Experience
Campus Correspondent, Her Campus Appalachian State Fall 2015
-Editor-in-chief of Appalachian State’s branch of international online magazine
-Recruit and Manage a team of 30 women and lead weekly staff meetings
-Coordinate with local businesses to plan promotional events
-Manage social media accounts
-Achieved Pink level, ranked in the top 15 percent of international chapters
News Programming Intern, Time Warner Cable News, Charlotte, NC Summer 2015
-Assisted reporters with news gathering, interviewing, production of news stories.
-Shadowed photojournalists, observed live news broadcasts, developed non-linear video editing skills
-Collaborated with producers to assemble newscasts, write on air content, determine story composition and form, cue live shots.
President, App Speaks, Appalachian State University Fall 2015
-Facilitate weekly discussions about local, national, and global topics among students and community members
-Plan and market Panorama 2015, an evening of student TED- like talks
-Coordinate with campus leaders to organize panels, public forums, special events
Web Intern, Time Warner Cable News, Charlotte, NC Summer 2014
-Edited scripts to be posted as AP stories on the web
-Generated unique content for social media accounts via SocialNewsDesk
-Demonstrated good news judgment when ranking stories and creating headlines
-Shadowed reporters in the field
Staff Writer, Her Campus Online Magazine Fall 2014- Spring 2014
-Composed engaging weekly feature articles
-Conducted interviews for ‘Campus Cutie’ and ‘Campus Celeb’ features
Relevant Skills
-Working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Muse, Premiere, Dreamweaver)
-Basic training with HTML5 and CSS3
-Extensive knowledge of AP style and copyediting
-Ability to analyze Google Analytic reports
-Proficiency in DSLR photography
-Practice with non-linear digital video editing
-Experience with social media management on integrative platform SocialNewsDesk
Education
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Spring 2016
Bachelor Of Science in Communication Studies, Bachelor Of Science in Journalism
Minor in General Business
Overall GPA: 3.97 GPA in Major: 4.0
Involvement
Member of App Speaks Fall 2014- Present
Appol Corps Orientation Leader Summer 2014, 2015
Department of Communication Honors Program Fall 2013- 2015
Member of ASU Chapter of Rotary International Fall 2013-2014
Floor Representative on the Newland Hall Council Fall 2013-2014