Resume
Work experience
May 2006 – November 2009
Advance Newspapers, Jenison, Mich.
Reporter
• Covering the Grand Rapids City Commission and happenings within the city
• Feature writing from assignment and self-generated ideas
• Maintaining contacts at schools and other community agencies and institutions
July 2005 – May 2006
The Argus-Press, Owosso, Mich.
Staff Writer
• Developed relationships with sources in government and law enforcement
• Produced compelling feature stories about people and events in the community
• News and feature photography
• Wrote a weekly farm news feature
March 2005 – July 2005
Kaechele Publications, Inc., Allegan, Mich.
Staff writer
• Covered city and township government
• Edited, designed and paginated a monthly business-news insert
• Maintained Web sites for two weekly newspapers
• Designed and paginated news pages
March 2004 – March 2005
Ogemaw County Herald, West Branch, Mich.
Staff writer
• Cultivated sources within the community
• Used relationships with sources to produce fair, accurate copy
• Photographed a variety of subjects
• Designed and paginated pages
Education
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich.
• Received bachelor’s degree in journalism with a political science minor December 2003
Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Currently working towards an associate’s degree in Web design and Web development
Computer skills
QuarkXPress, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, PageMaker, FreeHand, Microsoft Office, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, and digital audio production
Other skills
Experienced 35 mm and digital photographer
