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• Covering business, finance, area developments, sustainability and more
• Writing news and enterprise stories
• Conducting in-person and phone interviews and attending meetings, events and project sites

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Provided clients impact through journalistic, content marketing and copywriting services in various industries such as horticulture, engineering, retail and higher education
• Offered insight into developments in business and science via short- and long-form articles and blogs
• Researched topics and scheduled and conducted interviews

• Reported, wrote and edited feature and hard news business stories and individual and company profiles, ranging from news briefs to 3,000-plus-word features
• Helped determine which editorial content and print and digital designs were included in magazine issues
• Provided programming for educational sessions for the annual Cannabis Conference and promoted the show
• Assigned and edited freelance contributions
• Provided client leads to the sales department
• Created in-story links, adjusted headlines and SEO paths for search optimization, created and adjusted keywords, and resized and published images

• Reported, wrote and edited features, profiles and hard news stories about hemp and hemp businesses, exploring cannabinoid, grain and fiber uses of the plant
• Reported on federal regulations and guidance in the cannabinoid space
• Created educational sessions for Cannabis Conference 2021
• Moderated a session with two cultivators at the 2021 conference in Las Vegas, introduced other speakers, and assisted staff and attendees on-site
• Compiled nationwide hemp cultivation statistics
• Worked with editorial, design and production departments to produce content for print magazines and ensure timely send-offs of magazine issues to printing presses

Valley View, Ohio

• Reported and wrote one cover story for CBT, HG, and CD, as well as multiple in-depth features for both print and digital
• Wrote multiple web-exclusive stories every month and often multiple web stories per week
• Worked with editorial, design and production departments to produce content for print magazines and ensure timely send-offs of magazine issues to printing presses
• Worked with communications and public relations specialists, managers and executives on a variety of print and digital editorial and custom projects
• Reported on drug war harms on marginalized individuals and communities, and actions and proposals for social justice and equity; and how public and private sectors responded and adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I covered ornamental horticulture in greenhouses and specialty produce growing in greenhouses and vertical farms. I regularly worked with freelance contributors, including journalists and academics. I worked on various client projects, including sponsored e-newsletters and print articles. The editorial and sponsored projects covered pest and disease.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I pitched, wrote and edited print and online content. Some projects were editorially driven, while others were sponsored. Most editorial content was published in print and online, while the sponsored content took various forms. Projects such as e-newsletters involved working with various departments. I wrote cover stories on family businesses, cannabis.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I pitched and wrote editorial content for print and online about effective cultural and chemical practices for managing turf systems, as well as business management in the horticulture and pest control industries.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I worked with GIE's Golf Course Industry and SNOW publications, drafting and sending pitches, conducting interviews, writing and editing stories for print and online and sharing content on social media. Projects included both editorial and sponsored content.

Cleveland, Ohio

I created content for local consumer media such as Cleveland Magazine, as well as for business-to-business publications and websites in the horticulture industry.

North Canton, Ohio

As a member of the reset crew, I prepared the lodge for events such as brunches, business meetings, holiday buffets and weddings. I also served and cooked for events.

Lorain, Ohio, United States

• Covered beats, breaking news/police blotters and events via in-person and phone interviews
• Beats included city reporting for Avon, Avon Lake, Sheffield Lake and Sheffield Village; and court reporting in Lorain County with primary coverage of criminal and civil cases in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas

Kent, Ohio

I directed a staff of more than 60 people that included editors, writers, photographers, multimedia specialists, designers and promotions staff, and ensured that print and digital content was suitable for publication.

Kent, Ohio

I edited stories for writers and bloggers, reported and wrote stories of my own and provided additional input where needed.

Cleveland, Ohio

I wrote stories for Cleveland Magazine, its blog and its sister publications at Great Lakes Publishing. I also fact-checked for editors and writers and participated in brainstorming meetings.

Kent, Ohio

I wrote about designers.in.service, a student initiative dedicated to volunteerism in the design field, as well as Alternative Spring Break volunteer options available through Kent State's Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement.I also talked to sleep-deprived students and explored whether sleep is a help or hindrance to college success.

Kent, Ohio

In my weekly blogs, I wrote about music, focusing on the intricacies of lyrics and instrumentation in albums and at concerts, while also touching on methods of distribution and the role of music in a social context.

Kent, Ohio

I wrote feature stories about people and events at Kent State and in the city of Kent as well as a few op-ed pieces.

Kent, Ohio

I reported on issues that affected Kent State students outside of the classroom.

Bachelor Degree, Journalism & Mass Communication, 3.9 Cumulative

Activities and Societies: Natonal Society of Collegiate Scholars; Kappa Tau Alpha, the National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass.

High School Diploma

Writer for the school newspaper