I am responsible for pursuing weekly writing assignments and generating new story ideas regularly. In addition to writing, I also take my own photos and design my own graphics. At this position I layout pages weekly and design pages including hard news and features. During production days I serve as a copy editor as well, mainly checking for AP Style, design and content.

During my short time at this daily newspaper I served as the chief copy editor. I also wrote the wedding and engagement announcements while helping with the obituaries. As chief copy editor I critiqued the content of the staff writers and made corrections for AP Style, grammar and sentence structure.

As News Editor for The Murray State News I was responsible for putting together our weekly budget as well as maintaining a budget of "Evergreen" stories that could be used as enterprise pieces or during "slow news weeks." At The Murray State News, I facilitated weekly meetings with my new writing team of about 15 writers, all of which ranged from freshmen to seniors. To help improve the quality of our content, I also conducted weekly "writing coaches" with my writers. This was one-on-one tutoring I provided to help them better understand news writing style, AP style and general grammar. Finally, at The Murray State News I also participated in production and was tasked with designing pages for the news paper.

As an intern for The Fort Campbell Courier, my editors generously eased me into the process by assigning me stories as well as pages to design. I also learned how to be a better photographer and began learning how to design graphics for stories that weren't very photogenic. While interning I was able to work with seasoned journalists who mentored me and helped me hone my skills with InDesign, PhotoShop and Bridge.

My first job was at Subway, I began there at 16 as a "Sandwich Artist." Within a year I was promoted to a shift leader and began opening the store, which required me to take care of the cash register and begin the preparations for the day. As my Subway career progressed I gained trust with my boss and was promoted to weekend shift leader at 18. Although I shouldered the additional stress of being in leadership, I also coped with the struggles of working in a "fast food" environment. I was responsible for working with coworkers to keep the store stocked with fresh bread and other ingredients. We also kept the store clean and performed regular maintenance.