2005-2007
2001-2005
AWARDS
Honor
Roll
Adviser
Award
(Four-Year
Newspaper),
College
Media
Advisers
CMA
Presidential
Citation
Outstanding
Graduate
Student
of
the
Year,
University
of
Memphis
Kappa
Tau
Alpha
Top
Scholar,
University
of
Memphis
(4.0
GPA)
Phi
Kappa
Phi
Honor
Society
Omicron
Delta
Kappa
Leadership
Society
Lambda
Pi
Eta
Communications
Honor
Society
2010
2010,
2011
2007
2007
2004
2004
2004
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Elon
University,
Elon,
North
Carolina
Instructor
Multimedia
Journalism
2012-Current
Developed
syllabus
and
overall
course
structure,
administered
grades,
revamped
direction
of
course,
placed
greater
emphasis
on
students
(all
seniors)
creating
large-scale
multimedia
reporting
projects
for
the
public
good
that
center
on
important
news
events.
Students
focus
on:
Elon
University,
Elon,
North
Carolina
Instructor
Media
Writing
2007-2012
Developed
syllabus
and
overall
course
structure,
administered
grades
and
added
multimedia
and
social
media
aspects
to
this
introductory
level
writing
course.
(Have
also
taught
Communications
Fellows
section
of
Media
Writing,
which
is
for
students
with
high
levels
of
academic
achievement.)
Students
focus
on:
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Writing
a
minimum
of
20
stories
during
the
semester,
all
with
strict
deadlines
of
anywhere
from
seven
hours
to
70
minutes
Using
social
media
(primarily
Twitter)
to
engage
with
course
material
outside
the
classroom
Elon
University,
Elon,
North
Carolina
Instructor
Elon
101
2012-Current
Developed
syllabus
and
overall
course
structure,
initiated
practical
discussions
important
to
first-year
students
and
welcomed
an
atmosphere
of
curiosity.
Students
focus
on:
Learning
the
basic
fundamentals
of
Elons
first-year
core
and
general
studies
requirements
Identifying
campus
resources
to
support
their
academic
activities
Evaluating
opportunities
for
campus-related
involvement
Fostering
productive
and
meaningful
relationships
with
other
students
Expanding
their
academic
and
interpersonal
skills
Understanding
the
importance
of
balance
within
their
school
and
personal
lives
Elon
Academy
Elon
University,
Elon,
North
Carolina
Instructor
High
School
Journalism
Writing
and
Multimedia
Reporting
2009-2010
Developed
syllabus
and
overall
course
structure,
taught
basic
newswriting
skills
to
high
school
students,
mentored
students
in
their
coverage
of
news
stories
they
enterprised
and
coordinated
and
designed
the
end-of-summer
Elon
Academy
newsletter.
Students
focused
on:
2007-Current
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Initiate
discussions
about
using
the
newspaper
as
a
forum
for
deeper
dialogues
about
important
campus
and
community
issues
and
about
using
the
website
as
a
delivery
mechanism
for
breaking
news
Ensure
the
Pendulum
meets
or
surpasses
its
revenue
goals
Provide
written
critiques
of
the
newspaper,
both
through
edits
on
the
hardcopy
newspaper
and
through
deeper
comments
on
a
blog
maintained
for
the
Pendulum
staff
Form
collaborations
between
Pendulum
student
editors
and
faculty
of
journalism
courses
Encourage
Pendulum
students
to
forge
stronger
relationships
with
the
universitys
other
student
media
organizations
in
order
to
foster
a
more
cooperative
news
environment
Lead
Pendulum
executive
editors
on
a
weekend-long
retreat
at
the
start
of
every
new
calendar
year
for
the
purposes
of
staff
training,
discussions
and
bonding
During
time
as
adviser,
The
Pendulum
has
won
more
than
100
awards
from
national,
regional,
local
and
university
organizations,
including:
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Encourage
student
media
groups
to
work
closely
with
one
another
to
meet
common
goals
Established
a
shared
server
for
all
of
student
media
Streamlined
the
process
of
producing
budget
and
purchase
requests
Identify
potential
competitions
for
student
media
organizations
to
enter
and
encourage
students
to
submit
their
work
Work
closely
with
the
chair
of
the
Student
Media
Board
to
plan
meetings,
organize
banquets
and
chart
the
future
of
student
media
at
Elon
Cummings
High
School,
Burlington,
North
Carolina
Volunteer
Adviser
to
the
high
school
newspaper
Cummings
Voice
2009-2010
Helped
re-launch
the
newspaper
for
the
high
school
and
worked
closely
with
students
and
the
faculty
adviser
of
the
publication
to
produce
two
editions
a
year.
