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Statesville, North Carolina

Statesville, North Carolina

Assist with organization and PR for a nonprofit dedicated to raising funds to assist cancer-stricken families spiritually and financially.

Statesville, North Carolina

Provided print and digital content (articles, photo and video) for a daily newspaper's social media accounts and website that drew over 26 million views in 2017.Covered feature, government, business, community, health and agricultural beats.Built and maintained relationships with community leaders and sources.

Cherryville, North Carolina

- Addressed the concerns of location managers and executives for accounts like Amazon, Linde, FedEx and UNFI. - Managed compliance with federal, state and provincial laws. Examples: California’s BIT and VIN# registration, Ontario’s PMCVI and TDG licensing and federal regulations from departments like MSHA and the FHWA. - Audited and negotiated cost reductions for customer invoices. - Tracked preventative maintenance, warranty and event histories and archived associated paperwork.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

- Managed a staff of 40+, following a successful effort to increase community engagement and recruit new staff. From 2014 to 2016, the paper’s staff increased fourfold. Together, we built a network of media professionals that endures past graduation. - Led pitch meetings and assisted/assigned copyediting, social media, photography and advertising/budget requests.- Acted as the newspaper's community liaison, especially with campus administration. - Managed the newspaper’s Wordpress site at http://thebluebanner.net. - Revamped the Banner’s opinion section to give voice to student concerns, providing a platform for—without censorship of—all sides of topics that ranged from diversity, mental health, finances, campus living, politics and community engagement. - Expanded the newspaper’s online presence (social media, SEO and online-exclusive content) and its physical distribution in the greater Asheville area. - Redesigned the newspaper’s publishing process, streamlining deadlines to allow increased time for editorial review and layout design.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

- Wrote news stories derived from university and state data, as well as human interest pieces on socially-sensitive topics, while navigating an increasingly information-restricting environment. - Managed news writers and assisted with their assignments and interviews. - Reviewed contributor submissions to the news section and assisted with copyediting for other sections. - Finalized section layout and uploaded news stories and multimedia elements to the newspaper’s website.

Cherryville, North Carolina

- Provided Twitter coverage of technology expos like E3 and EVE Fanfest. - Interviewed developers of popular games like Wizards 101 and Fallen Earth. - Formatted articles for online publishing and SEO and gained experience reviewing products under pre-release nondisclosure agreements.

Mass Communication, Mass Communication/Media Studies, 3.78

Activities and Societies: Contributed to and eventually joined the campus' newspaper, participated in my dorm's hall council and regularly.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Helped select and edit content for the campus' literary magazine. Transferred to UNC Asheville before completion.