Profile

  • Passionate storyteller with skills to captivate an audience.
  • Team-oriented and motivated worker who sets goals and achieves them.
    • Strong listener and communicator who learns quickly and produces results.

Skills

    Content | Strong writer/editor ♦ Audio and video production ♦ Web design ♦ Social media, blogging
  • Technical | HTML ♦ CSS ♦ Final Cut Pro ♦ Adobe Photoshop ♦ Soundslides ♦ InCopy ♦ Garageband ♦ Adobe Audition

Experience

The GW Hatchet

Washington, D.C.

Editor in Chief

May 2009 — Present
  • Oversee all content, production, development of bi-weekly college newspaper.
  • Lead a team of more than 25 paid staff members and nearly 300 volunteers.
  • Help oversee and manage $500,000 yearly budget.

Metro News Editor

January 2009 — April 2009

Assistant Sports Editor

January 2008 — January 2009

The Washington Post

Washington, D.C.

Washingtonpost.com Politics Intern

January 2009 — April 2009
  • Edited, updated, and managed Politics Page at Washingtonpost.com.
  • Assisted with special projects including research and multimedia production.

NBC News

Washington, D.C.

Dateline NBC Intern

September 2008 — December 2008
  • Conducted research for future segments, including one featured in prime time.
  • Performed production assistance duties.

General Mills, Inc.

Minneapolis

Corporate Communications Intern

May 2008 — August 2008
  • Produced stories for daily online newsletter, with a readership of 28,000 employees.
  • Provided additional communications support (online video, other technological development.)

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

Minneapolis

Business Development Representative

May 2007 — August 2007
  • Sold more than 75 subscriptions in three months as circulation salesperson.

Education

The George Washington University

Washington, D.C.

School of Media and Public Affairs

Current GPA: 3.52
  • Major: Political Communications — will graduate May 2010
  • Minor: Journalism — will graduate May 2010