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Journalism Experience

Staff Writer, Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Va. (August 2006 to present)

Reported 10 stories a week on a late-night deadline for a 35,000-circulation daily.

Covered a dynamic beat, with a focus on nighttime breaking news. Beat also included daytime features, transportation issues and two town governments.

Staff Writer, The Journals, Skyland Publications, Harrisonburg, Va. (December 2004 to August 2006)

Wrote enterprise stories as well as routine copy, including spot news, community features and sports, for three journals published alongside the Daily News-Record. Combined circulation: 30,000.

Demonstrated strong news judgment by budgeting stories and editing copy for content and clarity.

Responsible for layout of the 16-32 page Northern Augusta Journal.

Freelance Writer, Shenandoah Valley Business Journal and The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Va. (2004)

Contributed feature articles to the journal and daily as assigned.

News Intern, paid summer internship, The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Va. (Summer 2004)

Reported 4 to 6 stories a week on deadline for 35,000-circulation daily.

Covered circuit and district courts, spot news, community-based features and profiles.

Editor, Curio magazine, a Shenandoah Valley-focused publication produced by James Madison University (Spring 2006)

Wrote an award-winning investigative, exclusive feature on “IN8,” the university’s secret society.

Edited work of staff writers and proofed final pages.

Managing Editor, The Breeze, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. (Spring 2004 to Spring 2005)

Revamped editing and pagination process, saving hours on deadline and increasing accuracy

Managed a staff of 32 editors and advertising executives in the day-to-day business of a newspaper

Calculated advertising to content rations, set paper size (16 to 36 pages, broadsheet, 10,000 circulation) and communicated with the businesses that print and deliver the paper.

News Editor, The Breeze, James Madison University (Spring 2003 to Spring 2004)

Worked 30 to 40 hours a week as head of the news section, paginating twice weekly, editing stories and generating photo, graphic and at least 24 story ideas each week. Edited the work of more than 30 writers.

Senior Photographer, The Breeze, James Madison University (Spring 2003 to Spring 2004)

Shot news, features and portrait photos weekly and wrote cut lines

Staff Writer,The Breeze, James Madison University (Fall 2002 to Spring 2004)

Education

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. (May 2006)

• Double Major: B.S. in Political Science and Media Arts (print journalism concentration)

• GPA: 3.18

Awards and Honors

• Society of Professional Journalists — 1st Place Non-Fiction Magazine Writing (2007)

• Virginia Press Association — 2nd Place Page Design Portfolio (2005)

• Virginia Press Association (College Division) — 1^st Place Series of News Stories (2004)

• Virginia Press Association (College Division) — 2^nd Place Series of News Stories (2003)

• Society of Professional Journalist (College Division) — 3^rd Place, Feature Photography (2004)

• Byrd/Mims Journalism Scholarship (Fall 2004)

• School of Media Arts & Design Scholarship (Spring 2004)

• Recognition from The Breeze for: Outstanding Reporting (twice), Page Layouts and Design, Photography (twice), Graphic Ideas produced with the art staff (2003-2004)

Skills

Skilled in design and layout software: Quark XPress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver, iMovie

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