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EXPERIENCE

The Baltimore Sun | June 2011 – Present | Norfolk, Va.
Deputy Director of Audience Engagement
• Oversee social media strategy for The Baltimore Sun (facebook.com/baltimoresun and @baltimoresun, among others)
• Coordinate with teams of people from around the company on content-based digital products and services
• Manage a talented group of community coordinators
• Elicit, curate and promote user-generated and crowd-sourced content
• Help craft and implement mobile strategies
• Organize community events and promotions, including social meetups and news forums
• Work on database and interactive presentations, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Google Maps APIs.
• Assist with web design and production as needed

PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com with The Virginian-Pilot | June 2009 – June 2011 | Norfolk, Va.
Online Producer
• Manage content for community, guides, health and some news channels
• Work with reporters, photographers and editors to create meaningful online storytelling
• Assist with data-driven reporting and build online data presentation
• Produce multimedia elements including video and interactive presentations
• Grow traffic, find sources and engage with users as social media coordinator
• Act as the center point for moderation of all comments on our websites
• Work within our content management system to post stories which involves writing headlines and cutlines, making editorial decisions, editing and cropping photographs and using HTML and CSS to attach extra items to the story post
• Manage a group of 37 community bloggers and work closely with 24 newspaper staff bloggers
• Assist in covering breaking news events when needed
• Serve on a committee that reevaluated how suicide is approached by the news organization

The Pendulum | January 2008 – January 2009 | Elon, N.C.
Editor-in-Chief
• Managed a staff of 20 executive editors and 60 volunteer reporters to produce a weekly 24 page newspaper
• Drafted and managed a $60,000 budget
• Lead expansion of Pendulum Web site, www.elon.edu/pendulum through the implementation of multimedia elements and daily updates
• Responsible for website redesign (learn more in my portfolio)
• Part of a team involved in the Print product redesign
• General reporting and editing
• Under leadership, The Pendulum became nationally recognized by the Associated Collegiate Press, the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and the Society of Professional Journalists. The paper also won its first Pacemaker award.

Pocono Record | May 2008 – August 2008 | Stroudsburg, Pa.
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Online Editing Intern
• Created multimedia packages for the website using HTML, Flash and some CSS
• Created graphics and logos for print and web
• General reporting
• Shot and edited news and features video
• Maintained and updated community guides (Vacation, Golf)
• Expanded use of social networks (Twitter, Facebook)
Read a profile about my experience at the Pocono Record

Elon University Relations | May 2007 – December 2007 | Elon, N.C.
Student Writer
• Wrote and edited copy for university publications including Magazine of Elon, @Elon, Elon University Viewbook and other admissions publications
• Drafted press releases for E-net, Elon’s online news source at www.elon.edu/e-net
• Escorted broadcast and print media while on campus

Times-News | November 2004 – August 2006 | Burlington, N.C.
Accent Department Intern
• Wrote news, features and opinion stories
• Edited pages for AP Style and design
• Pitched story ideas to section editors

Smitty’s Homemade Ice Cream | October 2004 – May 2009 | Burlington, N.C.
Assistant Manager
• Open and close store and register
• Help to manage a staff of between four and eight part-time workers
• Make and decorate cakes
• Run off-site catering events

EDUCATION

Elon University | August 2005 – May 2009 | Elon, N.C.
Majors: Journalism and Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Study Abroad: London, U.K. – Spring 2007

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Internship Program | June 2008 | Bowling Green, Ky.
A week-long residency program at Western Kentucky University that focused on multimedia production and online packaging. Skills covered include: flash, photo editing, audio and video capturing and editing, design and reporting.

SKILLS

Web | HTML, CSS, Drupal CMS, SEO strategies, ActionScript 2 and 3, jQuery, Google APIs, JavaScript, some database management
Design | InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
Production | Flash, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Soundslides, Audacity audio software
Other | SPSS analytical software, Excel/Access

HONORS

Society for Features Journalism 2010 – 1st Place Reader Engagement
Virginia Press Association 2010 – Best Online Slideshow
Hearst Award for In-Depth Writing 2009 for “Elonomics.”
ACP Story of the Year Award for Online Package (Pendulum Staff)
The Alamance Award Scholarship Recipient
Elon University Journalism/Communications Fellow
The Times-News Scholarship Award
The Priestly Scholarship Award
Lambda Pi Eta – Communications Honor Society
Pi Sigma Alpha – Political Science Honor Society
Omicron Delta Kappa – Leadership Honor Society
Elon University Jefferson Essay Contest First Place Winner – 2009
Omicron Delta Kappa Student Media Member of the Year 2007-2008