Video Producer/Congressional Quarterly
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Video Producer/Congressional Quarterly
Washington D.C. Metro Area
documentary storytelling, videography and editing, online hyper-local communities
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Videojournalist for CQ Politics.com Video, a mix of original documentary reporting, commentary, analysis and satire of the 2008 presidential campaign as well as the activities of the United States Congress.
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
April 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 8 months)
• Produced original multimedia content for AZStarNet.com, including videos, audio slide shows and flash graphics, including the award-winning series ‘Sealing Our Border: Why it Won’t Work’.
• Served as online editor for many news sub-sites, including 'border,' 'environment' and 'politics.' Duties included maintaining news subsections, coordinating cross-platform multimedia content, posting breaking news updates and editing comments and user-generated content.
• Tracked site metrics and promoted AZStarnet.com content through various feeds, blogs and search engines.
(Newspapers industry)
January 2004 — April 2004 (4 months)
As a participant in Medill’s Washington Seminar, I tracked the Oregon delegation, the U.S. House and Senate and government and non-governmental organizations. I localized national breaking news for residents of Central Oregon on such topics as forest fires, nanotechnology, environmental concerns, obesity, the federal budget and campaign finances.
(Newspapers industry)
September 2003 — December 2003 (4 months)
I wrote stories on pedophilia on the Czech-German border, the Czech Republic’s impending entrance into the European Union, and political happenings within the Parliament for the country’s largest English language paper.
(Media Production industry)
April 2003 — July 2003 (4 months)
Assisted staff of award-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Kurtis on production of several episodes of A&E’s Cold Case Files, a real-life crime scene investigator series. Responsibilities included: initial researcher for 4 shows; prep interviewed sources; secured b-roll material and props; and performed digital and analog editing and dubbing.
(Online Media industry)
April 2000 — March 2001 (1 year)
Oversaw an 11-person editorial team, programmed sports and news updates and wrote content summaries for St. Louis-based dot-com video site that averaged 3 million monthly page views.
MA , New Media Journalism (Medill) , 2002 — 2004
BA , English Lit , 1996 — 2000
videography, mountain biking, tennis, live music (attending, not performing)
Online News Association, Society of Professional Journalists, National Press Photographers Association
2007
- Finalist, EPpy Awards for best News Web site under 1 million, AZStarNet.com
- First place, Best of the West, Online Enterprise Reporting for 'Sealing Our Border: Why it Won't Work'
- First place, Inland Press Association Most Creative Use of Multimedia for ‘Sealing Our Border: Why it Won’t Work’
- First place, Arizona Associated Press Managing Editors New Writing and Photo Contest for Online Presentation, ‘Sealing our Border: Why it Won’t Work’
2006
- Employee of the Year, Arizona Daily Star
2005
- Finalist, EPpy Awards for Best Internet Community Service Effort under 1 million, Border Death Database
- First place, Arizona Press Club, Creative Use of Online for series ‘Smuggling Children’
- Employee of the Year, Arizona Daily Star
2004
- Harrington Award for journalistic promise and high scholastic achievement in new media, Medill School of Journalism