Work with faculty and staff to prepare grant materials for submission.Edit grant narratives and other materials as needed.

Work in the University Advancement department to ensure donors are properly communicated with and acknowledged.Compile reports on scholarship and major gifts.Complete acknowledgements for all levels of gifts.Organize events and receptions for donors.

Taught Fundamentals of News Reporting course.

• Write between five and seven stories each week on topics including local government and business news along with feature stories including profile pieces for weekly newspapers The Herald (2012-2015), Sewickley Herald (2015) and Penn-Trafford Star (2015-present), with an average circulation of 8,800.• Create files in Trib Total Media’s content management system for myself and other reporters so stories can be properly placed in the correct newspaper.• Copy edit stories to ensure they are factually accurate and use correct form of AP Style.• Compete with larger, daily newspapers to provide information and community news to audience.• Meet both the weekly newspaper deadlines and the daily deadlines for Trib Total Media’s daily newspapers.• Ensure that print newspaper has new and unique content that cannot be found online or in other publications.• Attend government meetings in evenings and on weekends as needed.• Coordinate with freelance and staff photographers to ensure enough photos are available for each issue.

• Assisted with a change in layout to Kiski Valley News, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of about 1,000.• Write up to five stories each week on activities and news in the Kiski Valley region, including the Vandergrift, Leechburg and Apollo communities.• Paginate 12 pages each week using Quark XPress software.• Coordinate with a staff of four freelance writers and photographers to ensure stories and photographers are submitted on time.• Copy edit stories to ensure they are factually accurate and use the correct form of AP Style.• Assist and fill in for other editors as needed.

• Write between five and seven stories each week for Murrysville Star, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 11,373.• Attend government meetings and report on local news and activities.• Compete with other weekly and daily newspapers to provide breaking news and information.• Began the Murrysville Star’s Facebook page and updated as needed and wrote blog entries for the Murrysville Star’s website (yourmurrysville.com).