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EXPERIENCE

Web Producer at WCCO  |  April 2012-present

• Write news, crime and business content; edit reporter copy; manage online video content; engage consumers and promote WCCO's brand via social media; maximize SEO; monitor web presence with Google Analytics; and craft compelling sports profiles and feature columns
  

Sports Editor at the Northfield News  |  August 2010-April 2012

• Operated a one-man band, national-award-winning sports department by seamlessly integrating      writing, editing, design, video, photos, web content and social media

Reporter for the Faribault Daily News/Northfield News/Lonsdale News-Review  |  June-August 2010

• Versatile beat reporter for one daily and two weeklies; produced everything from in-depth features and enterprising projects, to multimedia content

Director of TommieMedia.com  |  Spring 2010

• One  of the leaders who created the nation’s first online-only student media outlet while at the University of St. Thomas, focusing on 24/7 multimedia journalism; led a staff of 40 en route to winning SPJ’s award for Best Website; was TommieMedia's production editor in Fall 2009

Sports Intern at the Rochester Post-Bulletin  |  Summer 2009

Editor-In-Chief of The Aquin   |  Spring 2009

• Started as a staff writer first semester freshman year, became Variety Editor, and then Managing Editor before finishing as the publication’s final Editor-In-Chief
  (TommieMedia.com succeeded the student newspaper)

AWARDS

• National Inland Press Association 2011 | First Place Profile under 10,000 circulation
• Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA) 2012 | First Place Sports Story, First Place Video
• MNA 2011 | Second Place Columnist, Honorable Mention Photographer’s Portfolio, First Place Video
• MNA 2010 | Associated  Press’ New Journalist of the Year, weeklies

Collegiate accolades 

• Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 6 Awards 2009 | First Place Online Feature Reporting
• Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award for Best Student Journalist Website 2010
• Minnesota Newspaper  Association 2008-09 | First Place In Collegiate Sports Reporting

EDUCATION

 University of St. Thomas | 2006-2010 | St. Paul, Minn.

• B.A.  in Journalism, English Minor | Magna Cum Laude
• Selected as one of Five Outstanding Journalism students by professors
• Nominated for the prestigious St. Thomas’ Tommie Award
• Resident Adviser in Brady Hall junior and senior year

VOLUNTEERING

• Assist senior citizens through St. Louis Park's H.O.M.E. program
• Member of alma mater's Take A Tommie To Lunch mentoring program
• Speaker at Twin Cities schools advocating literacy/journalism
• Member of the WCCO Employee of the Quarter Award board