Nightside reporter specializing in coverage of state government, elected officials, public policy, budgets and economy.
Contribute to continuous news cycle, filing updates and stories throughout day to website.
Can work with photographer or as "one-man band."
East Valley Tribune - Mesa, AZ 5/07 - 9/08
Reporter
Responsible for beat of two major cities and fastest-growing county in United States. Filed breaking news and briefs to crime blog.
Wrote Sunday column on transportation issues.
Consistently produced high-impact reports that changed state law, initiated recalls for elected officials, launched internal investigations, uncovered falsified police statistics, and revealed pornography distributed widely by officials via e-mail.
Top Web reporter in 2007: Four stories in the top 12 for views on evtrib.com, including No. 1 and 2 reports about controversial diversity-training exercise (approx. 150,000 hits each).
Cronkite News Service - Phoenix1/07 - 5/07 Wire Reporter
Covered the Arizona Legislature by tracking bills, laws, budgets and legislative trends.
Wire served more than 30 clients in Arizona. Stories played in major dailies Arizona Republic, East Valley Tribune, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Citizen, and Arizona Daily Sun.
Wrote features, sidebars and articles for health, travel and entertainment magazines; publications include The Ritz Carlton Magazine, CBS Watch! and Vim &Vigor.
Editorial duties: copy editing, fact-checking, research and headline writing.
Education
Skills
Arizona State University - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
B.A. Journalism / Minors: Political Science, Human Communication
GPA: 3.75; Major GPA: 3.9 | Magna Cum Laude
Public records / Data sorting / Computer-assisted reporting Writing: Broadcast / Online / Print Copy editing / Headline writing / Newspaper design - Adobe InCopy, InDesign Photojournalism Video/Audio editing – Final Cut Pro
