Direct news coverage of Minnesota’s construction and commercial real estate industries for the daily Finance & Commerce newspaper and website and of Minnesota’s legal community for the twice-weekly Minnesota Lawyer newspaper and website.

Editor of special sections for Finance & Commerce and Minnesota Lawyer, including Top Projects, Top Women in Finance, Rising Young Professionals and Attorneys of the Year magazines.I also do wire editing and copy editing for Finance & Commerce daily business newspaper.

I copy edit and design the La Crosse Tribune and Winona Daily News daily newspapers, as well as smaller weekly publications. As a member of the copy desk, I am responsible for updating our news websites with stories, photos and other content. I also write a politics blog and research and write a daily From Tribune Files history feature.

I write news stories for the Apple Valley Patch website, which includes doing my own photography and photo editing, as well as uploading my stories to the Patch website, including linking to other Web pages and providing information for locator maps.

Managed in a customer-service-first environment. Led a bilingual work force during revenue periods. Charged with ensuring customer satisfaction, the health and safety of the food and working environment, and managing labor costsCompleted financial bookwork, perform daily inventories and order needed goodsDid community outreach to help build and market the Noodles brand

I wrote and designed the Social Science Division newsletter, took minutes at division meetings, and wrote and edited division communications.