...resume
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Experience
Robinson Daily News
The 6,100-circulation daily newspaper in Robinson, Ill.
May 2009 to present General reporter
Wrote general news stories and feature articles; regularly covered school board and city council meetings; took photos; edited copy; designed news pages; covered the police and court beats; updated the website and added multimedia content.
The Marengo-Union View / Marengo Printing
The 11,000-circulation monthly newspaper in Marengo, Ill.
Summer 2008 Reporter and graphic designer
Wrote and edited stories; took pictures and designed ads for the
Marengo-Union View; designed business cards, signs, fliers and various other projects.
The Daily Eastern News
The 9,000-circulation newspaper at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill.
2008-2009 Online editor
Recorded and edited audio and video; posted multimedia content; took photos; budgeted Web content; posted articles and inserted links and launched the Web version of the Daily Eastern News.
2007 Opinions page editor
Budgeted the week’s editorials; wrote three editorials per week; edited and designed the opinions page daily.
2007 Online reporter
Prepared multimedia stories for the Daily Eastern News online edition; took pictures, produced slideshows and edited audio for podcasts.
2006 Copy editor and page designer
Copy edited and proofread pages before they went to print; designed news pages three nights a week.
2005 Staff reporter
Handled news coverage in the city of Charleston, as well as on campus, that focused on subjects like education and health.
Awards
- April 2010 Southern Illinois Editorial Association second place award for feature writing
- April 2010 Illinois Press Association honorable mention for feature writing
- 2009 Associated College Press Pacemaker Award for online journalism on the Daily Eastern News Web site, Dennews.com
- 2008 Illinois College Press Association third place for online publication in the open category for excellence in Illinois college newspapers
- 2008 Benjamin Weir-Eugene Waffle Scholarship for significant contributions to student publications
Education
May 2009 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Eastern Illinois University