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• Developed and maintained WeGo Public Transit's voice and persona through digital platforms and communication materials.• Wrote and distributed digital crisis communication during situations such as natural disasters, collisions, public health crises, extreme weather events, etc.• Executed cohesive marketing and communication strategies for a variety of internal projects.• Created and coordinated multi-organizational customer entertainment engagements to elevate the WeGo brand and encourage public transit use.• Managed day-to-day customer interactions and inquiries through social media and emails.

• Contributed reporting, writing, and story ideas for daily newsletters• Assisted editors in compiling News Notes and Must-Dos for newsletter• Curated social media content to distribute information to other digital audiences

• Covered local and municipal government, business, and lifestyle beats• Published over 300 articles • Contributed to social media presence by producing live feeds of important local events• Established professional twitter presence in order to build personal brand and disseminate breaking news more quickly

• Developed deep understanding of each employee's role on the show team and how each role, in turn, was critical to the execution of a successful show• Successfully booked substantive guests who added valuable key insights to ongoing news topics• Wrote copy for shows to create a sense of urgency for viewers, capturing their attention while delivering valuable information• Received basic training in anchoring techniques in on-camera presence and conversational cadence• Learned video editing skills that help facilitate fluidity in finished products • Managed on-air personality time slot requests for show schedule

• Instilled mentality of continuous improvement through weekly workshops with individual writers to hone writing skills by critically analyzing news topics• Addressed paper’s budgeting issues through newspaper stand placement and the introduction of new topics• Managed staff of eight independent news writers, their workloads, and corresponding deadlines as they related to paper export dates• Responsible for the news section’s design and layout • Managed weekly news budget which included university and community news, crime log, and SGA minutes• Copy-edited staff’s stories for AP style, accuracy, and coherency

• Trump protest story referenced by USA Today (college.usatoday.com/2016/04/09/chalking-pro-trump-messages-set-off-storms), broke website view record• Coached staff writers on content or copy related issues• Responsible for partial design of news section• Developed relationships with numerous external sources• Wrote stories about crime, major university news and conducted investigative reporting regarding sexual assaults

• Nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize • Published a features story that focused on the importance of cast iron skillets to the creation of the Southern food culture through the lens of Lodge Cast Iron Skillets