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To report for a newspaper that cares about news.


Valley Times - 6/2000 to present
Education reporter
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Tri-Valley Herald - 8/19/99 to 6/2000
City of Dublin and transportation reporter
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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies - 6/11/99 to 7/23/99
Six-week journalism program

The State Press - 1/99 to 5/99; 6/97 to 5/98
Editor-in-Chief (1/99 - 5/99)
City Editor (12/97 - 5/98)
Reporter (6/97 - 12/97)
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The Arizona Republic - 5/98 to 12/98
Russell B. Pulliam Fellow
Assisted in developing, launching and reporting for weekly special section.

The Scottsdale Tribune - 1/98 to 5/98
Intern
Community news coverage for underdog daily.

ASU Insight - 10/96 to 1/97
Copy editor

The Bulldog - 12/97
Bounty Hunters: An indepth look

Arizona State University
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication
B.A. Journalism - May, 1999
Business minor
GPA 3.5

Outstanding Graduate - Cronkite School of Journalism
First place: SPJ National Mark of Excellence
First place: Arizona Press Club
Third place: William Randolph Hearst Award
Pulliam Scholarship recipient
Scripps Howard Scholarship recipient
Golden Key National Honor Society member

QuarkXpress
HTML
Excel
Depth reporting

Bruce Itule, ASU journalsim mentor, (602) 965-5978
Hal DeKeyser, Sun City Daily News-Sun publisher, (602) 977-3660
Tim Baxter, Kansas City Star reporter, (816) 234-7723