Experience

The Trussville Tribune
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Managing Editor

  • Jun 2017 - Present


The Corridor Messenger

• Publisher

  • Feb 2012 - Jan 2017

  Reporting, editing, writing, photography, advertisement designing, page layout, content management, customer service, social media and website development, photo editing, selling, planning, coaching interns and freelance contributors, maintaining company equipment, distribution, newspaper promotion and problem solving Reporting, editing, writing, photography, advertisement designing, page layout, content management, customer service, social media and website development, photo editing, selling, planning, coaching interns and freelance contributors, maintaining company equipment, distribution, newspaper promotion and problem solving



The Daily Mountain Eagle

• News Editor

  • Aug 2008 - Feb 2012

  As newsroom's second-in-command, I coached reporters, photographers, interns and page designers, improved the efficiency of newsroom workflow by customizing computers' News Edit Pro work space, assigned stories, edited copy, covered various public bodies, designed pages using QuarkXpress, selected AP stories to use on inside pages, facilitated newsroom meetings, shot and edited photographs using Photoshop and wrote a weekly column. As newsroom's second-in-command, I coached reporters, photographers, interns and page designers, improved the efficiency of newsroom workflow by customizing computers' News Edit Pro work space, assigned stories, edited copy, covered various public bodies, designed pages using QuarkXpress, selected AP stories to use on inside pages, facilitated newsroom meetings, shot and edited photographs using Photoshop and wrote a weekly column.



The Cullman Times

• United States
• Government Relations Services

• Reporter

  • Nov 2006 - Aug 2008

  Wrote stories, updated website, edited photographs, designed pages using QuarkXpress, proofread copy, served on newspaper's safety committee, gave presentations to staff, shot video for website, did voice over work for video segments, shot photos and trained new employees on various software programs used by newspaper. Wrote stories, updated website, edited photographs, designed pages using QuarkXpress, proofread copy, served on newspaper's safety committee, gave presentations to staff, shot video for website, did voice over work for video segments, shot photos and trained new employees on various software programs used by newspaper.