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Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

- Analyzed impact of residential development on public schools in Hillsborough County to support school site planning.-Coordinated monthly School Board Transportation and Circulation Committee with City of Tampa and Hillsborough County government representatives to review transportation issues near or within campuses and generate solutions.- Facilitated public meetings with communities impacted by school expansions, new school construction, and school boundary changes.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Contributed research, technical analysis, and public engagement to a variety of projects. Projects included Lowcountry Rapid Transit station area planning in Charleston, S.C., the Vision Zero Hillsborough (FL) Action Plan, and the U.S. EPA’s Healthy Places for Healthy People technical assistance program.

Tampa

Graduate assistantship with USF Student Affairs Communications & Marketing while earning my Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning. Coordinated online communications for the USF Student Green Energy Fund, which implemented student- and faculty-led sustainability projects across campus. Built websites through the university content management system (CMS) and trained staff in the use of the CMS.

Tampa, Fla.

Produced and edited stories for abcactionnews.com and the station’s mobile app. Managed and produced Action News Now, the station’s digital news channel. Reached audience for stories through social media. Reported from the Broward County debate between former Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, creating videos and stories that were published across the E.W. Scripps Company’s Florida properties. Created original video stories for the station's website and social media accounts. Produced The Plank, the station's online sports show dedicated to the Buccaneers.

Lakeland, Florida Area

Developed enterprise and long-term reporting projects. Responded to breaking news and contributed daily stories on a range of beats. Covered the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Lakeland, Fla.

Covered the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in each of the county’s incorporated towns. Balanced breaking news with in-depth reporting that leveraged my knowledge of public records.

Houma, Louisiana

Covered education and crime in Terrebonne Parish, La., for The Courier and The Daily Comet, its sister paper in Thibodaux, La. Produced videos and covered breaking news online. Coverage included the 2008 hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

Master Of Urban And Regional Planning, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: Student Planning Organization, APA Sun Coast Chapter MAPS program

Web Development

Earned certificate in web development. Skills gained included fundamentals of Python scripting, web development with HTML and CSS.

Bachelors, English

Activities and Societies: The Oracle student newspaper, The Hemingway Society, Thread student literary magazine

The Poynter Institute Reporters Academy

Week-long seminar for journalists that included classes on using documents and data to report stories, organizing projects, building.

Poynter Institute Fellowship For Young Journalists, Journalism

This six-week fellowship is a boot camp for young journalists that focuses on writing and multimedia skills. Worked with a team to cover.