EDUCATION

Northwestern University: Evanston, Illinois

Medill School of Journalism

Masters of Science in Journalism: 2008

McGill University: Montreal, Quebec

Bachelor of Arts: 2001-2005
Major Concentration: Political Science and Religious Studies
Minor Concentration: History

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, QuarkXPress, HTML 5, CSS 3, KML, jQuery, ActionScript 2.0 and ArcGIS

WORK EXPERIENCE

American Print Media

Copy Editor: 2009-present

• Copy editor for two weekly publications: The Compton Bulletin and the Huerfano World News.

The Light in Darkness & For You

Assistant Editor: 2007-present

• Edited two books about Bruce Springsteen. The first, For You, was published in 2007. The most recent, The Light in Darkness, was published in Oct. 2009. Duties included editing and copy editing the books, establishing style guidelines, writing copy for the Web sites and aiding in photo editing and design for the books.

Web Designer

2006-present

• Worked with author Jonathan Eig to design a Web site and build multimedia for his forthcoming book, Get Capone.
• Developed promotional Web pages, sites for small businesses and resume & portfolio sites .
• Worked with IDFusion Software to promote their latest software release, Bodega.

Blogger

2009

• Blogged weekly for The Daily Daley, a site focused on the daily activites of Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley.
• Founded The Zoo Plane, a humorous look at Illinois politics.

Medill News Service: Chicago, Washington

Reporter: 2008

• Covered national defense issues in Washington and local government in Chicago.
• Designed and developed interactive Flash presentations.
• Visualized geocoded databases with advanced mapping software.

Real English: Montreal, QC

English Tutor: 2006-2008

• Edited academic papers and resumes.
• Provided English language instruction.
• Developed a new curriculum to better engage intermediate and advanced students.

McGill Daily: Montreal, QC

News Writer and Staff Member: 2002-2005

• Wrote numerous investigative articles.
• Researched news leads and conceived story ideas.
• Participated in staff meetings related to the operations of the newspaper.
• Aided in production, editing, copy editing, and website maintenance.