Résumé

Objective

To work in a newsroom that puts a premium on helping its audience understand the world by delivering the information it needs on the platforms it wants.

Multimedia skills

Non-linear video & sound editing
Final Cut Pro, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, Audacity
Web coding & design
xHTML 1.0 Strict, Cascading Style Sheets, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, JavaScript
Desktop publishing & design
Adobe Creative Suite: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Education

Master of Art, Journalism and Mass Communication
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, May 2008

Bachelor of Art, Religious Studies
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, December 2002

Awards & Recognition

  • Best New Food Writer, 2008, City View
  • Quarterly Convergence Award, second quarter 2008, The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and WFLA, for my contributions to the multiplatform “Faces of Forclosure” series
  • Shafer Family Trust Scholarship, 2008
  • A.W. Lee scholarship, 2008
  • Dorothy Rubenstein Award, 2007
  • Paul Conrad Scholarship, 2007

Media experience

Production Coordinator
City of North Liberty/NLTV, North Liberty, Iowa
August 2008 – present

  • Select, shoot, edit and produce regular shows and special coverage for a public, educational and government access cable channel
  • Established and maintain the city’s and channel’s presence on social media sites such as Twitter, Blip.tv and YouTube
  • Design and build event-specific mini-Web sites

Adjunct Instructor
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
August 2008 – present

  • Developed and teach Multimedia Introduction, a required class for all incoming undergraduate journalism majors

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Online Editing Intern
The Tampa Tribue and TBO.com, Tampa, Fla.
June 2008 – August 2008

  • Site design and coding for online special reports
  • Production of multimedia elements to accompany the Web versions of A1 and other stories
  • Produced materials to train print reporters in multimedia production

Teaching Assistant
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
August 2006 – May 2008

  • Instruct undergraduates in class and individually in Online Journalism, Convergence Journalism, Visual Storytelling, Television News Workshop, and Publication Design Workshop
  • Lead students in Joolma- and WordPress-based Caucus on the Cob, student-produced online coverage of the 2008 Iowa Presidential Caucuses
  • Teach students to use Apple Final Cut Pro and GarageBand; Adobe InDesign and Dreamweaver; Joomla, Blogger and WordPress content management systems to produce and package nonlinear and multimedia stories

Assistant Producer
Iowa Public Radio, Iowa City, Iowa
November 2007 – May 2008

  • Assist with show preparation by researching, interviewing and editing audio for live, state-wide call-in show
  • Edit shows, billboards and promos for The Exchange, Talk@12 and Java Blend
  • Wrangle in-studio and call-in guests and callers for live public radio talk show
  • Record, edit, distribute and archive Iowa Public Radio programming

Contributor
Brijit, Washington, D.C.
October 2007 – February 2008

  • Distilled a variety of media into 100-word abstracts until the site ran out of money and closed

Web editor/Writer
Faith without Frontiers: Islam in Iowa, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
January 2007 – May 2007

  • Designed, built and edited the project’s online version
  • Pitched, reported and wrote enterprise stories on the Islamic experience in Iowa
  • Taught graduate students Final Cut Pro to produce video for the Web site

Owner
Scenester Credentials, Iowa City, Iowa
May 2000 – Present

  • Plan and promote compact disc and record releases for independent record label
  • Write copy and lay out advertisements, record covers and inserts using Adobe InDesign
  • Build and maintain standards-compliant Web site using hand coding and Macromedia Dreamweaver

Volunteer
NLTV, North Liberty, Iowa
June 1998 – September 2006

  • Provide video coverage of events for public, government and educational access channel
  • Use digital video cameras and Adobe Premiere non-linear editing platform to produce programming
  • Assist with lay out and copy editing of seasonal program brochure using Adobe InDesign
  • Redesigned and built Web site for the city’s public library using Macromedia Dreamweaver

Contributing Writer
North Liberty Leader, North Liberty, Iowa
January 2005 – September 2006

  • Responsible for covering several public boards for weekly small town newspaper
  • Generate story ideas and write additional articles of audience interest

Freelance Videographer
July 2002 – August 2006

  • Operate analog and digital video equipment for live and taped telecasts
  • Shoot, edit and package DVDs

Broadcaster/Coordinator
ICFR 88.7 FM, Iowa City, Iowa
August 1997 – December 2001

  • Acquired and maintained audio and broadcasting equipment for unlicensed 10-watt radio station
  • Recruited, oriented and scheduled broadcasters
  • Produced live weekly radio music program

Publisher/Editor
Grub, Iowa City, Iowa
March 1999 – August 2001

  • Wrote, edited and published recipes and articles in a food-themed zine
  • Coordinated and edited contributed writing
  • Was nominated for inclusion in The Zine Yearbook, a collection of the year’s best zine writing

Writer/Humor Editor
The Little Hawk, Iowa City, Iowa
August 1996 – May 1998