PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL
City/Islands Reporter – October – present
- Cover city council meetings for the cities of Fort Myers and Sanibel, and the town of Fort Myers Beach
- Write enterprise stories about issues affecting the three municipalities
- Use social media to disseminate community information
The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL
Breaking News Reporter — 2010 to 2012
- Cover murders, accidents, shootings, robberies and other crime-related stories
- Write enterprise stories about crime trends in Palm Beach County
- Shoot video and stills for PalmBeachPost.com when covering breaking news
- Use social media to disseminate public safety news and information
- Photograph and review concerts for the Palm Beach Post’s entertainment site, PBPulse.com
- Recorded video reviews and contributed to the Palm Beach Post’s now-defunct technology blog, Tech Tonic
La Palma, West Palm Beach, FL
Web Producer, Staff Writer — 2009 to 2010
- Updated LaPalmaInteractivo.com, and its related sites and blogs, in addition to designated sections of the PalmBeachPost.com
- Designed and migrated LaPalmaInteractivo into Escenic, its new content management system
- Managed LaPalmaInteractivo.com’s social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
- Wrote feature stories for La Palma on the Hispanic Community
- Covered breaking news while working weekend cops shifts for the Palm Beach Post
- Wrote stories for the Breaking News, Local and Money desks of the Palm Beach Post
- Recorded video reviews for the Palm Beach Post’s now-defunct technology blog, Tech Tonic
- Photographed and reviewed concerts in Spanish for La Palma’s entertainment site Lpulso.com and its sister English site, PBPulse
Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Stuart, FL
Correspondent — 2008 – 2009
- Enterprised a story on Florida’s Turnpike decreased revenue
- Wrote features on local events
The Oracle, Tampa, FL
Copy Editor, Opinion Editor, Reporter — 2007 – 2008
- Worked with a team of writers to help them develop and write opinion pieces
- Wrote editorials, stories and columns on issues that affected the university’s community
- Copy edited stories for all sections of the paper
- Designed section pages
AWARDS
2011 IRE award for breaking news investigations
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of South Florida, 2008
SKILLS
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, InCopy, HTML, CSS