
Mobile Journalist at the Lansing State Journal
Lansing, Michigan Area

Mobile Journalist at the Lansing State Journal
Lansing, Michigan Area
News reporting, multimedia journalism, photojournalism, interviewing, feature writing, breaking news coverage, video production
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
GA reporter, videographer, photographer, multimedia producer.
As the State Journal's Mobile Journalist, I wear all those hats, often simultaneously and while on the move. I write everything from enterprise stories to quick-hit news briefs for online and print. I shoot about two to three videos a week, and I shoot the occasional photo assignment when the photo desk is swamped. Some of my photos have made 1A. I've produced in-depth video packages, one about an innocent man freed from prison and another about neighborhoods springing back to life after they were shaken by homicides. I also produce the occasional audio slideshow.
I've trained coworkers in shooting/editing video and other digital storytelling techniques. Generally I'm the person pitching multimedia ideas in the metro staff meetings.
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Interned for the Metro Desk out of the West Bureau.
(Newspapers industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
Wrote for the science and education teams.
(Newspapers industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
General assignment reporting.
2003 — 2007