Experience

The State Newspaper
• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Visual Journalist

  • Jan 2020 - Present

Panama City News Herald
• Photojournalist

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2020

Texarkana Gazette
• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Photojournalist

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2017


Chautauquan Daily

• Photojournalist Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  As a photojournalist intern, I cover the Chautauqua Institution. This includes daily performances, lectures, sports, events, features and photo stories. This newspaper is owned by the Institution, and we strive to be an independent journalistic record of the community and program. As a photojournalist intern, I cover the Chautauqua Institution. This includes daily performances, lectures, sports, events, features and photo stories. This newspaper is owned by the Institution, and we strive to be an independent journalistic record of the community and program.



University of Missouri

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  I taught the lab section of the course. This included teaching students of a huge range of abilities the basics of studio lighting, to advanced techniques like lighting metal and glass, and how to use flash in more documentary situations. In addition to teaching the lab section of the course, I was available to students for help with their projects and graded.

• Student

  • Aug 2012 - May 2014

  I study photojournalism at the University of Missouri. As graduate student, I was a staff photographer at the Columbia Missourian in the fall of 2013 and a photo editor in the spring of 2014. I also was a graduate assistant managing the social media presence for the Journalism program's study abroad office and a teaching assistant for Rita Reed's Advanced Techniques in Photojournalism course.



Sakaal Times

• Photojournalist Intern

  • Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

  As an intern, I assisted at daily news shoots and photographed illustration photos for the weekly women's supplement. Navigating another country's media system and not speaking the local language was an exciting and world-expanding experience. As an intern, I assisted at daily news shoots and photographed illustration photos for the weekly women's supplement. Navigating another country's media system and not speaking the local language was an exciting and world-expanding experience.



Bloomington Herald-Times

• Photojournalist Intern

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  As an intern, I covered sports, spot news, daily news, took portraits and shot two picture pages that included my own writing. As an intern, I covered sports, spot news, daily news, took portraits and shot two picture pages that included my own writing.



Wendy Jessup and Associates, Inc.

• Intern

  • 2009 - 2009

  My responsibilities included managing her library of publications, calibrating environmental monitoring equipment, and I took documentary photographs during a site visit. My responsibilities included managing her library of publications, calibrating environmental monitoring equipment, and I took documentary photographs during a site visit.