• Ability to organize projects, supervise a team and meet deadlines
• Ability to implement plans and problem-solving strategies
• Strong and versatile writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Award-winning page layout and design skills
• Interviewing and interpersonal communication proficiency
• Competent speaking and presentation skills
• Proficiency with standard business and desktop publishing software on both IBM and Macintosh platforms

Collaborated with project team: Worked with creative director, designer, writers and photographers to meet deadlines. Results: Performed and delegated tasks for 12 monthly and 6 annual publications per year.

Managed statewide business magazine: Acted as managing editor to plan and assign stories and set deadlines while understaffed. Results: Supervised 20 writers and maintained magazine with annual budget of $21,600.

Led Team of Reporters: Worked with reporters to generate ideas and set weekly deadlines. Results: Supervised small feature writing team; wrote feature stories with an average length of 1,000 words.

Company Web Site Maintenance: Responsible for posting local news and photos on daily newspaper Web site. Results: Utilize Internet to allow broad audience to access hometown news.

• Edit majority of local copy and write feature stories.
• Assist design editor in assigning and producing news section pages
• Organize, design and edit special sections.

• Managed content and collaborated with team to produce targeted annual publications.
• Wrote and edited copy for special projects and monthly magazine.

• Taught online courses in newswriting and feature writing.

• Assisted editor in making story assignment and content decisions.
• Produced news and feature section layouts and wrote feature stories.

• Feature articles include cover stories for October 2002 and January 2003.

• Managed assignments and edited articles for Medical Career Source and Cincinnati Nurses, publications targeting nursing aspect of medical community.

• Managed production and wrote and edited stories for quarterly newsletter distributed to young professionals and community leaders.

• Managed and edited all news copy and produced news layouts for approximately 5,000 readers across the United States and Canada.

• Produced local articles, managed assignments and coordinated layout.
• Presented benefits of advertising program to clients.

• 2005: First and Second Place, Best Business/Agribusiness Page; First and Second Place, Best Editorial Page; Third Place, Best Lifestyle Page. Led staff in total points earned to First Place in General Excellence.
• 2006: Second Place, Best Editorial Page.

Society of Professional Journalists

• Bluegrass Pro Chapter: Member from October 2004 to October 2007
• Louisville Pro Chapter: Member from October 2006 to October 2007

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky. December 1996. Graduated magna cum laude.