Emma Ogutu

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East Lansing, Michigan 48823

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Employment History

Ghostwriter for several audiologist websites- May 2012

Environmental reporter & blogger– Michigan Nature Association, Williamston, Michigan, January 2012- present

Environmental reporter – Great Lakes Echo, East Lansing, Michigan: Reported on news and features that impact the environmental within the Great Lakes region, April 2011- December, 2011

Correspondent & bureau assistant – Capital News Service, Lansing, Michigan, January- December, 2011

Ghostwriter – Currently writing technical articles to educate people looking for information regarding loss of hearing and hearing aids

Environmental Reporter – Reported on environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes including alternative energy sources, pollution and sewers.

Correspondent: Covered state government and environmental issues and personalities for Harbor Light, Petoskey News- Review and Traverse City Record Eagle, Lansing State Journal, Holland Sentinel and the Great Lakes Echo

Bureau Assistant:

• Maintained the up-to-date list of press and contact lists.

• Picked up press releases and other documents from the Capitol for the news room.

• Filled documents as per the requirement of the bureau chief or updating files and registers related to attendance and work of the staff.

• Made copies of the documents, as assigned by the bureau chief and also according to the needs of the office.

Business Writer: School of Business, Michigan State University, Eli Broad, August – December, 2010

• Wrote white papers for donors and alumni

• Developed and updated web content with current activities and events

• Created news briefs, articles, press releases, proposals and newsletters for the International Business Center

• Was primary photographer for the website. Took photos of different events such as seminars, conferences, luncheons and random photos of the workplace.

• Participated in procedural writing for projects within the center.

Graduate Assistant: African Studies Center, Michigan State University, January – December, 2010

• Drafted press releases, newsletters and articles on the Summer Cooperative African Languages Institute

• Contributed to the organization of conferences and events.

• Liaised with reporters to cover internal and external events of the program

• Participated in internal and external events and conferences organized by the center and writing articles on them.

• Maintained and updating the center’s website with new articles

• Maintained and updating the center’s twitter account with information about the center’s events and activities

• Selected and revised articles for the center’s annual report

• Worked with the designer to create a theme for the annual report

• Compiled the center’s biweekly events and communicating them to the International office.

• Contributed to other write-ups as directed by the supervisor.

• Created off-line promotional material such as brochures, reports and other printed matter based on existing formats.

• Contributed to the distribution of those materials

Human Resource Generalist/Administrative Assistant- Oakar Services, Nairobi, Kenya 2003- 2007

• Planned and coordinated international training events

• Coordinated local training events

• Planned for travel arrangements, pick-up and accommodation of trainees and trainers

• Monitored and assisted with maintenance of the organization’s website.

• Answered telephones and transfer to appropriate staff member.

• Opened, sorted and distributed incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.

• Prepared responses to correspondenced containing routine inquiries.

• Participated in the development of H&S Program, published bi-monthly safety newsletter. Provided other generalist duties including payment/benefits compensation, performance management, and corrective action.

• Conducted research, policy development, recruitment, employment letters, short-listing, reference checks

• Carried out pre-employment testing, extended job offers

• Performed general clerical duties to include, but not limited to, bookkeeping, copying, faxing, mailing and filing.

• Filed and retrieve organizational documents, records and reports.

• Coordinated and maintained records for staff, office space, telephones, parking, company debit card and office keys.

Computer knowledge: Microsoft suite,

Excel – in-depth experience in refining and analyzing data,

Access- in-depth experience in maintaining and grouping information,

peoplesoft HR software,

Adobe’s in-design – for data presentation

Web Creation: http://ej.msu.edu/eastafrica/index.html - This is a website I created for the Knight Center’s environmental journalism workshop in Arusha, Tanzania, 2010.

Social Media: http://knightcentermsu.wordpress.com/schedule/ - this is a blog I created for the same workshop

Awards and Volunteer Work

• Volunteer with Community Volunteers for International Programs (CVIP-Michigan State University)

• Volunteer with the Spartan Village lending center.

Awards

• Society for Professional Journalists - reporting excellence in the region 4 Mark of Excellence contest, 2010

• The Community volunteers for International Programs-MSU two-time award winner for 2009 and 2011

• The Mildred B. Erickson Fellowship award winner for 2009

• Michael A and Sandra S. Clark Scholarship in Environmental Journalism, 2011

• W. Cameron Meyers Scholarship, 2011

• Edward A. Augenstein Memorial Scholarship, 2011

Education

Michigan State University

Environmental journalism – May 2011

Cornell University- 2007

Certification in human resources management

Moi University, Kenya- 2003

Bachelor of Business Administration

References:

Jim Detjen

Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

East Lansing, MI, 48824

U.S.A

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John B. Eulenberg

Michigan State University

Communicative Sciences & Disorders

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Eric Freedman

Director and Chief Editor,

Capital News Service

East Lansing, MI, 48824, U.S.A

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Eric Asembo

Oakar Service Ltd.

Third Floor, Kussco Centre

Nairobi, Kenya

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