Education
University of Oregon, Clark Honors College
B.A. in Journalism, minor in music, 2010
Dean’s Scholar; Six terms on Dean’s List; 3.75 GPA
Memberships: Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Tau Alpha
Employment/Internships
Expedia Inc. · Content Moderator (contract position), Oct. 2010 – Present. Moderate Venere.com hotel reviews in Italian, Spanish and German; investigate negative Expedia.com hotel reviews; keep hotel information up to date on Expedia and Hotels.com.
The Seattle Times · Reporter, June 2010 – April 2011. Night reporter covering breaking news in print, on seattletimes.com news blogs and on Twitter. As a summer intern, wrote two or three stories per week on the metro desk, covering politics, science, environment, crime and education.
Oregon Daily Emerald · News Editor, Oct. 2009 – Jan. 2010. Oversaw five beat reporters, wrote one to four stories per week, and coordinated accompanying multimedia for story packages.
News Reporter, Sept. 2007 – June 2008. Covered crime, health and safety on campus and in the surrounding area as a staff reporter; averaged three to five stories per week.
Freelance Reporter, Feb. – June 2007. Wrote feature stories on guest lectures, concerts and other major campus events at least once a week.
Palo Alto Weekly · Arts and Entertainment Intern, Summer 2008. Wrote in-depth feature stories about local performers, productions and visual arts for 50,000-circulation twice-weekly newspaper.
Monterey County Weekly · Editorial Intern, Summer 2008. Wrote news and feature stories for the most widely read Monterey County publication. Wrote five or more briefs each week previewing arts and entertainment events.
Santa Cruz Sentinel · Reporting Intern, Summer 2007. Wrote local stories and briefs for the city desk and the features desk. Averaged two feature stories per week.
Other Experience
Flux Magazine · Managing Editor for Web Operations and Associate Editor, Sept. 2009 – June 2010. Helped recreate Flux’s online presence, coordinating, editing and uploading multimedia story packages onto www.fluxstories.com.
Ethos Magazine · Associate Editor, June – Dec. 2009. Oversaw writers, photographers and designers’ collaborations on stories and edited several drafts.
Blogs · Chronicled classes and travels while studying in Italy in Fall 2008 at La Studentessa and wrote about the University of Oregon student experience for the school’s Annual Giving Fund as a student blogger at My Duck Story.
Skills
Proficient in NewsEditPro, Adobe Creative Suite, Quark and Salesforce. Nearly fluent in Spanish and Italian; also speak Level A1 German. Familiar with basic HTML. Experienced in basic Flip camera shooting and video/audio editing. Strong knowledge of classical, choral, jazz and Celtic music.
