Evan Jones Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Directed a paid staff of 50 at Michigan State's independent student media organization during the COVID-19 pandemic, transitioning to remote work and achieving back-to-back Pacemaker Awards from Associated Collegiate.
• Analyzed audience engagement using Excel and Google Analytics in monthly reports to the Board of Directors, expanding readership with student audiences and maintaining 100% year over year growth in web traffic.
• Established a DEI team, publishing findings from data collection through demographic surveys of staff and interview sources to improve news coverage representation.
• Optimized budget allocation by redesigning the payroll structure, resulting in higher staff wages and reduced payroll expenses.

o Coordinated online and print reporting of Michigan State’s academics, administration and student life o Developed a leaderboard to incentivize a higher quality and quantity of news production, increasing articles published by 25% within one week of implementation

East Lansing, Michigan

o Organized robust local election coverage with video features for six candidates, debate recaps, campaign finance data, voting tutorials and live resultso Trained and elevated new reporters to achieve excellence in reporting criminal justice, business and political news stories

East Lansing, MI

o Generated in-depth coverage of local businesses and municipal policies as a city government beat reportero Published live coverage of a high-profile court hearing involving a former university presidento Awarded third place in a Michigan Press Association contest for reporting on the $250 million Red Cedar Project and its changes to the Michigan Avenue.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

o Redeveloped a media literacy program that taught 1700 first-time voters how to tell fact from fiction ahead of the Nov. 3 general electiono Produced social media content including a fact-checking TikTok that reached 300,000 views

East Lansing, MI

o Reported for a capital bureau of 30 local news organizations across Michigano Featured on 20 front pages for 17 enterprise stories published about Michigan’s demographic, technological, economic and political futureo Interviewed lawmakers, interest groups, tenured professors, policy analysts, business executives and government officials to connect.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Master Of Science - Ms, Data Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History And International Journalism Double Major

Activities and Societies: MSU Debate - National Debate Tournament qualifier