Employment
Bigfork Eagle / West Shore News — Weekly newspapers in Northwest Montana with a combined circulation of 4,500
October 2007-Present – Managing Editor
September 2007-October 2007 – Reporter
University of Montana
August 2006-August 2007 – News Editor, University Relations
Great Falls Tribune
June 2006-August 2006 – Reporting Intern
Montana Kaimin — the student newspaper at the University of Montana, daily circulation of 5,000
October 2005-May 2006— Editor-in-chief
August 2005-October 2005 — News Editor and Outdoors Editor
2003-2005 — Designer, Arts Reporter and Contributing Columnist
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
May 2005-May 2006 - Publication Designer
Bugle Magazine — the bi-monthly publication of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Spring 2003 - Writing intern
Freelance writer for Montana Magazine, Empire Builder, Distinctly Montana, The Montanan
Skills
Page design, reporting, editing, working under deadline, Windows and Mac operating platforms, Microsoft Office, Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator
Awards
Montana Newspaper Association Awards 2008:
Sweepstakes award for best Division 1 weekly newspaper in the state
1st Place: General Excellence
1st Place: Best Editorial Page
1st Place: Best Health/Fitness/Medicine/Science Reporting
1st Place: Best Environmental/Natural Resource Reporting
1st Place: Best Outdoors/Nature Photo
2007 Awards: 1st Place - Best Feature Story, Best Personality Feature; 3rd Place - Best Feature Photo
Hearst Editorial Writing Award, 16th place, 2006
Sam C. Reynolds Scholarship for editorial writing, 2006
Print Faculty Award, UM School of Journalism, 2006
Outstanding Senior Award, University of Montana, 2006
Lord Scholarship for excellence in journalism, UM School of Journalism, 2004 and 2005
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 2002
Education
University of Montana; Missoula, Mont.
July 2006, Bachelor’s Degree with Honors, Print Journalism, 3.6 GPA
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Collierville High School; Collierville, Tenn.,
May 2002, 3.6 GPA.