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MEDIA EXPERIENCE

  Saginaw News and Bay City Times – MLive.com | News Reporter

Dec. 2019 — Present (Saginaw, Michigan)

· Government and metro news reporting in a tri-city market 

· Part of a small, dedicated newsroom that punches above its weight

· Reported on COVID-19, the Midland flooding disaster and George Floyd protests simultaneously

Ann Arbor News - MLive.com | News Intern

Aug. 2019 — Nov. 2019 (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

· Reported in the Ann Arbor and Jackson areas as part of a fast-paced local news team

Arizona Republic | Pulliam Fellow

June 2019 — Aug. 2019 (Phoenix, Arizona)

· Selected for competitive news fellowship and assigned to city desk at Arizona’s paper of record

· Covered city government and development in two Phoenix suburbs, filling in a vacant watchdog beat 

Reading Eagle Company | News Reporting Intern

May 2018 — July 2018 (Reading, Pennsylvania)

· General assignment reporter for midsize city newspaper, focused on metro beat

· Multiple stories were featured on the Eagle’s front page, many more were section fronts

· Contributed reporting to collaborative intern project on Reading’s craft alcohol scene

The State News | Various Positions
May 2015 — May 2019 (East Lansing, Michigan) 

Administration Reporter January 2019 — May 2019

· Responsible for four stories a week covering MSU’s Board of Trustees and administration

· Voted Staff Representative by peers; in charge of mediating conflict and representing newsroom’s voice

· Producer, contributor and occasional host for SNEWSCAST, TSN's weekly news review podcast

Managing Editor August 2018 — December 2018

· Oversaw newsroom of 35 alongside editor-in-chief at Michigan State’s award-winning student newspaper

· Managed and scheduled content for daily web and weekly print publication, ran social media accounts

· Assigning, advising and editing long-form centerpiece content

Academics & Administration Reporter January 2018 — May 2018

· Contributed to newsroom coverage of Larry Nassar’s trial and MSU administrative fallout

City Editor August 2017 — December 2017

· Managed five to six reporters to curate, edit, budget and publish content daily 

Editor-in-Chief May 2017 — August 2017

· Ran summer newsroom operations 

East Lansing Beat Reporter January 2017 — May 2017

City General Assignment Reporter August 2016 — Jan 2017

Student Government Beat Reporter January 2016 — May 2016

Public Concerns General Assignment Reporter October 2015 — December 2015

The Associated Press | MI Primary Election Stringer

· Provided Michigan primary election results live from Clinton County in 2016 and from Detroit in 2018

MacDonald Broadcasting | Radio Stringer

January 2018 — May 2018 (Lansing, Michigan)

· Covered Lansing City Council meetings and created audio packages using Adobe Audition

· Audio packages aired on 1320 WILS, a Lansing talk radio station

Capital News Service | Reporter

January 2018 — May 2018 (Lansing, Michigan)

· Wrote and localized news for wire service providing content to 30+ news organizations throughout Michigan

SKILLS

· Social media: Hootsuite, Facebook and Twitter, MailChimp

· Data: Excel, analyzing and interpreting budgets, spreadsheets and other documents

· Video: Adobe Premiere Pro

· Graphic design: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop

EDUCATION

Michigan State University | East Lansing, Michigan 

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Graphic Design minor | Class of 2019

ACCOLADES

  • 2018 Michigan Collegiate Press Association First Place for Best Writer and Best News Story, Third Place for Best Investigative Story (Division 2 — Weekly)
  • 2018 Capital News Service Connections Award Recipient
  • Nominated for 2017-18 Associated Collegiate Press “Reporter of the Year” award by staff
  • Received 2016-17 “State News Outstanding Staffer of the Year” award
  • 2017 Hearst Award nominee for enterprise reporting
  • Awarded 1st place for General News Reporting from ‘Best of MSU Journalism and Media 2015’. 


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