Company: The Virginian-Pilot
Job: Reporter
Location: Norfolk, Va.
Dates: May 2011 - January 2014
Highlights: Covered several beats including K-12 education and public safety. Wrote multiple front-page articles after a Navy jet crashed into an apartment complex on Good Friday – killing no one. Covered hurricanes Sandy and Irene, chased a pair of serial arsonists through rural Virginia, and gained exclusive access inside one of the state’s largest school shooting drills.
Company: Indiana Daily Student
Job: Reporter, Editor
Location: Bloomington, IN
Dates: September 2007 - May 2011
Highlights: Reported on academics, campus administration, local courts and police. Requested and reported on public records.
Company: The Tampa Bay Times
Job: Reporting Intern
Location: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Dates: May - August 2010
Highlights: Covered eastern Hillsborough County, Fla. from the Brandon bureau.
Company: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Job: Web Editor
Location: Columbia, MO
Dates: January 2014 - Present
Highlights: Write and edit original content for IRE's blogs, coordinate social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook), manage undergrad and graduate student employees, develop and implement online training, develop relationships with IRE's nearly 5,000 members. Developed and implemented IRE Radio, IRE's first large-scale audio platform.
Company: Inside Magazine
Job: Editor-in-Chief
Location: Bloomington, IN
Dates: September 2010 - May 2011
Highlights: Managed a staff of 16 student reporters, editors and photographers. Coordinated and edited content for the website, quarterly magazine and biweekly page in the student newspaper.