EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE

Lead reporter, Source Media Properties; Ashland, OH — May 2021-present

• Write daily stories for AshlandSource.com, one of three news sites covering north central Ohio
• Write a weekly newsletter highlighting stories produced over the last week
• Manage/edit stories and schedule of one other reporter
• Produce original photography/video for stories; produce/manage social media content for AshlandSource.com

Adjunct faculty, Ashland University, Ashland, OH — August 2023-present

• From August 2023 to May 2024, advise the award-winning, student-run paper, The Collegian
• Teach “Advanced Reporting and Editing” to journalism majors, Spring 2024
• Teach “Feature Writing” to journalism majors, Fall 2024

Reporter, Tribune-Review; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — January 2017-May 2021

• Write articles for several weekly newspapers and TribLIVE.com. Topics range from crime to education to human interest to the environment
• Produce social media content, videos, photography
• Proof/edit weekly newspapers

SEO/content editor, Anglr; USA, remote — September 2019-June 2021

• Edit articles for Anglr’s blog/newsletters
• Ensure the content was optimized for search engines using tags and other markers
• Work with Anglr’s director of marketing on generating ideas for content

Reporter, Richland Source; Mansfield, Ohio — May 2013-January 2017

• Covered local, public events by writing, photographing and producing video content
• Pitched daily story ideas
• Produced content for company social media accounts

RECOGNITION

• Writer David Bornstein highlighted my investigative series on flooding in Ohio, “When the River Rises” in this New York Times column featuring Solutions Journalism from across the U.S.
• Recognized in a Media Shift article for creation/production of “Richland Source: After Hours” concerts
• Finalist for the 2021 Golden Quill Award; Excellence in Written Journalism, Division 1: “Bringing People Together: Monroeville Businessman, aka ‘Dr. C,’ Created Modern Conference Call — The Tool Keeping America Running”
• Multiple stories represented in the Solutions Journalism Network’s “Solutions Story Tracker“

AFFILIATIONS/PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• A 2017 Energy Journalism Fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy
• Member of Investigative Reporters & Editors from 2018-present
• Member of the Solution Journalism Network’s Beacon Cohort in 2022
• Member of Poynter Institute’s Beat Academy in 2024
• Recipient of $10,000 reporting grant from Poynter Institute, April 2024

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University — Bachelor’s Degree in English, Professional Writing Minor, May 2015; 3.5 GPA, Dean’s List 2011-2015

COLLEGIATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Presented STEMpowerment research project at professional conference in Hiroshima, Japan and Columbus, Ohio, Spring Semester, 2013
• Co-produced promotional video for Haiti Empowerment Project 2013, Autumn Semester 2014

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

• ESL teacher in Brazil, September 2010 to March 2011
• President for student organization at The Ohio State University, 2013-2015
• Board member, Mohican-Malabar Bike Club, 2021-present
• Restore/repair bicycles seized by local police for underprivileged children and adults, 2022-present

SKILLS

• Can speak Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
• Investigative journalism
• AP style
• Marketing and communication
• Event planning
• Public speaking
• Newsletter production
• Photography and videography
• Proficiency in Apple and Microsoft operating systems and several video/photography programs

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