As
a
volunteer
adviser,
I
also:
Led
workshops
on
interviewing,
writing
and
reporting
Discussed
advertising
techniques
Helped
with
staff
transition
Left
plan
in
place
to
aid
adviser
in
maintaining
the
health
of
the
newspaper
Recruited
Elon
University
students
to
mentor
the
high
school
staff
and
design
the
publication
RELATED
EXPERIENCE
Memphis
Commercial-Appeal
Reporter
Covered
prep
athletics,
including
stories
for
sports
and
features
sections
Covered
general
news
and
features
stories
for
zoned
editions
of
the
newspaper
Burlington
Times-News
Sports
Reporter
June
2003
June
2005
Covered
NFL
Carolina
Panthers
football,
NHL
Carolina
Hurricanes
hockey,
prep
athletics,
general
features/profiles,
operated
AGATE
functions,
copy
editing
and
pagination
ACTIVITIES/SERVICE
Handle
recruiting
for
the
School
of
Communications,
which
requires
attending
high
school
journalism
conferences,
arranging
for
faculty
to
present
at
conferences
and
gaining
access
to
local
high
school
journalism
classrooms
to
offer
students
professional
development
opportunities.
Maintained
School
of
Communications
website,
which
requires
design
and
update
of
the
site
and
production
of
news
content
about
the
School.
Also
wrote
content
related
to
faculty/staff
achievements,
student
work,
program
news
(Elon
in
Los
Angeles,
Elon
in
New
York
City,
elondocs,
Imagining
the
Internet,
Masters
in
Interactive
Media
program,
etc.),
internships
and
national
coverage
of
our
program
and
students.
Wrote
stories
and
features,
took
photos
and
shot
video
for
the
site.
Designed
basic
structure
of
and
maintained
the
North
Carolina
Open
Government
Coalition
website.
The
NCOGC
is
housed
in
the
School
of
Communications.
Also
maintained
elondocs
website.
(elondocs
is
a
School
of
Communications
program
that
affords
students
the
opportunity
to
produce
full-length
documentaries.)
Administer
the
social
media
presence
of
the
School
of
Communications,
which
exists
largely
on
Twitter,
Facebook
and
Instagram.
Co-lead
the
Elon
Interactive
Media
Twitter
account,
and
also
ran
the
North
Carolina
Open
Government
Coalition
and
Elon
in
Los
Angeles
Twitter
accounts.
Completed
2014
newspaper
and
yearbook
individual
and
section
judging
for
a
statewide
high
school
media
contest
administered
by
the
North
Carolina
Scholastic
Media
Association.
Began
School
of
Communications
alumni
e-newsletter
by
compiling
text,
photo
and
video
content.
Covers
academic
and
faculty
achievements,
alumni
updates
and
student
projects.
This
initiative
is
in
accord
with
Schools
priority
to
increase
and
formalize
communication
with
its
alumni.
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Named
Imagining
the
Internet
Fellow
and
led
teams
of
students
to
four
Internet
Governance
Forums
in
Washington,
D.C.,
for
four
summers.
Reported
and
tweeted
live
from
several
sessions,
while
also
directing
the
students
efforts
to
report,
blog,
tweet,
photograph
and
film
for
the
Imagining
the
Internet
and
IGF-USA
websites.
The
student
teams
provided
the
only
historical
documentation
of
all
four
conferences.
Slated
to
take
a
team
of
students
to
Dallas
in
March.
Hand
selected
as
Chair
of
the
New
Media
Committee
for
College
Media
Advisers
by
the
CMA
President.
Coordinated
speakers
and
sessions
at
both
the
fall
2011
and
spring
2012
conferences
for
presentations
relating
to
new
media
or
social
media.
Selected
to
serve
on
the
Programming
Committee
for
College
Media
Advisers
after
the
old
organizational
structure
was
reconfigured.
Held
the
position
for
two
years.
Brought
students
in
fall
2012
Multimedia
Journalism
class
to
Charlotte
to
report
on
the
Democratic
National
Convention
for
a
local
publication.
Students
provided
one
full
days
worth
of
coverage
for
the
website
of
Creative
Loafing,
an
alternate
weekly
publication.
Led
students
on
academic
trips
to
college
media
conferences
and
conventions.
Have
traveled
to
Associated
Collegiate
Press,
College
Media
Association
and
Society
of
Professional
Journalist
gatherings
every
semester
since
2007.
Served
on
the
School
of
Communications
Fellows
Selection
Committee.
Help
select
and
rank
students
for
acceptance
into
the
prestigious
School
of
Communications
Fellows
program.
Chaired
the
School
of
Communications
Awards
Committee.
Developed
a
list
of
competitions
students
could
enter
based
on
their
majors,
and
helped
select
School
of
Communications
student
award
and
scholarship
winners.
Worked
as
Assistant
Editor
of
Media
History
Monographs,
for
which
I
reviewed
manuscripts
and
laid
out
pages
for
the
online-only
journal.
Reviewed
presentation
proposals
for
the
Association
of
Education
in
Journalism
and
Mass
Communication
Southeast
Colloquium,
for
which
I
read
and
judge
papers
being
submitted
for
possible
presentation.
