My Resume.
For a PDF click here and for a Word document click here.Education
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--Double Major: Journalism and Political Science, June '11 (expected)
--Current GPA: 3.68 out of 4.0
West Lafayette High School (West Lafayette, Ind.)
--Academic Honors Diploma, May 2007
--Cumulative GPA: 3.75 out of 4.0
Experience
The Orange County Register (199,000 daily circ.): June 2010 - PresentWashington bureau intern
--10-week internship in Washington, D.C., bureau
--Covering Calif.'s two senators, Orange County's six representatives and political issues important to Southern California
The Seattle Times (264,000 daily circ.): Jan. - March 2010
Metro Intern, Web Producer
--Wrote 40 articles in eight weeks as general assignment reporter, generating own ideas
--Spent three weeks as the paper's only night reporter, covering crime and other breaking news
--Shot/edited 10 videos, some as stand-alone pieces and some to accompany articles, as part of three-week stint with online desk
Reno Gazette-Journal (65,000 daily circ.): June – Aug. 2009
News Intern, City Desk Reporter
--Covered Amber Alerts, fatal car accidents, farmers markets, state politics, swine flu, tea parties, welfare programs, wildfires and a rodeo
--Wrote 91 stories, including 37 on the front page, in 12-week internship
--Created five videos and one Flash project to accompany various articles
The Daily Northwestern, Evanston, Ill. (7,500 daily circ.): Sept. 2007 – Present
Editor in Chief, Online/Multimedia Editor, City Desk Editor, Beat Reporter
--As editor in chief, initiated rethinking of paper's news coverage, bringing our content more in line with the wants and needs of our audience
--As online editor, posted conted to the website, managed the paper's social media endeavour, edited Flash projects and established staff blogs for the first time
--As city editor, directed coverage of Evanston for its only daily newspaper, managed a staff of 20, assigned and edited all articles
--As beat reporter, covered cops, education and local government, writing almost 200 articles
Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. (11,000 daily): Summer 2008
News Intern, General Assignment Reporter
--Filled in at every beat, writing 58 articles about business, cops, courts, education, government and politics
--Generated enterprise story ideas, especially for Sunday edition
Awards
11th Place Spot-News Story, "Officials believe Reno man killed himself after setting fire to his home": April 2010--Among all U.S. college students
--Awarded by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program
10th Place Editorial/Column, "D65 tragedy": Dec. 2009
--Among all U.S. college students
--Awarded by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program
16th Place Spot-News Story, "2 hospitalized in house fire": April 2009
--Among all U.S. college students
--Awarded by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program
1st Place Feature Story, "City mayor builds long legacy": Feb. 2009
--Among all Ill. daily college newspaper writers
--Aawarded by the Illinois College Press Association
Eagle Scout: May 2006
Foutiene AC Duda Scholarship recipient: 2008-2010
Skills
Multimedia--Proficient in video (Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid), audio (Audacity) and Flash (Adobe)
--Experience in photo editing (Adobe Photoshop), page design (Adobe InDesign) and HTML
Languages
--Spanish: High proficiency in speaking, writing and reading.