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...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

Education    
     May 2009 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Eastern Illinois University