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PROFILE

  • Experienced multimedia journalist with a strong background in sports and business reporting; expert in pitching stories, interviewing sources and working under deadline. Excel at researching, editing and feature writing; highly organized and able to work across platforms.

EDUCATION

  • Masters, U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA (GPA 3.99/4.0)
    Graduated May 2013
  • B.A. in Politics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA (GPA 3.7/4.0)
    Graduated: May 2011

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Skilled in Adobe CS6 (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, InDesign), Final Cut Pro, Final Cut X, GarageBand, HTML, CSS, WordPress, Movable Type, Microsoft Office and using DSLR cameras for photography and video.

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Business Reporter, The Oregonian, Portland, OR
April 2020 – Present

  • Pitch/write business articles with a focus on Oregon’s economic recovery, unemployment, small businesses, retail, and the hospitality industry.

Basketball Reporter, The Oregonian, Portland, OR
September 2019 – July 2020

  • Beat reporter covering the Portland Trail Blazers and the NBA; Pitch/write articles daily with a focus on issues, trends and enterprise.

Soccer Reporter, The Oregonian, Portland, OR
August 2013 – October 2019

  • Lead soccer reporter covering the Timbers, Thorns, Major League Soccer and the U.S. National Teams; Pitch/write articles daily with a focus on issues, trends and enterprise; Take photos, shoot video and assign/edit articles to other soccer reporters.
  • Maintain a strong social media presence to promote content, engage with sources and interact with readers.
  • Host a popular weekly podcast called Soccer Made in Portland; interview analysts, players, coaches and front office staff.

Assistant Editor and Reporter, Mission Local (missionlocal.org), San Francisco, CA
August 2011 – July 2013

  • Assigned and edited projects and stories at a hyperlocal news site in the Mission District of San Francisco; created coverage plan and managed website; ran social media accounts; served as sole monthly weekend editor overseeing staff of 12.
  • Pitched stories and wrote articles on city and community politics, breaking news and sports.
  • Produced print and multimedia pieces weekly; shot and edited short videos and photo/audio slideshows; used Photoshop, HTML5, CSS, and jQuery to produce maps and infographics for the web.

Political Reporting Intern, Los Angeles Times/Tribune Co., Washington, DC
May 2012 – August 2012

  • Pitched and wrote daily articles on deadline for the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and affiliates; covered federal departments, Congress and other national political topics; balanced multiple projects at one time.

Freelance Sports Reporter/Intern, The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
May 2011 – Present

  • Pitched and wrote sports news, features and enterprise articles for sports section of Oregon’s leading daily.
  • Served as beat reporter for the Portland Timbers, writing features, profiles and covering late night games on deadline.
  • Wrote blog posts using Moveable Type; shot video for web; maintained online chat and live blog.

Freelance Sports Reporter/Intern, Marin Independent Journal, Novato, CA
April 2010 – Present

  • Pitched and wrote sports news, features, profiles and enterprise articles for a daily newspaper.
  • Wrote game stories about the San Francisco Giants on deadline; edited sports pages/completed page layout for print edition.

Reporting Intern/Social Media Administrator, Wireless and Mobile News, Virtual
August 2010 – May 2011

  • Wrote/published online news and feature articles about technology; edited website; wrote company style guide.
  • Managed social media accounts; facilitated discussion; generated interest to attract more fans.

Sports Desk Intern, KRON4 News, San Francisco, CA
May 2009 – July 2009

  • Assisted sports producer by logging games/choosing shots to be aired and writing daily scripts for sports anchor.
  • Pitched and worked on stories related to daily national sports news; completed background research on in-studio guests.

Journalism Intern, Claremont Courier, Claremont, CA
September 2008 – May 2009

  • Reported/produced feature stories and news articles for a city bi-weekly paper; covered local government politics.

Newsroom Intern, KPFA Radio (News Department), Berkeley, CA
June 2008 – August 2008

  • Reported for the daily news show by interviewing sources, writing articles, editing sound and broadcasting stories.

AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • The Atavist’s Digital Storymakers Award runner-up (2013).
  • Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Winner (2013, 2014).
  • White House Correspondents’ Association Scholarship Recipient (2012).
  • Winner of the California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest (2010).