Education

Completed:

Bachelor of Journalism. Graduation date: May 16, 2014.

The University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

• Self-designed interest area (photojournalism and print and digital news).
• English minor and multicultural certificate

Study Abroad Semester, September 2013 – December 2013

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart), Milan, Italy

Experience

Conceptual Copywriter, Goodwill-Suncoast
July 2021 –  Oct. 2021

• Website and social media management, including creating original content
• Promoting services and programs
• Curating success stories for Annual Report

Communications & Outreach Coordinator, Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County
October 2018 — July 2021

• Assist Communications Manager in internal and external communications for stakeholders and the public
• Event planning
• Promotional photography and video
• Website and social media management

News Editor, Fort Myers Beach Observer    July 2016 – September 2018

• Manage weekly production of 8,000-circulation paper
• Report, write and edit weekly stories, covering local government, environmental issues, school news, local organizations, and community news
• Shoot photos or create maps in Adobe Illustrator to compliment news stories
• Manage letters to the editor and vet for accuracy
• Produce content for other Breeze Newspapers publications and special sections
• Manage Facebook, Instagram, and website content

Reporter, Observer Media Group                    June 2014 – June 2016

• Beat reporting on county government, county school board and neighborhood associations
• Community reporting and feature writing
• Daily web stories for online product
• Videography
• Reporting and photography for quarterly magazine, bimonthly insert and annual special sections
• Event photography
• Development of Instagram brand

Summer Internship, Enid News & Eagle                  June 2013 – August 2013

• General assignment daily reporting and scheduled weekends
• City government, education, crime and fire reports, agriculture, self-generated features
• Coverage of tornado in Moore, Okla., for the Norman Transcript
• Photography

Reporter and Photographer, Columbia Missourian                  May 2012 – May 2014

• Class component newsroom courses
• Spring Semester 2014 Advanced Reporter: Local politics, city council elections, enterprise reporter.
• Spring Semester 2013 Staff Photography: photo stories, general assignment, sports, studio portraits.
• Summer 2012 Reporter: General assignment including features, city government, education, crime and fire reports

Cooperative Media Group, University of Missouri Extension  September 2011 – May 2014

• Photographer, contributing writer for Extension publications
• Photo and video editing for Extension news and promotional stories
• Basic videography

Other Skills

Photography

• Nikon
  • Current model: Nikon D-7000
• Canon
• Studio lighting equipment and technique

Programs

• PhotoShop
• Final Cut Pro and Final Cut 10
• InDesign
• Audacity
• Soundslides
• Photo Mechanic
• Adobe Bridge

Social Media

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

Languages

• Intermediate Spanish
• Basic Italian

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