A printable, condensed resume can be found here.
Experience
01/20 – current | Digital Editor, St. Joseph News-Press
- Responsible for online content, audience engagement and social media presence
- Instrumental in providing most up-to-date information during COVID-19 pandemic to viewers and readers
- Point of contact for reporters, managers and page designers
06/17 – 12/19 | Multimedia Journalist, St. Joseph News-Press
- Reports on on business topics using video, print, photography and social media
- Knows how to produce newscasts
- Experienced in live shots and stand ups
05/16 – 12/17 | Editor-in-Chief, The Griffon News
- Managed reporters and editors
- Started broadcast show
- Redesigned newspaper
- Represented The Griffon News at conferences
- Laid out pages, created video content, wrote stories, took and edited photographs
04/16 – 04/17 | MCMA President
- Voted student president of the Missouri College Media Association
- Co-organized MCMA conference at Missouri Western in April 2017
02/16 – 12/17 | College Library Assistant
- Assisted patrons in researching and locating material
- Managed assigned library area
06/16 | Intern at graphic design agency Ad-room
- Worked with Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
- Created personal and new Griffon News logo
05/15 – 05/16 | Lifestyles Editor, The Griffon News
- Managed staffers and desk
- Assigned and edited stories, trained reporters
- Laid out pages, wrote stories, took and edited photos
06/15 – 07/15 | Intern at daily newspaper Fränkische Landeszeitung, circulation 42,000
- Pitched, investigated and wrote stories
- Took photos, laid out pages
- Supported editors in daily work, wrote press releases and police reports
- Freelanced after internship ended
02/15 – 05/15 | Asst. Lifestyles Editor, The Griffon News
- Helped manage the desk
- Pitched and wrote stories, laid out pages, took and edited photos
02/14 – 12/14 | Research Asst., Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
- Entered data using KdbL system
Skills
- News and Feature Reporting
- Office Management
- Team work
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Premiere
- Photoshop
- AfterEffects
- MS Word
- Self Management
- Photography
Awards and Achievements
- David L. Adams Apple Award for Best TV Newscast, Second Place
- Missouri College Media Award for Broadcast, First Place
- Missouri College Media Association Award for Feature Page Design, Second Place
- Missouri College Media Association Award for Opinion Piece, Second Place
- College Media Association Award for Promo, First Place
- Inducted member of the National Society of Leadership and Success
Languages
German | Native
English | Fluent
Education
10/12 – 07/15
University of Bamberg | Bachelor’s degree in English, Political Science and German. Transferred after exchange year.
08/14 – 05/18
Missouri Western State University | Bachelor’s degree in Convergent Journalism. Transferred after exchange year.
