Katie Rogers

Current

• Social media manager/intern at Mike Smith Public Affairs

Past

• Education and Multimedia Reporter at The Elkhart Truth Newspaper
• Reporting Intern at The Elkhart Truth
• Freelance Writer at The Chicago Tribune

• Intern at Black Spring Press

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Education

• Loyola University of Chicago
• MSJ, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University Dec 2009

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Katie Rogers’s Summary

I'm a Medill student, social media manager, and freelance journalist. Although I plan to make my life back home in the Chicago area, I'm currently a Midwestern transplant working out of Washington, DC.

Katie Rogers’s Specialties:

I am a new-multi-social media junkie. I think it's just an advantage of being part of the first generation to really grow up with the Internet.

Katie Rogers’s Experience

• Social media manager/intern

  Mike Smith Public Affairs

  (Online Media industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Blogs and tweets and other things, oh my.

• Education and Multimedia Reporter

  The Elkhart Truth Newspaper

  (Newspapers industry)

  May 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 8 months)

  Print Responsibilities:
  Oversaw education coverage in a county serving 36,000 students in seven public school systems
  Helped lead an award-winning series on immigration; ; received first place in Community Reporting from the Hoosier State Press Association, Dec. 2008
  Pitched stories and planned long-term projects for the newsroom
  Spearheaded breast cancer awareness project, May 2008
  Multimedia Responsibilities:
  Regularly coordinated photo assignments and Web video projects to coincide with print coverage -- shot and edited digital video and photos
  Planned 2008 election coverage for The Elkhart Truth and supplemented print stories with "live blogging" debate coverage, the first project of its kind for the paper
  Pioneered Twitter and podcast production for The Elkhart Truth
  Integrated Web 2.0 tools into storytelling on a regular basis, i.e. using Twitter to boost coverage of the 2008 election
  Maintained a staff blog focused on technology and pop culture

• Reporting Intern

  The Elkhart Truth

  (Newspapers industry)

  June 2006 — January 2007 (8 months)

• Freelance Writer

  The Chicago Tribune

  (Newspapers industry)

  June 2005 — January 2006 (8 months)

  Contributed pieces for "On the Town" and "Fridays" on as-needed basis

• Intern

  Black Spring Press

  (Publishing industry)

  September 2005 — December 2005 (4 months)

  Read book submissions, publicized new releases, worked book launches and typed up print manuscripts.

Katie Rogers’s Education

• Loyola University of Chicago

  BA , Journalism , 2003 — 2007

• MSJ, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University Dec 2009

  BA , Journalism , 2007

  Business reporting abilities:
  Working experience with Bloomberg terminals, reporting on quarterly earnings calls, tracking economic indicators
  Interactive media abilities:
  Working experience with HTML, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Soundslides, VuVox, Dipity, Wix, Twitter; currently learning Flash.

Additional Information

Katie Rogers’s Interests:

New media, reading, traveling, cultural reporting.

Katie Rogers’s Groups:

•    Loyola University Chicago Alumni Association
•    Chicago Twitter & Social Media
•    My Story Source

Katie Rogers’s Honors:

-- Hoosier State Press Association, First Place in Community Journalism, December 2008 -- I was part of a team of awesome, community-minded journos.

Katie Rogers’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch