Resume

Online: Mobile video; Twitter and Facebook; comfortable with several content management systems
Technical: Excel, DocumentCloud, Google Fusion and Tableau Public. Proficient in PC and OSX software
Communication: Able to effectively interview sources and maintain contacts, share information with fellow reporters and other newsroom staff and collaborate with others on a daily basis and for major projects
Teamwork & leadership: Experience cooperating with fellow journalists in all mediums and anchoring projects

Reporter, legal affairs
The Associated Press ▪ Denver, CO
March 2017 – current

Report on Colorado law enforcement and legal issues, including breaking news, for global wire service’s daily and enterprise packages
Contribute to the AP’s coverage of the growing legal marijuana industry and its implications for Colorado and other states

Reporter, state government and politics
The Associated Press ▪ Atlanta, GA
March 2014 – March 2017

Report on Georgia state government and politics for global wire service, including coverage of annual legislative session and statewide political campaigns in 2014 and 2016
Cover breaking stories outside primary beat, including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s treatment for cancer and Hurricane Matthew’s effect on Georgia’s coast
Manage temporary staff hired to aid with legislative session coverage, including story assignments

Investigative reporter
Gannett Wisconsin Media ▪ Wausau, WI
Jan. 2012 – March 2014

Produce statewide reports for Gannett’s 10 Wisconsin newspapers as part of a three-member team
Use data, open records requests, documents and interviews to tell stories through text and other media, including video packages, databases and interactive graphics
Cover 2012 political races, including posts to a statewide politics blog and co-hosting a weekly podcast

Reporter, local government
Wausau Daily Herald ▪ Wausau, WI
June 2010 – Jan. 2012

Cover six local communities’ governing bodies for 20,000 circulation daily newspaper
Received first place for enterprise reporting from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association in 2011

Intern, state government
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ▪ Springfield, IL
Jan. 2010 – June 2010

Cover Illinois government for print and online, positioning stories for a two-state audience

Intern, news reporting
The Janesville Gazette ▪ Janesville, WI
May 2009 – Aug. 2009

Cover local government, schools, police and courts, contributing to print and web

Managing editor for writing and reporting
The Daily Illini ▪ Champaign, IL
Jan. 2008 – April 2009

Coordinated projects for news, features, opinions and sports and managed more than 90 student journalists
Other roles included metro news editor and staff writer, beginning in Nov. 2005

University of Illinois at Springfield
Master’s in Public Affairs Reporting ▪ May 2010

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, news-editorial journalism major and political science minor ▪ May 2009