Professional Experience
General Assignment Reporter, Medill News Service—Sept. 2006 to Dec. 2006
- Handled daily news assignments ranging from legal battles to museum exhibits
- Turned out stories on a daily 4 p.m. deadline, several of which ran in local papers
Features Reporter, Provo Daily Herald—May 2005 to May 2006
- Researched and wrote stories for Life & Style section front and weekly entertainment sections
- Arranged for photos, attended weekly planning meetings, contributed story ideas
- Covered musical performances, wrote personality profiles and other features
Editor, BYU Independent Study—Jan. 2004 to May 2005
- Did copy edit, proofread, layout, content edit, and graphic design for several correspondence courses for BYU Independent study
- Pioneered process changes to increase efficiency and redesigned standard figure boxes
Missionary, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—
July 2001 to July 2003, São Paulo, Brazil
- Voluntary representative working 10 hours a day
- Supervised up to six other missionaries and prepared weekly progress reports
- Trained new missionaries and led weekly training sessions for other missionaries
Education
M.S. Reporting and Writing, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, June 2007
- Relevant courses: News Writing and Editing, Law and Ethics, Urban Policy Analysis, News Graphics and Design, Magazine Writing and Editing, Multimedia Storytelling
B.A. Print Journalism, Brigham Young University, April 2006
- Relevant courses: News Writing, Feature Writing, Copy Editing, Journalistic Research, Media Criticism, Communications Law, Advanced Print Reporting, Multimedia Journalism
- English Minor. Relevant courses: Writing about Performances, Persuasive Writing, Creative Writing, Writing about the Arts, Linguistics, English Grammar, Literary Criticism
- Music Minor. Relevant courses: Jazz Improvisation, Men’s Chorus, Vocal Jazz Choir, History of Music, History of Jazz, Conducting. 15 years of piano, vocal, and music theory training
Other Experience
- Part of a team currently creating and launching a hyperlocal Web site in Zeeland, MI
- Contributed to a re-design of the Richmond Voice, suggesting type, color and layout options
- Created and published a biweekly newsletter in my community during five months
- Earned Eagle Scout award by organizing and directing 20 volunteers in re-landscaping a home for Habitat for Humanity, providing a new sidewalk and vegetation through donors
- Wrote music for and produced a 13-track CD with two friends, which climbed to No. 14 on the rock charts at MP3.com shortly after it was released
- Wrote screenplay and soundtrack for and starred in a 30-min film shown at a community awards festival. The film was awarded “Best Picture”
References
- Jon Ziomek, Associate Professor and Editor, Medill News Service. 847–491–7372
- Elyssa Andrus and Doug Fox, Section Editors, Provo Daily Herald. 801–373–5050
- Shannon Robinson, Corrections Supervisor, BYU Independent Study. 801–422–2592
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