Work experience
Appeal-Democrat +20,000 circulation daily + Marysville, Calif.
Online Sports Editor – Feb. 2011 – present (performed in addition to Interactive Content Producer duties)
- Managed editorial layout of ADVarsitySports.com and weekly e-newsletter, Sidelines.
- Trained four associated in the sports department how to post stories to company CMS.
- Directed production of content for popular blog, The Press Box.
- In addition to Caspio and Google, built interactive graphics using Tableau Public.
- Created, hosted and produced weekly podcast using GarageBand.
- In first month, directed YOY traffic growth of 35.9 percent, increasing to 46.4 when including mobile traffic.
Appeal-Democrat +20,000 circulation daily + Marysville, Calif.
Interactive Content Producer – Sept. 2008 – present
- Went out on assignment with reporters to shoot video, edited using FinalCut and launched online using Brightcove.
- Proofread and uploaded stories to the Web using company CMS.
- Compiled and launched interactive databases using Caspio.
- Built interactive maps using Google Maps.
- Managed paper’s social networking presence, primarily Facebook and Twitter.
- Hosted and managed liveblogs using CoverItLive.
- Compiled user-generated content for Monday print edition features.
- Assisted with user-generated content moderation using Pluck.
Reporter – Nov. 2006 – Sept. 2008
- Covered Sutter County government and City of Live Oak. Also had secondary beat covering southern Butte County.
- Produced daily stories, briefs, and worked on several long-term projects.
- First reporter at paper to ever produce a beat blog.
- First reporter at paper to ever take video while on assignment.
- Programs used: NewsEditPro, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, WordPress.
Paradise Post + 11,000 circulation thrice-weekly + Paradise, Calif.
Staff Writer – Dec. 2005 – Nov. 2006
- Covered Education, Butte County Superior Court, county government and local parks, writing 8-10 stories per week; also wrote articles for special edition inserts.
- Proofread and checked corrections on page drafts, along with sizing and editing stories in Quark. (self-taught)
- Maintained weblog at http://viewsontheridge.com/platypus.
Education
Bachelor of Arts + Fall 2005 + California State University, Chico + Chico, Calif.
- Bachelor of Arts degree, Journalism (option in News-Editorial)
- President, Society of Professional Journalists, Fall 2005 semester.
- One semester, KCSC radio
- Minor in Creative Writing, upper division theme of Cross-Cultural Exploration.
Associates of Arts + Spring 2003 + College of the Siskiyous + Weed, Calif.
- Studied General Education and obtained CSU transfer requirements
- Selected as student speaker at commencement, May 2003. Keynote speaker was then-Boise State head football coach Dan Hawkins.