Experience

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Web producing intern, June 2010-Present

• Produce World section landing page, including during the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal
• Manage the Facebook and Twitter accounts for the World section
• Edit HTML for Tech Daily e-newsletter and send it out
• Add links, photo galleries and additional media to article pages
• Write SEO-friendly titles, summaries and captions for photo galleries

Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla.

College fellowship participant, May 2010

• Developed SpillSmarts.com, a website explaining the Gulf oil spill to kids, under a five-day deadline
• Customized Wordpress theme and produced graphics, interactive kids’ activities and polls

ABC News On Campus, New York, N.Y.

Bureau chief at University of Nebraska, August 2009-May 2010

• Vetted story pitches from student reporters, and produced articles, photos and video for ABCNews.com home page, World News Tonight, mtvU, espnU and ABC’s early-morning news shows
• Supervised staff of four covering national news in the Midwest, including Nebraska’s abortion ban

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.

Copy editing/layout intern, June 2009-August 2009

• Edited and wrote headlines on universal copy desk, handling 24 A1 pieces
• Laid out Evening Edge, a weekly lifestyle publication

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.

Copy editing intern, May 2008-August 2008

• Edited news articles in 180,000-circulation daily paper

Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Neb.

Copy editing and design intern, January 2007-May 2008

• Edited and wrote headlines for news articles and designed full sections
• Handled night wire editor duties, adjusting pages for breaking news

The Daily Nebraskan, student newspaper, Lincoln, Neb. (circ. 11,000)

Online editor, designer, slot editor, copy editor, August 2006-May 2009

• Worked my way up at student newspaper, ending as online editor
• Doubled site traffic during last year through increase in multimedia content and social media outreach

Skills

Proficient

• Basic HTML
• Content management systems (Wordpress, Movable Type, Orbit, Joomla, College Publisher)
• Social media
• Adobe Photoshop
• Soundslides
• Adobe InDesign

Moderate

• CSS
• Audio editing software (Audition, Soundtrack Pro, Audacity)
• Video editing software (AVID, Final Cut)
• Adobe Illustrator

Education

College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Bachelor of Journalism in news-editorial and advertising,expected December 2010

Activities and Awards

American Copy Editors Society

• Designed website for UNL’s chapter and contributed to national conference blog

Online News Association

• Member and 2009 conference attendee

UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications

• Organized and presented "How to market yourself on the Web" student workshop

Poynter Online

• Co-hosted chat on "How can students use summer to set themselves apart?" with Sara Quinn

UWIRE 100

• Named among top 100 student journalists in nation in spring 2009