Assist
the
School
of
Communications
FreshTV
program,
which
is
an
accelerated
training
program
for
first-year
students
that
prepares
them
for
successful
careers
in
the
areas
of
cinema,
journalism
and
broadcast
production.
It
is
a
15-week
experience,
during
which
students
are
trained
to
use
camera
equipment
and
taught
how
to
tell
stories
through
pictures
and
words.
Serve
as
both
chair
of
the
Awards
Committee
and
a
member
of
the
Steering
Committee
for
the
North
Carolina
College
Media
Association.
Help
judge
award
submissions
from
student
newspapers
throughout
the
state
and
provide
insight
on
the
future
of
the
organization.
Helped
organize
and
re-launch
newspaper
at
Cummings
High
School
in
conjunction
with
Elon
University.
Worked
with
several
students
at
Cummings,
a
low-income,
diverse
school,
to
design
and
produce
two
editions
per
year.
Designed
quarterly
newsletter
for
Womens
Resource
Center
in
Burlington,
N.C.
Received
and
copy
edited
all
content
and
designed
newsletter,
which
is
sent
out
to
the
Centers
members.
Taught
Journalism
Writing
and
Multimedia
Reporting
in
the
Elon
Academy,
which
consists
of
academically
oriented
high
school
students
who
are
often
underrepresented
on
college
and
university
campuses.
The
Academy
helps
spur
the
students
toward
pursuing
higher
education,
building
leadership
skills
and
developing
an
active
sense
of
social
responsibility.
PAGE 6
Helped
organize
the
North
Carolina
College
Media
Association
conference
held
at
Elon
University
in
2010.
Recruited
speakers
and
organized
several
sessions.
Worked
as
Conference
Director
for
the
Society
of
Professional
Journalists
Region
2
conference,
which
was
held
at
Elon
University
in
the
spring
of
2012.
Was
in
charge
of
coordinating
speakers,
publicizing
event
and
presenting
awards,
among
other
responsibilities.
Appointed
to
Elon
Universitys
Young
Alumni
Council.
Participated
on
the
Event
Planning
and
Programming
committees
and
led
a
subcommittee
that
initiated
and
implemented
an
online
traditions
book
for
Elon
University.
Wrote
a
feature
story
for
the
Elon
Magazine
about
a
student-faculty
trip
to
Wilmington,
N.C.,
to
help
residents
experience
a
smooth
transition
from
analog
to
digital
television.
(Wilmington
was
the
first
city
in
the
United
States
to
make
the
switch.)
Traveled
to
Wilmington
to
document
the
event.
Served
as
Graduate
Assistant
at
the
University
of
Memphis.
Worked
as
business
manager
and
copy
editor
of
Newspaper
Research
Journal.
Copy
edited
every
journal
article
that
appeared
in
the
eight
editions
that
were
produced
during
a
two-year
period.
Analyzed
manuscripts
for
inclusion
in
the
Journal,
helped
write
headlines
and
maintained
the
budget
and
subscriptions.
PUBLICATIONS,
PAPERS
AND
PRESENTATIONS
Careful
Editing
and
Consistent
Coaching:
Bringing
Credibility
to
You
and
Your
News
Product
Presentation
at
the
North
Carolina
Scholastic
Media
Association
Summer
Workshop,
Chapel
Hill,
N.C.
Effective
Hybrid
or
Multi-Headed
Hydra?
Co-Presentation
at
Thresholds
to
Learning,
Elon
Teaching
and
Learning
Conference,
Elon,
N.C.
Starting
a
Professional
Student
Org
Website
Co-Presentation
at
College
Media
Advisers
Conference,
New
York
Advanced
Student
Media
Websites:
Content,
Marketing,
Technology
and
Revenue
Co-Presentation
at
College
Media
Advisers
Conference,
New
York
Review:
Baseball
and
the
Media:
How
Fans
Lose
in
Todays
Coverage
of
the
Game
Reviewed
book
by
George
Castle
for
Newspaper
Research
Journal
2013
2011
2010
2010
2007
Free
Speech
Privileges:
History
and
Newspaper
Coverage
of
Sedition
Laws
in
America
Paper
presented
at
North
Carolina
State
CommUnion
Conference,
Raleigh,
N.C.
2005
Globals
Impact
Paper
presented
at
annual
Global
Fusion
Conference
in
St.
Louis
2004
SKILLS
HTML
and
CSS
markup
skills,
Adobe
Creative
Suite
(InDesign,
Photoshop
and
Dreamweaver),
PageMaker,
QuarkXPress,
Microsoft
Office
and
AGATE,
various
DSLR
and
video
cameras,
knowledge
of
Final
Cut
Pro
and
Avid
MEMBERSHIPS
College
Media
Advisers
North
Carolina
College
Media
Association,
Chair
of
Awards
Committee
and
Member
of
Steering
Committee