Professional/Personal Overview
A cross-platform story teller, info disseminator and image maker, ready and willing to do all three at once on the topic of your choosing.
Work Info
Expertise
Photographer
1 Year
Editor (video, film)
3 Years
Reporter
10 Years
Specialty
Humor
1 Year
Crime
1 Year
Lifestyle
10 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
10 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
The Manhattan Mercury (11+)
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OS 10, Windows XP
Technical Skills
Adobe InDesign, PageMaker, Photoshop, Bridge, Quark, Final Cut, iMovie, Wordpress
Equipment
MacBook Pro, digital audio recorder, Kodak HD camcorder, Nikon digital camera
References
Bill Felber, exec. editor at The Manhattan Mercury 785-776-2300
Awards
First place for political reporting from the Kansas Press Association in 2010
Other
Degrees in print and broadcast journalism
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(The Manhattan Mercury , 4/24/2011)
Article focusing on the prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in soldiers returning from Iraq and Afganistan, and how to rise to the challenge of meeting their psychological needs.
news writing samples
(The Manhattan Mercury , 7/17/2011)
A coverage story from an ongoing court case involving a serial rapist in Manhattan, KS. The story is one of several in a series of articles I wrote that were published in The Manhattan Mercury in 2011.
feature writing samples
(The Manhattan Mercury , 7/3/2011)
Feature story about a popular literacy class offered to select inmates at a county jail in Manhattan, KS. Includes quotes from several jailhouse interviews, as well as observations I made while sitting through the class myself.
(The Manhattan Mercury , 2/28/2011)
A personality profile of Neil Camera, the artist responsible for the resurgence of ad-critical Wacky Packages, a product of the Topps Baseball Card Company that first gained a cult following in the 1960s and 70s.