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work experience ...

The Oklahoman
Staff Writer
Oklahoma City, Okla.
August 2005 to October 2008

• Beats covered: the environment, mental health, Oklahoma City government, cops.
• Shot and edited video; initiated Web sites on environmental issues; more than doubled readership of "Going Green" blog; taught newsroom classes in multimedia journalism; hosted a weekly podcast on environmental issues; frequent television guest.
• Produces video content for the Web; taught newsroom-wide classes in multimedia journalism; maintained environment blog and doubled readership in 3 months; hosted weekly environment podcast; frequent guest on local television news.
• The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, with a daily circulation of about 200,000.

Digital Development Communications, Madagascar
Documentary film intern
Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Fall and Winter 2007

• Wrote, shot and edited films for schools and local non-profits.
• Worked a freelance journalist in Madagascar and Tanzania.

The Poynter Institute
Post-Graduate Fellow
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Summer 2005

• Reported with other fellows for a collaborative online publication linked to poynter.org.
• Attended six weeks of reporting, writing and media classes with top industry professionals.

Die Burger ("The Citizen")
News Desk Intern
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2003

• Die Burger, which is Afrikaans for "The Citizen," is Cape Town's largest daily paper.
• Wrote stories in English for news24.com.
  Stories were translated to Afrikaans for print editions.
• Subjects covered: the environment, AIDS, national politics.
• Gained rare insight into the media organization that was the political mouthpiece of South Africa's Apartheid government.

emoryphoenix.com
News Editor
Atlanta, Ga.
2004 to 2005

• Launched online campus newspaper to compete with Emory's main news source.
• Wrote most news content for the site.
• Edited the work of the all-student staff.

Fulton County Daily Report
Editorial Intern
Altanta, Ga.
Spring 2005

• Reported part-time for Atlanta's leading legal journal while finishing college.

COPY Magazine
Publisher
Atlanta, Ga.
2003 to 2004

• COPY is the Emory Journalism Department's student-run magazine.
  Chosen by the department's faculty to oversee the magazine's first issue.
• Wrote the publication's story budget, edited student work and managed an eight-person staff.

awards and fellowships ...

Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Environmental reporting boot-camp fellow, fall 2008.
Roanoke, Va.

Knight New Media Center
Multimedia reporting fellow, spring 2007.
Berkeley, Calif.

First Amendment Award, Online Project
Society of Professional Journalists, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2006.
Story: Multimedia feature on the Tar Creek Superfund Site.
www.newsok.com/news/tarcreek

Second place, general news
Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives Carl Rogan Awards, 2006.
Story: Series on the Tar Creek Superfund Site.

Second place, feature writing
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists Awards, 2006.
Story: Feature on Oklahoma's tattoo ban, which was lifted during the following legislative session.

Third place, government reporting
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists Awards, 2006.
Story: Investigation of campaign contributions to an Oklahoma County commissioner.

education ...

Emory University
Major: International Studies and Journalism
3.825 cumulative grade point average.

Atlanta, Ga.
2001 to 2005

Two-time NCAA Academic All-American.
CoSIDA Academic America Team: award given to 15 swimmers and divers nation-wide for excellence in athletics and academics.
Treasurer of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society.

 

other information ...

Member, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and Society of Environmental Journalists.

Former member, varsity diving team, Emory University.
NCAA All-American, 1- and 3-meter springboards.

Proficient in: Audacity, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Powerpoint, Word, Excel, Fireworks. Minimal Flash experience.