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Marion, Ind.

I work for the Chronicle-Tribune, a daily community newspaper and website that has won the Hoosier State Press Association's highest honor (Blue Ribbon) more than any other daily publication• Cover county, city and town governments in Grant County, focusing on municipal finance and economic development at the county- and county seat-level• Report and write daily and weekender beat articles, including breaking news, enterprise and in-depth reporting; cover general assignments; take… Show more I work for the Chronicle-Tribune, a daily community newspaper and website that has won the Hoosier State Press Association's highest honor (Blue Ribbon) more than any other daily publication• Cover county, city and town governments in Grant County, focusing on municipal finance and economic development at the county- and county seat-level• Report and write daily and weekender beat articles, including breaking news, enterprise and in-depth reporting; cover general assignments; take photos• Post breaking news content to the CMS (Blox) Show less

Indianapolis, Ind.

Founded by veteran pharmaceutical industry scientists, B2S Consulting provides services to support various stages of drug research and development • Copy edit website content • Post content to the CMS (WordPress)

Various

NEWSROOM SEMINAR: December 2014• Hoosier State Press Association's annual statewide conference in Indianapolis, Ind.• Invited to co-present "Follow the Money: Things That Make You Go Hmm," a one-hour session during which I spoke about investigating municipal bondsMEDIATLANTA: March 2013• Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 (southeastern U.S.) annual conference for professional and college journalists• Accepted to present "Start the Story: Tracking Your… Show more NEWSROOM SEMINAR: December 2014• Hoosier State Press Association's annual statewide conference in Indianapolis, Ind.• Invited to co-present "Follow the Money: Things That Make You Go Hmm," a one-hour session during which I spoke about investigating municipal bondsMEDIATLANTA: March 2013• Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 (southeastern U.S.) annual conference for professional and college journalists• Accepted to present "Start the Story: Tracking Your Trustees," a two-hour, hands-on session that walked college journalists through the process of backgrounding their school's public officials and administratorsCMA NYC: March 2012• College Media Association's annual national collegiate journalism convention in Manhattan, attended by more than 1,200 students, advisers and professors in 2012• Accepted to present "Down and Dirty: A Crash Course in Backgrounding," a one-hour introductory session on the use of online public record databases for backgrounding. Show less

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Personal finance media company that produces an Emmy Award-winning TV series in syndication since 1990, provides content to national news outlets, and publishes a website averaging more than 1 million page views monthlyWRITER: December 2010 - present• Cover health, retail and consumer issues• Upload my articles directly into the CMS (WordPress)• Have written articles that were republished by national news websites (MSN.com, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Shopping, Reader's… Show more Personal finance media company that produces an Emmy Award-winning TV series in syndication since 1990, provides content to national news outlets, and publishes a website averaging more than 1 million page views monthlyWRITER: December 2010 - present• Cover health, retail and consumer issues• Upload my articles directly into the CMS (WordPress)• Have written articles that were republished by national news websites (MSN.com, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Shopping, Reader's Digest, Christian Science Monitor)COPY EDITOR: November 2010 - September 2011• Copy edited all articles (15 to 20 per week) Show less

Broward County, Fla.

A member of the nationwide Investigative News Network, the Broward Bulldog is an independent nonprofit investigative news service that provides local reporting in the public interest• Cover general news assignments and the governor-appointed Board of Commissioners of Broward Health, a $1.1-billion public health care system• Research, report, write and photograph investigative/hard news• Have written articles that were republished by top-50 newspapers (Orlando Sentinel… Show more A member of the nationwide Investigative News Network, the Broward Bulldog is an independent nonprofit investigative news service that provides local reporting in the public interest• Cover general news assignments and the governor-appointed Board of Commissioners of Broward Health, a $1.1-billion public health care system• Research, report, write and photograph investigative/hard news• Have written articles that were republished by top-50 newspapers (Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Show less

Deerfield Beach, Fla.

I interned for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning top-50 major metro daily newspaper and website• Covered the criminal and civil divisions of the 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, the state's third-largest circuit court, which serves Palm Beach County (population 1.3 million)• Reported and wrote breaking daily and beat-related enterprise articles; took courtroom photos for online articles• Posted my articles to the CMS (CCI NewsAccess and P2P)

Boca Raton, Fla.

I worked for the University Press, FAU's weekly student-run newspaper and website, which served 27,000 students and seven campuses during my tenureSENIOR REPORTER: January 2011 - May 2012• Special projects• Covered administration, including the state-appointed Board of TrusteesEDITOR-IN-CHIEF: May 2010 - January 2011• Oversaw a $70,000 budget and a staff of more than 20• Trained writers and editors• Ran editorial and staff meetingsMANAGING EDITOR: May… Show more I worked for the University Press, FAU's weekly student-run newspaper and website, which served 27,000 students and seven campuses during my tenureSENIOR REPORTER: January 2011 - May 2012• Special projects• Covered administration, including the state-appointed Board of TrusteesEDITOR-IN-CHIEF: May 2010 - January 2011• Oversaw a $70,000 budget and a staff of more than 20• Trained writers and editors• Ran editorial and staff meetingsMANAGING EDITOR: May 2009 - May 2010COPY DESK CHIEF: February 2009 - May 2009COPY EDITOR: December 2008 - February 2009 Show less

Pompano Beach, Fla.

Private practice headed by a quadruply board certified doctor serving internal medicine, cardiology and clinical pharmacology/toxicology patients• Clinical responsibilities included patient intake interviews, vitals, injections and EKGs• Clerical responsibilities included copy editing, creating forms, writing correspondence and patient handouts, and making medical insurance inquiries• Trained all new employees

B.A., Interdisciplinary/Spanish Studies

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