Mike Higdon

Current

• Poynter Fellow at The Poynter Institute
• Freelance photographer/designers at MLH Creative

Past

• Design Editor at The Nevada Sagebrush
• Pulliam Fellow - design at The Indianapolis Star
• Design Intern at The Courier-Journal

• Designer, photographer, PR at Nevada Small Business Development Center

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Education

• University of Nevada-Reno
• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Connections

86 connections

Industry

Newspapers

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Website

Mike Higdon’s Experience

• Poynter Fellow

  The Poynter Institute

  (Non-Profit; Newspapers industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Freelance photographer/designers

  MLH Creative

  (Media Production industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

• Design Editor

  The Nevada Sagebrush

  (Media Production industry)

  August 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 3 months)

• Pulliam Fellow - design

  The Indianapolis Star

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GCI; Newspapers industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Design Intern

  The Courier-Journal

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

• Designer, photographer, PR

  Nevada Small Business Development Center

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

  July 2006 — May 2007 (11 months)

Mike Higdon’s Education

• University of Nevada-Reno

  BA in Media and Politics with emphasis in public journalism and comparitive politics , Journalism, Political Science: Comparative Politics/International Relations , 2004 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  The Nevada Sagebrush student paper

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  core curriculum 2004 — 2004

Additional Information

Mike Higdon’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Website

Mike Higdon’s Interests:

Design, visual communication, camping, nature, entrepanuerial journalism, public journalism, photography, newspapers, technology, computers,

Mike Higdon’s Groups:

Society for News Design, Visual Editors, Sports Designer

•    Society for News Design

Mike Higdon’s Honors:

Society for News Design Non-Daily Designer of the Year
Speaker at up and coming SND Conference in Las Vegas

Mike Higdon’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch