Experience

July 2005-Present               The Gazette          Gaithersburg, MD

Internet Content Coordinator

§          Managed content on Web site covering 35+ communities in suburban Maryland, covering four counties, as well. Community weeklies

§          Produced and assigned daily updates to Web site on news.

§          Worked with CEO, publisher, advertising department and executive editor to manage content on site and make modifications to design and infrastructure of site.

§          Administered staff member (loader) on converting Quark documents into HTML onto site using Morris Digital Works system. Also trained and worked with members of copy desk in using Morris software (BoxTool, SiteWeaver and Sitestitcher.)

§          Helped oversee complete redesign of Web content management in July 2005, as well as worked on redesign code, training and deployment from iProduction content management system to Morris system.

July 2003-July 2005            The Gazette          Gaithersburg, MD

Copy editor/Page designer

§          Wrote headlines, captions and designed pages for weekly newspaper.

§         Won in-house awards for best design and best headline.

Aug. 2003-Aug. 2004          The Washington Post         Washingon, DC

Sports news aide

§          Took scores over phone fax and e-mail.

§          Wrote game summaries and box scores, worked on tight nightly deadlines and collaborated with editors on high school sports coverage.

20012003             Columbia Missourian         Columbia, MO

Copy editor/Page designer/Web producer/Reporter

§          Wrote headlines, captions and edited content for daily newspaper.

§          Worked on tight deadline, excelling with Quark Xpress, Adobe PhotoShop, ACT Editorial and MacroMedia DreamWeaver.

§          Covered police and courts beat for summer of 2001. Also wrote business and feature stories.

1999-2003            KCOU Radio        Columbia, MO

Music Director

§          Acted as liaison between top-50 rated college radio station and record labels, promotion companies and band management.

§          Acted as manager for 20-person music staff, reviewing 50-60 albums a week for radio station.

§          Hosted weekly “College Music Report,” the highest rated countdown show on KCOU during time hosted.

Education

1999-2003            University of Missouri         Columbia,MO

§          Bachelor of Journalism, Editorial sequence, Online journalism emphasis with political science minor.

§          Dean’s List recipient.

§          Field of studies include Cross-Cultural Journalism (diversity training), Women in the Media (women’s studies) and new media courses.