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Illinois, United States

• Post news stories and new products several times a week
• Transitioned the brand from being independent to a microsite of BNP Media's ACHR NEWS
• Manage production of the American Boiler Manufacturer Association's magazine, Today's Boiler

Illinois, United States

• Transitioned SNIPS from an independent brand within BNP Media to become a new, free tier of content on the achrnews.com paywalled website in Jan. 2023
• Write and edit content for the SNIPS special section in the ACHR News newspaper for 12 print issues a year
• Deploy a newsletter twice a month with fresh content focusing on sheet metal manufacturing
• Ideate story ideas and assign them to a team of three freelancers to meet quota of posting two features a week, writing and filming additional features myself to fill the month
• Act as a figurehead for the 80-year-old brand, ensuring innovations, growth and leadership in the industry gain recognition through campaigns like the industry icon series and the sheet metal fabrication contractor of.

Illinois, United States

• Aggregate press releases and write content for a startup brand associated with BNP Media's environmental engineering trade show, RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit
• Build out content partnerships within the industry while growing an audience from square one

Mattoon, Illinois, United States

• Oversee two full-time managers, coordinate maintenance, comply with regulations, design and price menus

Illinois, United States

• Came on after print was discontinued, producing two monthly eMagazines before BNP Media made the decision to end publication entirely in July
• Engaged with an audience of land surveyors and geospatial professionals through POB's social channels
• Posted new content to the site until pobonline.com went offline in January 2022

Illinois, United States

• Produced multimedia content for The National Provisioner, Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, Quality Magazine and Refrigerated and Frozen Foods
• Located AfterEffects templates and free-use audio for video intros
• Trained editors to do their own videos

Illinois, United States

• Wrote two stories a week for an audience of Illinois farmers
• Emphasized previously underreported conservation coverage, referencing the term "climate change" for the first time in the 182-year-old publication's modern history
• Wrote over 100 brief summaries of new products, including price points, photos and several dozen videos
• Captured and generated media to accompany stories, emphasizing slideshows and maps to improve website performance
• Wrote three of the twelve most read stories on FarmProgress.com in 2019 and wrote eight of the 12 most read in 2020 on PrairieFarmer.com

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Served as Northwestern University correspondent for the Planet Forward media initiative before graduating in June 2018

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Filmed and produced science highlight videos for Blue Waters and XSEDE projects
• Wrote press releases focusing on how hardware and software push science forward
• Made media elements like pullquotes and gifs for social media posts
• Pitched directly to media

Urbana, Illinois, United States

• Researched and designed graphics for news stories and the 21st talk show Twitter feed
• Conducted pre-interviews and wrote interview questions for 21st segments
• Recorded and produced scene-setting audio shorts with an emphasis on natural sound

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Wrote press releases for high profile physical science studies
• Worked with researchers to make stories comprehensive

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Wrote posts and shared stories relevant to the scope of the science journal
• Wrote and produced podcasts for Global Change Biology's sister journal, GCB-Bioenergy
• Assisted in creating content for the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency project

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Coordinated AARP’s yearly tech guide, researching and requesting devices that wouldbe of interest to the 50+ community
• Wrote short stories and service-themed sidebars for the June, October and December2015 issues, concentrating on technology and health
• Since the internship’s end, they’ve hired me for two research contracts

Champaign, Illinois

• Directed coverage for each department, ensuring important and breaking events were covered in a timely fashion
• Determined the art of the publication and story hierarchy
• Stood in for various editing positions including: assignment editor, design editor and copy chief

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Wrote 1-2 stories a week, relying on bi-weekly meetings with sources for story ideas

Champaign, Illinois

• Oversaw a group of about 10 reporters and directed them to write 1-2 stories a week
• Budgeted for the the paper's daily content and fielded story ideas to my reporters
• Helped reporters flesh out possible sources and graphic elements
• Edited stories and posted them at the end of every night of production

Champaign, Illinois

• Concentrated on unions, research and technology in writing 1-2 stories a week
• Stood in for beat reporters when there were scheduling conflicts
• Designed pages once a week

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), News-Editorial Journalism

Master Of Science In Journalism - Msj, Science And Environment Specialization

Education record

Activities and Societies: Chess team, Tennis team, Gaming Club, National Honors Society, and the MHS Mirror.