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Salem, Or, Us

Salem, Or, Us

Salem, Oregon, United States

Manage, edit and plan stories for a team of reporters covering breaking news, features, business, dining, outdoors, high school sports and University of Oregon athletics. Manage interns for outdoors and sports. Edit other reporters as needed.Collaborate with the executive editor in planning the daily news report and curate local, regional and national wire for digital and print.Proofread and sign off on A1 for both daily newspapers, including Sunday, and manage budgets for metro, business, features and sports.Assist in strategy for growing audience and digital subscribers in a competitive news environment.Lead live update files for breaking news, such as an urban wildfire that broke out in the woods in south Salem and led to more the 150,000 reader pageviews; Northwest life events like the solar eclipse in October with reporters and photographers at events in Salem, Eugene and Crater Lake; and Oregon football game day updates.Work with reporters on enterprise stories like how Salem Police’s diversity efforts are improving but the agency still does not reflect the city it serves; why downtown Salem has potential to be great but lacks a unified vision; and how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spending billions to save an iconic fish and keep dams using a “fish taxi.”Lead journalism skills workshops on topics like self-editing, prewriting and story ideas.

Astoria, Oregon

Collaborate with the editor to guide news and feature content for The Astorian. Assist in copy editing A1 stories, curating local, regional and national wire stories, coordinating B-section feature content and collaborate with the editor and designer on the newspaper’s layout. Report stories as need.Manage the editors of Coast Weekend, an arts and culture weekly, and the Seaside Signal, which cover south Clatsop County. Advise editors on story selection, editing and design. Serve as backup for both editors and the editor of The Astorian. Manage the summer University of Oregon Snowden intern.Serve as lead editor of Our Coast magazine, a yearly lifestyle magazine, covering the north Oregon and southwest Washington state coasts. Assign and edit articles, work with the staff photographer and designer on the magazine’s layout. Edit Coast River Business Journal and manage a reporter for the monthly publication focused on business enterprise stories.Produce special sections like the award-winning “Hunker/Rise/Surge: Coronavirus 2020,” an awarding-winning special section that documented how the North Coast responded to the pandemic, and “Gritty to Pretty: Astoria’s Transformative Decade,” a multimedia exploration of the North Coast’s changes. Manage and produce newsletters for The Astorian and social media.

Astoria, Oregon

• Lead arts and entertainment coverage for Coast Weekend, an arts and entertainment weekly inserted in The Astorian and Chinook Observer newspapers.• Manage freelance writers, assign, edit and write features and news briefs, edit the weekly music and event calendars• Collaborate with a team of designers on the weekly 24-page print publication and work closely with The Astorian’s editor, publisher, advertising and prepress teams• Manage social media accounts, Coast Weekend's website and fulfill all administrative duties • Coordinate, assign, edit and write copy for special sections and mentor the summer University of Oregon Snowden intern• Lead Weekend Break, a Saturday B-section in The Astorian and manage a team of freelance writers• Lead all editorial decisions for Our Coast Magazine, a yearly lifestyle magazine published by The Astorian. Duties include assigning and editing articles, working with design and advertising as well as with the photographer on photos and videos in addition to overseeing all digital content.

Astoria, Oregon

Report and write arts and culture features for Coast Weekend, The Daily Astorian’s weekly arts section.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Pitched and reported features, profiles and previews for the newspaper's coverage of Spoleto Festival USA. I covered chamber, orchestral, opera and choral music. I also managed the newspaper's Charleston Scene Twitter account coverage of the festival.

Syracuse, New York Area

Led review sessions, proctored exams, graded exams and quizzes, answered student questions during office hours.

Greater New York City Area

-Researched and reported a 3,000-word feature story on how places influences summer music festivals across the U.S. for the spring issue of the magazine. I also gathered photos from each festival and wrote captions.-Wrote news briefs for Symphony’s website, The Hub, and The Score section of the magazine-Wrote the quarterly Musical Chairs list of administrative and orchestral leadership changes in the spring and summer issues of Symphony.-Copy edited, proofread and fact checked news briefs and full length features-Wrote headlines for the magazine and website-Worked with orchestra PR reps for photo requests-Indexed the Winter issue of the magazine

Mcminnville, Oregon

Edited and fact checked student papers for AP and APA Style.

Linfield College

-Oversaw staff as acting Editor-in-Chief from February-May 2017 after previous editor resigned -Assisted Editor-in-Chief in all decisions related to the production of the online and print publications as well as managing section editors and staff writers in addition to reporting on breaking news, editing stories and assigning photographers to cover events

Linfield College

-Managed a staff of 25 students, coordinated the print and online publications, collaborated with section editors to create story ideas, led weekly meetings, articulated newsroom vision and handled all breaking news stories -Edited stories, assigned photographers to cover events, managed social media accounts and handled all financial and administrative duties related to the newspaper -Previously worked as News and Opinion editors during my sophomore and freshman years

Co-taught a first year writing class with professor of English Dr. Barbara Kitt Seidman. Duties included leading class discussions on literary texts the students were reading, meeting with students in the class one on one to edit and identify ways for them to improve their writing as well as assisting them in developing their research and close reading skills.

Portland, Oregon Area

-Worked with hosts April Baer and Aaron Scott to produce content for OPB’s weekly arts show, State of Wonder.-Wrote copy for each show’s script and segment article as well as web articles for reported audio stories, pitched and reported stories, conducted follow up interviews-Edited audio using Adobe Audition, transcribed interviews, conducted background research, shot photos, edited and created photo slideshows as well as selected music for each week’s show.

As a peer advisor, I co-taught a group of 16 new students with a faculty member from the English department. Duties included helping students register for fall courses during the summer as well as helping them register for January and Spring Semester classes. During the class, I taught students time management and strategic planning for their time in college as well as facilitated discussions. I also worked to engage students in activities and resources offered on campus.

Portland, Oregon

As an intern at All Classical, I worked closely with the station’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Assistant to complete a variety of projects and daily tasks. I came up with story ideas and wrote for the station’s blog, answered listener comments and questions daily, and helped coordinate listener email lists for the station’s programs as well as for its community engagement events. I also assisted in creating and editing audio promos for The Score, a nationally syndicated program. Additionally, I managed its website, social media pages, and updated its station carriage list. I also assisted in audio editing with the station’s music director and managed the station’s Nielsen research and statistics data.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Arts Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English And Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: The Linfield Review, Varsity Swimming, Chamber Ensemble, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society.

High School