Journalist Vitae

Freelance Writer. An Anonymous News Organization, Jackson, Miss. (August 2006 – Present).

• Cover Mississippi State University football and basketball home games.
• Write multiple stories for each game under stringent deadlines.
• Collect quotes.
• Adhere to professional formats and style.

Freelance Writer. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Miss. (August 2008 – November 2008).

• Covered high school football games across Northeast Mississippi on a weekly basis.
• Wrote story for each game under stringent production deadline.
• Adhered to professional formats and AP style.

Sports Editor. The Reflector, Starkville, Miss. (April 2006 – April 2007).

• Developed layout and content for at least six sports pages per week in MSU campus newspaper.
• Managed staff of student beat writers.
• Generated and assign stories for each paper.
• Organized layout to be both visually appealing and informative using Adobe InDesign software.
• Recorded payroll and met stringent production deadlines.

Freelance Writer. The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. (August 2006 – November 2006).

• Wrote weekly feature story on MSU football.
• Adhered to professional formats and AP style.

Freelance Writer. The Sporting News, St. Louis, Mo. (August 2005 – May 2006).

• Maintained a campus blog at sportingnews.com covering all Mississippi State sports.
• Wrote feature piece “A day in the Life of Omar Conner” for print in The Sporting News magazine.
• Wrote feature piece “Working the Double Shift” for print in ArenaBowl XX program.

Staff Writer. The Reflector, Starkville, Miss. (August 2002 – April 2006).

• Covered Mississippi State football, baseball, volleyball, and softball for the school’s campus newspaper.
• Wrote multiple pieces ranging from features to breaking news each week as the beat writer for that sport.
• Kept in contact with coaches and players on a regular basis.
• Adhered to professional formats and AP style.

Activities & Awards

• The Reflector Writer of the Year (2006)
• The Reflector Editor of the Year (2007)
• Southeastern Journalism Conference – Sports Writing (3^rd place)