Hannah Covington Email & Phone Number

Co-wrote and edited two weekly email newsletters that debunk viral misinformation and explore journalism trends and press freedom topics (combined subscriber base ~50,000). Developed educational resources that teach students and adults how to vet the credibility of information with fact-checking and digital verification skills. Oversaw volunteer program.

Taft, Oklahoma

I co-advise and helped launch a prison newspaper at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center as part of a pilot project to bring journalism to two women's prisons in Oklahoma. I worked with the nonprofits Poetic Justice and the Prison Journalism Project to run a summer workshop series for incarcerated writers on journalism and reporting basics, with an emphasis.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

I taught Composition I and II, with an emphasis on argumentation, research and media literacy. I completed training to teach fully online classes using Blackboard, lecture capture software, Zoom and other web tools. I tailor course content for developmental learners, nontraditional adult students and high school concurrent students.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

I constructed the syllabus, designed assessments and crafted lesson plans for first-year composition courses.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I covered the north metro, including Anoka County, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center. My beat involved writing spot news, enterprise, profiles and features on a wide range of topics. Local politics, neighborhood dilemmas, housing and shifting demographics were all fair game.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I covered metro news, including public safety, city hall and general assignment stories. I also contributed to the newsroom's Philando Castile coverage, from the rallies and marches in the days following his death to a Sunday story about the state's oldest black-owned funeral home that laid him to rest.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

I taught composition courses (ENGL 1033) that emphasized argument and analysis, which involved constructing a syllabus, crafting lesson plans and mapping out a course schedule.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• I reported for the city desk as a general assignment reporter, writing and pitching stories for the news, business and lifestyle sections. Here are some highlights:
• Wrote 12 front-page stories, including four Sunday centerpieces
• Contributed more than 50 deadline and non-deadline bylines and numerous section fronts
• Collaborated with photo and web staff on multiple enterprise projects, including a piece on Tulsa's aging levee system and profiles of residents whose lives and livelihood are in jeopardy

Writing Center

I worked with undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines on their writing. That means I coached both native speakers and non-native speakers through the writing process while also leading hour-long workshops on various composition subjects for English classes.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

I used investigative reporting skills to reexamine crimes of men and women imprisoned in Oklahoma. I followed legislative proposals related to criminal justice and the death penalty and also interviewed key figures in past cases (juries, family members, etc.). I documented and organized inmate correspondence.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Most of my junior and senior year unfolded in a basement-level student newsroom. As editor-in-chief, I managed a staff of 35, assigned stories and worked with writers throughout the reporting process. Here are a few.
• Wrote in-depth, news and feature stories as needed and received state, regional and national recognition for these articles
• Copy edited all content to ensure accuracy, brevity and correct style
• Directed website redesign during summer 2013

As an English major, I conducted literary research for English professor Kay Meyers, Ph.D. I worked as a Teaching Assistant in Literary Criticism (ENG 470), helped restructure the curriculum, lead discussions and taught literary theory, with an emphasis in Postmodern criticism

• Wrote articles for alumni magazine, which is currently distributed by Oral Roberts University to more than 20,000 alumni and sponsors worldwide

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Reported and wrote for the largest daily paper in Oklahoma (circulation 130,000)
• Covered the breaking news/crime beat
• Wrote five stories that ran on the front page of the print edition
• Wrote a story about the first woman to win the annual "Okie Noodling" event that became the top-viewed story online two days in a row, with more than 50,000 views.
• Won Best of the Month intern award out of 15-person class
• Focused on covering the metro area's Hispanic population, conducting interviews in Spanish. Wrote stories about Latino health, faith and education. Collaborated with a staff writer to investigate Spanish warning.

• Wrote investigative stories, in-depth news and extended features

Master Of Arts - Ma, English

Activities and Societies: Modernist Journals Project, a joint digital humanities project with Brown University; English Graduate Student.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature And Spanish

Activities and Societies: Sigma Tau Delta president, The Oracle (student newspaper), Honors Program Student Council, Spanish Club, Alpha.

Spanish Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: I completed a summer study abroad program at the University of Salamanca, taking courses in Spanish language.