Web development, content strategy and social media initiatives

Teach one section of J2100 News Writing, a required writing-intensive course for new Mizzou journalism students.

I worked with a talented team of account strategists, publication specialists, writers, and editors to create captivating content for clients. Influence & Co. specializes in helping business leaders create and distribute content that shows their expertise and educates and engages their target audience. Influence & Co. is not a link-building company, and the articles it helps clients produce are not intended to be promotional. Instead, the content marketing is focused on helping clients establish themselves as experts in their fields.

I worked with the Tribune's reporting staff to develop news stories for the print publication and columbiatribune.com. I edited local news stories and posted content to the website. In addition, I helped manage the website and moderate online comments.

I wrote, assigned and edited business stories for the Tribune's daily print publication and for the award-winning Saturday Business section. I also worked with local business professionals who generated contributed content for the Saturday Business opinion page.

I began at the Observer as a military reporter and covered the 82nd Airborne Division, Special Forces and other units at Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base. I traveled to Iraq in 2004 with the N.C. National Guard. Later, I worked on the city desk assigning and editing stories and after that I was a supervisor on the copy desk.

I worked on computer-assisted reporting projects and wrote a variety of daily stories for the Miami Herald and its zoned editions.

I began covering city government for the Tribune immediately after graduating from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Later, I covered the crime and courts beat, covering breaking news and the criminal justice system.