Multimedia Reporter
Lansing, Michigan Area
Multimedia Reporter
Lansing, Michigan Area
I'm currently a reporter with the Ionia Sentinel-Standard, a small daily paper, where I cover the education beat along with feature writing and some local city government. In addition, I take my own photos and do some typing.
In preparation for my career, I've gained experience working for both print and online publications, on publication schedules varying from daily to as-needed. I've taken on writing, editing, and production positions and have experience at nearly every step of the process.
Online, I'm developing skills at coding and learning flash, while investigating all the ways various social media such as Twitter and Facebook can benefit a news organization.
Governmental reporting, editing, AP style, photography, Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, and Fireworks, Web design, basic HTML and CSS, typing speed of 70 wpm, social media
(Newspapers industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
I am one of two full time reporters on staff at the daily Ionia Sentinel-Standard, circulation approx. 3100. As such, my reporting runs the gamut from city council and school board meetings to features articles.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — May 2009 (3 years 10 months)
I maintain the Albion College Alumni Web site, as well as all of its subsites, which include the Homecoming, Commencement, Little Sibs, and Family Day sites. Maintenence of these sites requires photo editing, writing content, and Web design.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
December 2008 — May 2009 (6 months)
I upload content from the print edition to the Pleiad Web site, as well as develop multimedia content. I'm responsible for maintaining the site's archives as well.
(Newspapers industry)
December 2008 — January 2009 (2 months)
Covering Marlette City Council meetings and doing freelance photography.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)
I was responsible for overseeing the content, design, and general direction of The Pleiad. In this position, I edited all of the content for each issue and was responsible for guiding five section editors and roughly six staff writers.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 1 month)
I wrote wrap stories on special guests to campus, as well as maintained a blog that was available on the Albion College News Web site.
(Newspapers industry)
May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)
I reported on the bi-monthy meetings of the Marlette City Council, and did some freelance photography for the annual special feature "24 Hours in Sanilac County."
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)
I redesigned and restructured The Pleiad's Web site to increase functionality and make it more asthetically pleasing.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)
I covered US Congressional hearings, with a focus on the Senate, gathered testimony from Congressional hearings, assisted with maintaining the GalleryWatch website, and created contact sheets.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
December 2007 — January 2008 (2 months)
I wrote stories for a number of sections, including news, features, community, business, and sports, using both telephone and in-person interviews, and, on occasion, I supplied the photographs for my stories.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)
I was responsible for creating the story and photo line-ups for the News page, editing all content for the News page, laying out the News page, and writing articles, with an emphasis on administration.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
I wrote articles for the News page, with a focus on the Student Senate and administration beat. While in this position, I won two Michigan Press Association College awards: first place for an investigative article in a Division II paper, and second place for a column in a Division II paper.
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)
I assisted Dr. Andrew Schlewitz with his research on the link between religion and government during the Cold War by reading and summarizing declassified government documents from the Eisenhower library, and cataloguing them in EndNote.
BA , English, Political Science, Journalism, Public Policy , 2005 — 2009
Graduated cum laude, Distinguished Albion Scholars Program participant, won the Roxanna Sayre Endowed Scholarship for Environmental Journalism in 2007, multiple semesters on the Dean's List
2008 — 2008
I attended Georgetown for the Spring 2008 semester as a part of The Fund for American Studies Capital Semester on Political Journalism. While there I took Economics and Public Policy Problems, Theories of Constitutional Interpretation, and a Political Journalism Seminar, in addition to completing an internship at GalleryWatch.
I was put on the Dean's List for my semester at Georgetown.