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The Boston Globe
(Boston, Mass.)

November 2010 to present

Designer/graphic artist

• Reported and designed feature and breaking graphics for News, Business and Sports
• Translated print-first graphics into Web-friendly formats
• Translated Web-first graphics into print
• Created interactives using a variety of tools, including Flash, Javascript and responsive Web design

The Florida Times-Union
(Jacksonville, Fla.)

April 2006 to November 2010

Graphic artist

• Reported and designed feature and breaking graphics for News, Business, Sports and Lifestyle
• Conceived, pitched, researched and designed full-page graphics
• Worked with reporters and editors to brainstorm and then develop graphics for print and online
• Learned Adobe Flash to develop online graphics
• Translated print-first graphics into online-friendly formats
• Conceived and executed illustrations for entertainment, business and sports section covers
• Conceived, designed and art-directed photo shoots involving photographers and other artists
• Oversaw interns and university practicum students
• Created and gave information graphics presentations for interns and Times-Union staff
• Helped update Times-Union Graphics Style Guide

The Sun News
(Myrtle Beach, S.C.)

August 2004 to March 2006

Graphic artist

• Reported and designed feature and breaking graphics for News, Money, Sports, Local, Coasting
• Conceived, pitched, researched and designed full-page graphics
• Worked with reporters and editors to brainstorm and then develop graphics for print
• Helped update Sun News Graphics Style Guide
• Produced standing graphics for Local and Money sections
• Conceived and executed illustrations for entertainment, business and sports section covers
• Converted wire graphics to local style

The Daily Star
(Oneonta, N.Y.)

June 2004 to August 2004

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Intern

• Edited local, national and international news for accuracy, style and consistency
• Trimmed wire copy for state, nation and world pages
• Participated in budget meetings to decide front page content
• Designed features and obituary pages
• Edited photos from wire services

LondonNet
(London, England)

January 2004 to April 2004

Intern

• Reviewed clubs, concerts, movies, theatre productions and venues for arts and entertainment section


• Helped produce weekly “Ahoy!” newsletter


• Edited and proofed copy and photos


• Wrote LondonNet’s Style Guide

Columbia Missourian,
(Columbia, Mo.)

January 2002 to December 2003

Assistant editor, sports

• Edited local and AP sports news and feature stories for content and style
• Worked with students to come up with ideas for stories, photos and graphics

Assistant editor/producer, online edition

• Edited local and AP sports news and feature stories for use for Missourian Web site
• Instructed students on how to upload and manage website

Graphic reporter/artist

• Compiled data for daily and feature graphics
• Used Photoshop and Freehand to design, draw and edit graphics
• Matched AP graphics to Missourian style guides

Copy editor

• Edited local, national and international news and feature content for A-section of Sunday’s paper
• Edited and trimmed local and AP news and sports stories, checking for accuracy and coherence

Higher education reporter

• Broke news on the university budget crisis, including scooping the competing local paper on the raising of student fees
• Cultivated sources that allowed exclusive interviews and in-depth coverage
• Worked general reporting shifts at the calendar desk and wrote featurized obituaries

Reporter, Missouri Public Health Project

• Helped plan and organize public health care reporting project focusing on preventable causes of death
• Researched patterns of death related to guns, suicide and car crashes
• Wrote stories on topics related to earlier research and sources

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