Experience
General assignment reporter
The Bismarck Tribune, December 2015 to present
- Wrote breaking news and feature articles
- Coordinated with editors to develop stories
- Edited copy and led the newsroom as needed
- Shot photographs and videos to accompany stories
Public Relations Representative
MDU Resources, July 2014 to December 2015
- Served as editor of 13,000-circulation, quarterly employee magazine
- Handled internal communications, including an intranet site and email newsletter
- Built pages, organized and added content to new intranet site in Sitefinity platform
- Set up mobile app for three-day conference while serving on planning committee
- Transformed newsletter to a weekly tip sheet directing employees to intranet content
- Wrote and planned advertisements
Assistant City Editor
The Bismarck Tribune,August 2013 to July 2014
- Managed the newsroom in the city editor’s absence
- Edited stories for content and Associated Press style
- Ran social media accounts in absence of online producer
Police & Courts Reporter
The Bismarck Tribune, May 2006 to July 2014
- Covered local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and courts
- Wrote enterprise stories on and off the police beat
- Assisted in covering other beats, including politics, business, agriculture and features
- Took photographs to accompany my stories and other reporters’ stories, as needed
- Organized newsroom reporting projects
- Managed social media accounts in the absence of the online producer
Tribal justice reporting fellow
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice Center on Media, Crime
and Justice/McCormick Foundation Specialized Reporting Institute, 2010
- Attended a seminar at the University of New Mexico
- Wrote multiple stories about law enforcement and legal issues facing North Dakota tribes
Temporary reporter
The Associated Press (Bismarck and Pierre offices), December 2005 to April 2006
- Wrote print and broadcast stories on deadline
- Covered all aspects of the South Dakota Legislature
- Took photographs to accompany stories
Sportswriter
The Mandan News, September 2005 to December 2005
- Wrote games stories
- Researched and wrote sports feature stories
Education
The University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota
Bachelor of Science in communications, minor in psychology, April 2006
Summa cum laude