
Online Editor at The Whitworthian
Greater Seattle Area

Online Editor at The Whitworthian
Greater Seattle Area
Student journalist with a wide variety of experience. Have done work writing hard news, features, photojournalism and multimedia. I am interested in reporting for a news organization who values both print and online news mediums.
Multimedia reporting (audio, photography and print packages), Final Cut, Adobe Creative Suite, new media (basic Web coding, social networking tools, blogging), content management systems.
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Manage the content and production daily for whitworthian.com; coordinate with section editors on planning blogs, packages, multimedia and other content; copy edit and posted stories several times a week; act as a liaison with College Media Network, the site's host; develop new pages and features for the site; provideweekly site traffic reports and mini-lessons on online journalism.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)
Packaged stories for the Daily News' print and online platforms using video, photography, social media, and traditional methods. Worked with the online department's content managing system and wire services for web content.
(Newspapers industry)
June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)
Supervised and coordinated 20 profiles for the organization's Web site. Also wrote news updates for their site and press releases for local media outlets.
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)
Co-managed the Scene section of a weekly print and daily online newspaper.
Co-managed eight staff writers for the section and facilitated reporter/story conferences several times a week.
Contributed to editing and layout of weekly print and daily online production.
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)
Covered stories involving alums involved in international work and cultural topics.
Journalism & Mass Communications, Visual Communications 2007 — 2011 (expected)
Journalism and Mass Communications; Visual Communications
2009 recipient of the AAJA Founder Scholarship
Act Six Scholar
First place in “Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper” for The Whitworthian in the Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (while assistant section editor)