EMPLOYMENT

2018-Current Public Information Officer/Marketing and Communications Specialist

Social media manager, copywriter, handling corporate communications for ​internal, retailer and customer-facing publications.

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2016-2018 Reporter and photographer, Beatrice Daily Sun, Beatrice, Nebraska.

Writing and editing news and features for a daily paper, covering city, county and education, meeting multiple daily publishing deadlines for print and digital, maintaining broad social media presence.

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2016  Corporate Journalist, Newslink, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Writing news and feature stories about the railroad industry, traveling across the country  on a weekly basis to gather and write 40 stories a week.

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2015-2016 Document Control Specialist, Cannon Quality Group, Alamo, California.

Editing, drafting and releasing controlled documents in the biomedical startup field.

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2015 Outreach Coordinator, Tucson Music & Dance Academy, Tucson, Arizona
Writing press releases, maintaining social media presence, photography, ad copy and layout

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2009-2015 Freelance writer, Various, United States

Writing and photography for various media outlets.

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2008-2009    General Assignment Reporter, The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon.

Writing and editing news and feature stories and working under daily deadlines for afternoon newspaper as the education and county commission reporter, as well as covering general assignment stories and writing features. Other requirements include designing pages and copy proofing pages daily.

EXPERIENCE

∙ Four years experience as reporter with daily newspapers, six years as freelance writer for various publications.

∙ Won four awards in Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's "Build a Better Newspaper" contest, including awards for feature writing, educational coverage, spot news writing and photography.

∙ Working familiarity with Reddit, Imgur, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, Snapchat, various blog sites and other online social networking sites and their possible applications in the media business.

∙ Won first place in column writing in statewide journalism conference in California.

∙ Two years reporting experience for college newspapers and magazines.

∙ Proficient at Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXPress, Photoshop and Microsoft Office Suite as well as various content management systems.

EDUCATION

California State University, East Bay, Journalism
Las Positas College, Journalism

Second City Conservatory, Sketch Comedy Writing, Improvisation