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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I'm responsible for the Sunday edition of the Boston Herald. This position oversees and edits reporting staff on Saturdays and fills the Sunday newspaper. Technical duties include managing the Herald's website through WordPress, exporting stories from WordPress to Saxotech and editing and proofing final print pages. Creative duties include cover page selections, reporting as needed during the day and evening, headline writing, SEO and everything else that comes with being a news editor in the modern era.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

I serve as the primary police, courts and breaking news reporter for the Boston Herald, a daily urban newspaper. My work is a consistent high-performer for the publication and averages roughly 250,000 online pageviews per month. My coverage centers on greater Boston, but extends to statewide and national issues, especially in my enterprise work which has a strong focus on civil liberties and law enforcement policy. I monitor courts, district attorneys' offices and police departments throughout eastern Massachusetts as well as the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts and federal court in Boston.Skills include extensive use of PACER, the WordPress content management system, remote productivity, Google Drive and Google Docs.

Oakland, California

As a member of the editorial team for this literary magazine published in Oakland, California, I read submissions for acquisitions, conduct both structural and developmental editing, and perform both line editing and proofreading for final publication. Skills: Applying Chicago Manual of Style, author relations, Microsoft Word, Google Docs

Missoula, Montana

I served as technical director for the daily Newsbrief television program, graphic designer for the 2018 aired documentary Montana Jails: Slammed for Solutions, and producer for the "Art Castings of Montana" segment for the program Business: Made in Montana.Skills: Videography, Adobe Premiere, Adobe's Illustrator and InDesign, editing news copy

York, Pennsylvania

My coverage at this digital-first and daily print news publication serving York County in Pennsylvania included the governor, the York County commissioners, the state legislative delegation from the coverage region, and the local member of Congress. In addition to my primary capacity as politics and government reporter, I developed a sub-beat on local history, helped to create the political fact-checking program Pa. Fact Finder, and served as the sole reporter for all news on Sunday evenings. A series of articles I wrote on surprise driver license suspensions led to a change in Pennsylvania state law. I also took home first-place honors in two statewide awards for headline writing in 2015.I regularly outperformed social media follower and engagement quotas for Twitter and Facebook.Skills: Associated Press style, WordPress blog platform maintenance and creation, telephone skills, interviewing, videography, database research, research, social media content marketing, working to deadlines

Minot, North Dakota

I created the weekly film review column in The Minot Daily News.

Minot, North Dakota

I covered hard news ⁠across the northwestern quarter of North Dakota as the state became the second-largest oil producer in the country. My coverage of crime, law, and government and how those areas were affected by the growing pains of a state in transition led to national Associated Press distribution. In addition to my regular coverage, I served as the chief writer for the 2013 special Minot Daily News publication Progress: Oil Industry. I also served as the newspaper's film critic and one of its photographers.Skills: Writing, reporting, research, critical writing, DSLR photography, column writing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: University of Montana Russian Club

Certificate, Editing

Currently pursuing a professional certificate in editing.

Attended, English Language And Literature/Letters

Education record