Education

Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill., 2010-2011
Medill School of Journalism
Master of Science in Journalism

Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wis., 2006-2010
J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication
Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Spanish Language, Literature and Culture

The New York Times, January 2010
Student Journalism Institute
Focus: Video storytelling

Dow Jones News Fund, May 2009
Pre-internship residency at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Focus: Copy editing

Experience

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / JSOnline.com
Milwaukee, Wis., January 2012 to Present
Journal Communications
Designer/Producer

Medill News Service
Chicago, Ill. and Washington, D.C., January to December 2011
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism
Reporter for daily news service run by graduate students. Produce daily and enterprise content using varied reporting and presentation techniques.

News21 Fellow
Chicago, Ill., summer 2011
Carnegie-Knight Initiative for the Future of Journalism Education
Social media editor, reporter

The Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Ariz., summer 2010
Gannett Co.
Pulliam Fellowship in copy editing, page design

Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee, Wis., January to May 2010
Quad/Graphics
Internship in reporting, copy editing

The Journal News
White Plains, N.Y., summer 2009
Gannett Co.
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund internship in copy editing

CosmoGIRL! Magazine
New York, N.Y., 2004-2006 (magazine folded)
Hearst Publications
Online stringer