Mikaela Rodenbaugh Email & Phone Number

Fort Collins, CO, US

Remote

Providing strategic advice to newsroom leaders and executives, consulting, and executing projects to help our newsrooms meet their goals. Developing trust with newsroom partners to understand their goals, worries, and hopes, while tactfully addressing their weaknesses and triaging their needs. The News Revenue Hub works together to take newsrooms’ complex.

Columbia, Missouri, United States

Teaching Applied Projects in Journalism and Strategic Communication and facilitating a once-weekly Freshman Interest Group (FIG) for Journalism Innovation at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Columbia, Missouri, United States

• I was an editor and regular contributor for Innovation in Focus: an industry-facing publicationcreating resources for newsrooms to be more innovative. I’m was also a project manager; Icoordinated various innovative.
• Experimenting with new tech, tools and methods of storytelling for newsrooms anddocumenting the process for Innovation in Focus
• Mentoring student innovation staffers in project management skills and design… Show more I was an editor and regular contributor for Innovation in Focus: an industry-facing publicationcreating resources for newsrooms.
• Mentoring student innovation staffers in project management skills and design thinking
• Cultivating partnerships with professional newsrooms and student journalists at TheMissourian, KBIA, KOMU, Missouri Business Alert and Vox Magazine
• Teaching at the Missouri School of Journalism Show less

• I created and managed the development of Pass the Mic, a database of sources fromunderrepresented communities including people of color, LGBTQ+, women, nonbinary folks andpeople with disabilities. Pass the Mic was.
• Tracked and directed key development sprints with my product roadmap
• Generated financial reports for Gannett and Google News Initiative accounting
• Conducted source auditing efforts at The Democrat & Chronicle and The… Show more I created and managed the development of Pass the Mic, a database of sources fromunderrepresented communities including people of color.
• Conducted source auditing efforts at The Democrat & Chronicle and The Tennessean
• Developed partnerships with American Press Institute and internal stakeholders

Austin, Texas Area

• Serving local journalists and reimagining the future of news using data analysis and audience research for de//space, the innovation lab for Gannett (formerly GateHouse Media).
• Conducted user research to inform UI/UX for Google News Initiative-funded project,Bytecast (audio recording app for USA Today Network)
• Helped analyze, maintain and create data dashboards and visualizations for featuresprojects and internal-facing projects across the network (example: USA… Show more Serving local journalists and reimagining the future.
• Helped analyze, maintain and create data dashboards and visualizations for featuresprojects and internal-facing projects across the network (example: USA Today'sinteractive county comparison graphic on the 'Deadly.
• Assisted with audience engagement initiatives and strategy work for GateHouse Media(merged with Gannett) to create dashboards using Google Analytics data, such as aninternal-facing interactive map of audiences at our.

Journalism And Media Communication Department, Fort Collins, CO

Lead two, two-hour long lab sections (twice weekly) of 15 students each, teaching lab concepts to students and answering student questions about digital journalism. Assist with lecture period twice weekly prior to lab sections, keeping track of student participation in the overall, 30 student lecture hall. Grade most of the assigned materials for the.

Journalism And Media Communication Department, Fort Collins, CO

Oversaw the instructing of a weekly recitation session, planned lectures for that weekly period and completed grading for most assignments in JTC 300. Managed and was responsible for 2 sections of 25 students or for 3 semesters at CSU.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

As Digital Production Manager I oversaw the Collegian's digital team of Webmaster, Video Production Manager, and Social Media Manager and work with other divisions of the Collegian to ensure the best possible digital content for the paper is featured online at collegian.com.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

As Managing Editor for the Collegian I am responsible for managing the different publication desks and reporters, planning the layout of the daily Collegian newspapers, making decisions about the publication as part of the editorial board, final copy editing and approval of layout before we go to press each night.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

As Webmaster for the Collegian, I am responsible for the day to day upkeep of the website, as well as the analytics of traffic to our site. I am involved in HTML coding for the WordPress backend, as well as making sure that each day the Collegian website provides acurate, eye catching content that attracts readership for Rocky Mountain Student Media.

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Wrote articles for the Events and Entertainment beat
• Gained experience with breaking news and business reporting
• Took video and photography on the scene to accompany reporting

Journalism And Media Communication Department, Fort Collins, CO

Helped students with questions or concerns about course material twice weekly in two lab sections. Assisted graduate instructor, Mike Humphrey, with lessons and labs for each section. Edited weekly student assignments published with our hyper-local partner publication, "Beyond the Oval."

Journalism And Media Communication Department, Fort Collins, CO

Developed quiz material on weekly current events and leading news headlines from "The New York Times." Graded subsequent current events quizzes for a section of about 50 students to assist Dr. Patrick Plaisance.

Graduate Certificate - Nonprofit Management, Public Affairs

This certificate teaches students how to meet more rigorous expectations for oversight and accountability, financial management and.

Master Of Science - Ms, Public Communication And Technology

Activities and Societies: Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism And Media Communications/English

Activities and Societies: Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation