Experience

Marshalltown Times-Republican
• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Managing Editor

  • Oct 2021 - Present


Mid-America Publishing

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional News Editor

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2021

  Write news, sports and take photos for the Grundy Register and Eldora Newspapers in central Iowa, and previously the now-defunct Conrad Record in Conrad, Iowa. Primary focuses are meeting coverage, countywide news and high school sports in Grundy County as well as police and Board of Supervisors in Hardin County. Write news, sports and take photos for the Grundy Register and Eldora Newspapers in central Iowa, and previously the now-defunct Conrad Record in Conrad, Iowa. Primary focuses are meeting coverage, countywide news and high school sports in Grundy County as well as police and Board of Supervisors in Hardin County.



University of Iowa Distribution Center

• Warehouse Clerk

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  Took regular inventory, collected university apparel for shipment, drove van and truck to various university buildings and made deliveries. Took regular inventory, collected university apparel for shipment, drove van and truck to various university buildings and made deliveries.



The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2011 - May 2013

  Worked on investigative and long form pieces for an award-winning non-profit news entity based in Iowa City as a college student. Worked on investigative and long form pieces for an award-winning non-profit news entity based in Iowa City as a college student.



Verum Magazine

• Politics Editor

  • Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

  Worked as a writer and politics editor for a startup student magazine. It was an unpaid position, but it gave me good experience in working with others, hitting deadlines and editing other people's work. Worked as a writer and politics editor for a startup student magazine. It was an unpaid position, but it gave me good experience in working with others, hitting deadlines and editing other people's work.



Marketlink Inc.

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Representative

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Worked here for a summer when I was home from college marketing various products and promotions for Charter Communications. Made cold calls and contacted current customers about upgrades and deals that they were eligible for. Worked here for a summer when I was home from college marketing various products and promotions for Charter Communications. Made cold calls and contacted current customers about upgrades and deals that they were eligible for.



City of Alta

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Umpire, Lifeguard

  • May 2006 - Aug 2011

  Worked as a lifeguard at the city pool in the summer and umpired youth baseball and softball games in my hometown as a high school student. Also assisted in running concession stands and cleaning and maintenance of the pool property. Worked as a lifeguard at the city pool in the summer and umpired youth baseball and softball games in my hometown as a high school student. Also assisted in running concession stands and cleaning and maintenance of the pool property.



Storm Lake Pilot Tribune

• Intern

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Wrote news, columns and sports during the summer after my senior year of high school under the direction of managing editor Dana Larsen and sports editor Trent Johnson. The position gave me my first real experience in journalism before I headed off to the University of Iowa that fall. Wrote news, columns and sports during the summer after my senior year of high school under the direction of managing editor Dana Larsen and sports editor Trent Johnson. The position gave me my first real experience in journalism before I headed off to the University of Iowa that fall.