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Journalism Experience
Enterprise Reporter The Anniston Star (January 2012-Present)
• Write investigative, enterprise and Sunday features for daily paper in Anniston, Alabama with 20,000 circulation.
Public Safety ReporterThe Anniston Star (June 2010-January 2012)
• Covered police, courts and military beat for daily paper in Anniston, Alabama with 20,000 circulation.
Editor-in-Chief In-General Magazine (May 2009-June 2010)
• Directed more than 20 reporters at award-winning news magazine.
• Oversaw development of a new magazine lay-out style.
Intern The Charlotte Observer (June 2009-August 2009)
• Completed two dozen stories as part of the business desk.
• Wrote two A-1 stories, four Business front page stories.
Producer The Rockbridge Report (January 2010-April 2010)
• Produced, wrote the weekly newscastf or Lexington’s only television news show.
• Created, launched, designed the weekly news Web site.
• Managed a team of six local reporters.
• Worked closely with control room.
Anchor, Graphic Designer The Rockbridge Report (September 2008-June 2010)
• Anchored the weekly newscast, covering 2008 elections.
• Produced four video packages for weekly newscast.
Reporter, Copy Editor The Rockbridge Report (September 2008-June 2010)
• Covered weekly business beat in Lexington, Virginia.
• Wrote more than 10 stories and covered 2008 elections.
Producer, Reporter, Anchor, A Week In General (September 2008-June 2010)
• Anchored monthly sportscast for Washington and Lee University.
• Wrote monthly sports stories and scripts.
Creator, Reporter Commonwealth Chronicle (August 2009-June 2010)
• Wrote bi-weekly news stories on issues Southwest and Central Virginia.
Intern OnPoverty.org (May 2008-August 2008)
• Managed and designed news website, mastering Adobe Dreamweaver.
• Wrote weekly headlines and briefs.
Graphics Designer, Intern The Village News (May 2007-July 2008)
• Wrote weekly stories, including 2 on A-1.
• Designed weekly page lay-out, mastering Adobe InDesign.
Honors/Awards
• Won Alabama Associated Press Managing Editors first place award for investigative reporting, June 2010.
• Selected for Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence for investigative reporting, March 2010.
• Selected for Academy of American Poets College award, spring 2010.
• Selected for Henry Poellintz Johnson Scholarship award, 2009-2010.
• Selected for Charlotte Observer weekly TOAST award, summer 2009.
• Selected for Donald W. Reynolds grant, summers 2009 and 2010.
• Selected for Clark J. Mollenhoff grant, summer 2008.
Education
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University.
• Majored in Journalism, minored in Creative Writing and concentrated in French.
