Experience/Resume
Journalism Experience
Web/News Intern, WKYC – NBC
Writing, editing and producing web content; creating and reporting news content; working with content management systems.
Production Assistant (formerly Intern), WBGU – PBS
Hosting/anchoring broadcasts, reporting for and creating packages, editing; assisting production.
Volunteer Instructor/Assistant, Journalism PACT/Toledo Public Schools with Bowling Green State University
Teaching journalism basics at Rogers High School in Toledo, Ohio to 9th – 12th graders with a team of three other journalism students through lecture, group and classroom activities and workshops; aiding the high school newspaper staff.
Producer/reporter, BG 24 News
Producing the only live, student run 30-minute broadcast in Wood County on a selected day, and reporting.
Multimedia reporter/photographer, BG News
General assignment/religion beat reporter, August 2006 – May 2007
Reporting stories about the Bowling Green State University community, as well as reporting the happenings in the religious community on and off campus. As a multimedia reporter/photographer, filming and editing stories for the newspaper website.
General assignment reporter, The Obsidian Magazine
Reporting stories concerning the multicultural community at Bowling Green State University, Wood County and other national and international pieces.
Education
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. Bachelor of Science in Journalism, concentration in broadcast. Graduating May 2010. Cumulative GPA: 3.24/4.0; Major GPA: 3.7.
Awards and Affiliations
Scripps JoAnne Robinson Memorial Scholarship for Broadcast
Plain Dealer Journalism Scholarship
Eta Phi Beta Sorority Scholarship
Cleveland Scholarship
Cleveland Alumni Scholarship
Bowling Green State University Multicultural Institute Inductee
(Former) Vice President, BG Gospel Choir
Skills
Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, operating still and video camera equipment, blogging (WordPress, Blogspot), iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, content management (ExtroVert, NewsMaker, Joomla! CuteNews) EZ News, HTML/XHTML/CSS, PHP.
Also a freelance writer and photographer; personally own a Canon XTi (400D) and have worked with a Nikon D40.
I also like muffins. Blueberry, specifically.
