Resume
This is my Resume. The following are links to my published articles.
- Student groups set up flags to honor 9/11 victims
- This article was written as an assignment for JOU 3101, and was published in the print version of the Alligator.
- Mamaw Menagerie art festival returns to Gainesville
- This article was written as an assignment for JOU 3101. I spent over three hours at this festival and interviewed every vendor. Out of all of the stories I have reported on I had the best time interviewing for this one. It allowed me to open my eyes to ecclectic works of art.
- Pro-Life Week
- This article was written as an assignment for JOU 3101. I came across the article on my way for class and instinct told me I should stop and conduct an interview. This ended up becoming my favorite story yet. The women I met were amazingly driven and powerful. I cannot be prouder of this article. I worked for many hours to construct a story to honor them.
- Starry Night breaks record for attendees
- This article was written as an assignment for JOU 3101. I had been planning to attend this event for my article for school. I was shocked there were so many people. I kept checking the count (number of people) throughout the night and immediately asked the Alligator if they wanted to do anything on it.
For Prospective Employers:
To me, the most important thing an employer should know about a prospective employee or intern is how they came to apply for this job and when they fell in love with it. Here is my story:
Eight years ago I joined Heritage Middle School's yearbook club. It was in this class when I was first introduced to Adobe InDesign.
I later went off to high school and the secretar asked me whether I wanted to do yearbook or newspaper. I decided to give newspaper a shot.
The first day of class I was mesmerized. I watched the staff go to work and realized that this was what I wanted to do. I aspired to become editor in chief before I left this school.
The following year I made it onto the staff and wrote as many stories as I possibly could. I am quite certain I had the largest portfolio of any student that year. Little did I know I would have completely filled four portfolios before leaving. Little did I know that the DeLand High School Growler would be my new home for the next four years.
The following year I applied for an editor position. I wanted news, sports or opinion. My true love is sports journalism; however, I figured that the sports editor was already decided. I received a phone call later in the summer from my adviser. She informed me that I would not be the news, sports or opinion editor. I would be managing editor. She said she hoped to groom me for editor in chief my senior year. This year I would take over the fun page and the managing editor position. That year was the first year we had ever won a Gold from Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
I worked hard my junior year to prove myself and learn from the editor in chief. After a wonderful junior year I received the position of editor in chief. I also took over the position of centerspread editor.
My senior year i was the only returning editor. I taught every new editor how to use Adobe InDesign. I had a short deadline because we were about to begin assigning stories for our first issue of the paper. The year went by extremely fast.
We were a bi-monthly publication which was a lot more frequent than most of the school newspapers I knew.
We worked hard and it was not without reward. We had received our second Gold from Columbia. I knew that all of the problems I had dealt with that year were worth it and that my decision to try out the newspaper was worth it.