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EDITING EXPERIENCE:

Farm Journal Media

Copy editor

November 2010 - present

Proofread and copy-fit stories for Farm Journal and Top Producer magazines.Upload issues to the web (Farm Journal, Top Producer, Beef Today and Dairy Today).Proof and send daily, weekly and monthly e-newsletters.

The

Columbia Missourian

News

editor/Instructor

May 2008 June

2010

Supervised copy

desk and overall production of newspaper.

Taught student

copy editors, designers and teaching assistants newspaper editing and design skills. Worked closely

with editors throughout the newsroom to determine story placement in

the paper and online, and the best ways to tell a story to the reader

visually.Designed

pages; edited stories for content and style; checked facts; wrote

headlines for print and online editions; updated website.

The

Rocket

student

newspaper

Paid

copy editor

September 2005 May 2007

Edited stories and layout

for both print and online editions.Produced news and feature stories and wrote an outdoors column.

REPORTING

EXPERIENCE:

The Butler

Eagle

Reporter/Intern

May 2006 May

2007

Became a correspondent reporter upon completion of a paid internship at the paper.Wrote news and

feature stories, including first-person work, a collaborative

four-part series and a story on women and

the outdoors.

The

Clarion News

Correspondent reporter

May 2005 July

2005

Wrote stories about local businesses for an annual special edition paper that helped promote said businesses.

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERIENCE:

MU

Office of

Undergraduate Research

Public

relations officer

August 2007 May 2008

Wrote and

designed all promotional materials for the office and its programs,

including a and abstract books for

research conferences.Updated and

generated content and graphics for the office Web site, blog and

Facebook group.Worked as

liaison between office, news media and student body.

EDUCATION:

University of Missouri

Master

of Arts in

Journalism, news editing emphasis

Graduated

August 2009,

with a GPA of 3.46

Slippery RockUniversity of Pennsylvania

Bachelor

of Science

in Communication, journalism emphasis

Bachelor of Science

in Geography, environmental studies emphasis

Graduated

May 2007,

with a GPA of 3.87

TECHNICAL

SKILLS: Adobe Creative Suite; pagination (Cyberduck); Silverpop Engage; SEO best practices; CMS experience; social networking platforms; some XHTML and CSS

ACHIEVEMENTS:Copywriter, "A Tour of Missouri Wineries," Estate Publishers Limited, February March

2008Co-editor, "Arrow Rock: Where the Past is the Future," January May 2008Sonja

Hillgren/Farm Journal Ag Journalism Field Reporting Institute,

September

2007

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