Work experience
PRESENTATION EDITOR
Idaho Falls Post Register, Idaho
May 2002 - present
Responsible for paper's visual impact on major breaking-news days, as well as coordinating special sections and packages with photo and city desks. This is in addition to pagination and copy editing for A1 and regional news section, as well as some sports.

COPY EDITOR
Idaho Falls Post Register, Idaho
May 2001 - May 2002
Paginate and copy edit for daily with circulation of 26,000. This includes slot for both A1 and regional news section.

REPORTER
Sioux Falls CityStyle Magazine, S.D.
Sept. 2000 - May 2001
Covered trends stories for magazine published six times yearly. This included coordination of photography and preparing short briefs on local events.

CORRESPONDENT
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, S.D.
Sept. 2000 - May 2001
Covered general assignment and features out of Vermillion, S.D., for nearby daily newspaper. Included play reviews.

CORRESPONDENT
Sioux City Journal, Iowa
April 2000 - April 2001.
Covered general assignment out of Vermillion, S.D., for daily newspaper. Was responsible for writing and photographing monthly centerpiece.

INTERN
The Longview Daily News, Wash.
Summer 2000.
Covered general assignment city, region and features as well as police beat and in-depth story on low-income, high-crime neighborhood`s revitalization for daily newspaper with 24,000 circulation.

INTERN
Mitchell Daily Republic, S.D.
Summer 1999.
Responsible for writing and photography for daily newspaper with circulation of 13,000. Also covered a series of in-depth features on regional communities.

EDITOR IN CHIEF
University of South Dakota Volante.
Spring 2000.
Oversaw newsroom staff of 40, including 10 student editors, for weekly college newspaper with circulation of 6,500. Coordinated newsroom operations with Business and Advertising departments. Represented newspaper in funding hearings and for all outside concerns. Guided editorial policy and oversaw eight Allen H. Neuharth Scholars.

DESIGN EDITOR/COPY CHIEF
University of South Dakota Volante.
Fall 1999
Designed News, Life and Sports section fronts for college weekly, as well as two special sections. Oversaw copy desk staff of two copy editors. Worked with reporters on writing and style. Edited copy for style and content. Also redesigned 16-page campus newspaper and wrote design and writing style books.

NEWS EDITOR
University of South Dakota Volante.
Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
Oversaw news staff of eight to 10 reporters. Designed six to eight-page weekly news section. Assigned and edited copy and coordinated photography for news section.

Awards and associations
Idaho Press Club
President and co-founder, Society of Professional Journalists, USD chapter
Pacemaker Award, Associate Collegiate Press, 1998
Pacemaker Award Finalist, Associate Collegiate Press, 2000
Newspaper of the Year, Associate Collegiate Press, 2000
Allen H. Neuharth Scholarship for Excellence in Journalism
Second place, General News Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists Regional Conference

Technical knowledge
IBM PCs and MacIntosh computers
QuarkXPress 4.1
Adobe PhotoShop 6.0
Adobe PageMaker 7.0
Macromedia FreeHand 9.0
Lotus Notes
Windows