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WORK EXPERIENCE COURIER & PRESS, Evansville, IN Multimedia reporter | December 2014 – September 2017 — Produced daily online content for web and print, exploring a nearby county and its government — Established a drunk driving database website where the public can follow along the process of cases in the Vanderburgh County — Built a weekly crime map for the nearby county, highlighting all the crime each week — Covered the 10th anniversary of a fatal tornado by telling first responders’ stories, creating a timeline of the night and building a map of the tornado’s path — Developed a high standard for election coverage as well as oversaw two public debates and a public forum Became the go-to person for public record requests in the newsroom GILLETTE NEWS RECORD, Gillette, WY City government reporter | May 2014 – December 2014 —Wrote daily stories about the city’s happenings — Learned to navigate a new community by embedding myself in it — Edited other reporters’ stories and making sure the design was formatted properly THE SHIELD, UNIVERSITY STUDENT PAPER, Evansville, IN Editor-in-chief | May 2013 – May 2014 — Managed 20 reporters, photographers as well as sales and marketing staff — Created policies to help transition in new staff members for future editors — Designed and created layouts for the weekly paper — Pushed for online first in the newsroom EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA, Evansville, IN Bachelors of Art/ Journalism, May 2014 ADDITIONAL SKILLS — Trainer for creating Wochit videos in the newsroom — Expert in creating interactive maps on Google Maps — Enthusiast of adding all possible digital aspects for each story — Fan of social media and using it to interact with readers |
