SOFTWAREAdobe Photoshop, Adobe

InDesign, Adobe Illustrator; Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,

Microsoft Access, Soundslides, familiar with many content

management systems

SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook, Instagram, Twitter,

Tumblr, WordPress, SquareSpace; easily adaptable to any new

online social networking platform

skills

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

Journalism | bachelor of arts

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I | 49546Awarded by the Michigan Press Association Foundation Board to: “Worthy journalism students in Michigan who show outsanding promise and acheivement.”

third place editorial | Size Isn’t Everything | The Lanthorn

first place news story | Don’t Be Afraid To Tell | The Lanthornfirst place column, review or blog | The Kids Are All Wrong | The Lanthornfirst place editorial | Size Isn’t Everything | The Lanthornsecond place investigative reporting | FDA gay blood ban hits home | The Lanthorn

COMMUNITY JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP

MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

2012 STORY OF THE YEAR (DIVISION 1)

ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS

2012 COLLEGE BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST (DIVISION 1)

MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

2010 COLLEGE BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST (DIVISION 1)

MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

second place investigative reporting | GV’s Policy Outlaws Medical Marijuana | The Lanthorn

RAPID GROWTH MEDIA JANUARY 2014 - PRESENT

Featured profiles on individuals, groups and organizations in Michigan working to make positive changes for children and families for the nonprofit, online publication

Feature stories and profiles on new programs/initatives in the city of Grand Rapids. The online publication has 13,000 subscribers and 20-30,000 unique visitors each month.

Staff reporter for News Chief and The Ledger publications in Polk County, Fla. Coverage of city meetings, events and features in in Frostproof, Dundee and Lake Wales

800-word column featured in Revue Magazine’s monthly publication in print and online covering local/independent films, filmmakers and creative initatives in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Responsible for three to four stories per week, covering city government in the Byron Center/Wyoming areas for Southwest Advance newspaper in print and online at MLive.com

Managed staff of 70 employees for twice-weekly publication at Grand Valley State University’s Division I student-run newspaper with a circulation of more than 7,000 in print, also available online and on mobile devices. Coordinated business, editorial and advertising staffs, news reporting, editorial/opinion writing, supervised all assignements/section writers, etc.

NEWS CHIEF/THE LEDGER SEPTEMBER 2012 - DECEMBER 2013

MICHIGAN NIGHTLIGHT APRIL 2014 - PRESENT

REVUE MAGAZINE JULY 2012 - OCTOBER 2013

SOUTHWEST ADVANCE JANUARY 2013 - JULY 2013

GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN SEPTEMBER 2012 - DECEMBER 2013

STAFF REPORTER

REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR

FREELANCE REPORTING (CURRENT)

FREELANCE REPORTING (PAST)

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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