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Chicago, Illinois, United States

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Landed a summer internship and remained on staff of a local news source serving the citizens of Chatham County, North Carolina.• Write a weekly sports column (35 to date) featuring human interest stories about athletes from the local area in North Carolina.• Manage social media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; increased daily social media content.

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Facilitate consultations with University of Missouri - Columbia students about ways to engage with opportunities on campus.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Write articles on University of Missouri Athletics for print and digital editions of Kansas City’s dominant news source.• Edit nightly sports stories and publish to website; design, organize and plan the Morning Sports online newspaper.• Help produce daily online content.

Greater Columbia, Missouri Area

Covered University of Missouri and Columbia College athletics for Columbia’s local newspaper.• Provided coverage of Columbia College athletics and University of Missouri Wrestling and Spring Football (Jan. to Mar. 2020)• Contributed 160 bylines, including three special section covers, features, breaking news, and individual game stories during the 2020 University of Missouri Football season; served as co-host of “Tiger Kickoff: The Podcast” weekly throughout the season.• Served as Teaching Assistant for the University of Missouri School of Journalism Social Media Strategies course and oversaw social media for the Columbia Missourian on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. (Winter Semester 2022)• Helped produce the sports section of the morning paper print edition and online paper. (May to Jul 2022)• Won Hearst Foundation Journalism Award for Sports Writing (#6 out of 123 in the U.S.). (2021)• Awarded third place in Missouri Press Association’s Best Story about History Category. (Sep. 2021)

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Provided coverage of Missouri Tigers Football during the 2021 season for St. Louis’ No. 1 site for news, sports, and entertainment.• Wrote two weekly articles primarily focused on athlete profiles, previews, and game analysis.

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Covered Missouri Tigers Football during the 2019 season for the student news source of the University of Missouri.• Pitched story ideas for daily online, weekly newsletter, and monthly print to the editorial staff and provided game coverage.

Clayton, Missouri, United States

Gained valuable experience during three summers working at a law firm specializing in criminal, traffic, and personal injury law.• Provided assistance in day-to-day office operations, scheduling, greeting clients, filing, reviewing cases, and writing briefs.