Resume and published work

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experience

USATODAY.com	August 2003-present
Network editor Through present. Leads "network journalism" strategies for reader engagement and news community building. Manages day-to-day efforts in a multimillion-piece UGC environment and is a stakeholder in long-term efforts. Supervises one staffer. Leads UGC standards development, moderation. Has spoken at ONA convention, a Knight Digital Media Center workshop, intern training, and college classes. Led training for full 500-person staff. Interviewed for NAA "Online Community Cookbook," Poynter's site, projects in other newsrooms, and college papers. Member, USA TODAY Talent Development program and Gannett IDEO-trained innovation group. Received Gannett 2007 Chairman's Award.
News writer Until March 2007. Co-created and wrote more than 2,000 posts for daily On Deadline news blog, quickly the site's most popular. Won newsroom awards, spoke on ONA-ASNE seminar, led blog training in newsroom. Served as newsroom lead for publishing system and story-page relaunch, led online newsroom training. Took leave of blog in fall '06 to join site relaunch. Designed content-management system, newsroom-friendly workflows, Photoshop automation. Contributed to development of reader-engagement journalism approach. Built training plans, managed rollout impacts.
Assistant news director Until November 2005. Produced breaking stories, galleries and newsletters. Managed site's front page. Wrote inauguration, Katrina blogs. Contributed to CMS, newsletter and blog plans. Won newsroom awards.
CNN.com	July 2002-July 2003
Associate producer, hired from fellowship View published work. Hired from graduate fellowship. Produced breaking stories and multimedia features, wrote several articles and reported for anti-terror project. Served as network military desk link for early war coverage.
Institute for Policy Research	Winter 2002
Staff View published work. Redesigned site with news focus to match publications, other NU sites. Developed site operation plans.
Roll Call	Summer 2001
Intern View published work. Reported, researched, aided in online relaunch. Travel database analysis led to paper's special report.
St. Petersburg Times	Winter 2001
Reporting intern View published work. Reported crime and neighborhood issues daily. Won SPJ collegiate award for spot news work.
The Daily Northwestern	September 1998-January 2001
Administration reporter View published work. Covered paper's top beat, won Hearst prize. Work referenced in Devil Wears Prada film.  Online editor View published work. Led daily efforts and redesign. Developed newsletters, chats and ad system. Won college awards.
Washingtonpost.com	Summers 2000, 1999
Intern Intern '00. Produced World news, breaking news rewrite, traffic analysis. Intern '99. Produced Nation and World sections.

education

Northwestern University	September 1998-June 2002
Bachelor and Master of Science degrees. View academic work. From Medill School of Journalism. Undergrad focus in print with political science minor; graduate focus in new media. Completed quarter-long graduate project with Tribune. Kappa Tau Alpha honors. For undergraduate and graduate work, including stories for the Medill News Service, a wire service distributed to the major surburban Chicago dailies, please see the page of academic work.
Gonzaga College High School	September 1994-June 1998
High school diploma. Given the Headmaster's Award. Social justice program, school paper.

skills and interests

• Experienced with content-management systems and newsroom tool/workflow design. Familiar with Web design, business and marketing as well as news industry trends. Fluent in HTML and standard desktop and Web apps.

• Member, Online News Association and Sultans of Dot softball team. Interests include reading, writing, online development, the Washington Nationals and Redskins, metro D.C. news, and Bruce Springsteen.