 2007-08
Wrote breaking news, daily county government news and features and enterprise lifestyle stories. Blogged and wrote stories about the county budget, roads, policies and election issues.

Denver Post

Intern during the Democratic National Convention — August 2008: Blogged and wrote stories for the Post, Columbia Missourian and Register Star.

Global Journalist magazine

Assistant editor — January-May 2008
Coordinated short and long feature stories with freelance writers from around the world. Wrote briefs about journalism in Europe and Asia.

Rockford Register Star

News assistant — Summer 2006
Managed online calendar, answered readers’ questions and wrote daily briefs about events, meetings and notices. Compiled information for sidebars and databases and fact-checked stories for metro desk.

Features Reporting Intern — Summer 2005
Wrote short community profiles and centerpiece features of local interest, gathered data for information boxes and edited proofs.

The Campus Times

Editor-in-chief, features editor, staff writer — September 2003-May 2007: High-profile news stories, features, designed pages and advertisements, coordinated editorial board.

Education

Missouri School of Journalism

M.A. in Journalism — May 2009
Research: Sharing the storm: How the Times-Picayune affirmed responsibility to its community
Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society

University of Rochester

B.A. in English and Spanish with honors — May 2007
Thesis: EUROAHORRO: The American fast food invasion as an indicator of and force behind modern social change in Spain

Universidad Complutense

Spring 2006: Studied language, translation, theater, film and architecture at Colegio Mayor San Augustín.
Taught English in third grade.

Interests