Kristi Eaton

kristi.eaton@gmail.com
kristieaton.com

EXPERIENCE
The Associated Press | Oklahoma City
Temporary legislative relief reporter | February 2011 to June 2011
I have covered a variety of state and national stories, including deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma
and Alabama, a woman asking the local city council to let her keep her pet kangaroo and an FBI
shootout in rural Oklahoma.

Freelance Journalist | Tulsa, Okla.

May 2009 to February 2011
I wrote monthly features for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and TulsaPeople Magazine. My
freelance work has also appeared in TIME.com, Ms. Magazine, the Tulsa World, Women’s
eNews, The Oklahoman and OKLAHOMA Magazine.

The Saipan Tribune | Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Reporter | July 2008 to May 2009
I covered the Legislature, the Governor’s Office, the Public School System and the utilities
corporation for the daily paper. I wrote extensively on the island's ongoing power crisis and the
Northern Marianas' transition to federal immigration and labor laws. I traveled to Samoa to cover
a climate change roundtable and to China to report on tourism attractions.

Divided Families | Arizona State University

Reporter | August 2007 to December 2007
I traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border, Guadalajara and Veracruz to report and write two in-
depth pieces on families divided by the border. The Howard G. Buffet Foundation funded the
project, which was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the college print
category.

The State Press | Arizona State University

Editor-in-chief, city editor, reporter, magazine writer | January 2005 to December 2007
I edited and planned content for the daily paper. I managed a staff of approximately 50 students.
The State Press prints Monday through Friday with a circulation of 18,000.

Internships/Fellowships
+The Journal of Life Sciences and The Burrill Report, summer 2009 (biotechnology magazines in
San Francisco)
+The Arizona Republic, Pulliam fellowship, summer 2007 (general assignment)
+The Arizona Republic, fall 2006 (online breaking news intern)
+The Oklahoman, summer 2006 (state desk intern)
+Arizona Foothills Magazine, spring 2006 (fact checker)
AWARDS
+Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Magazine reporting portfolio: 3rd place, news
writing for magazines: 2nd place
+Parenting Publications of America, Gold award in feature writing for my first-person account of
childhood battle with anorexia, 2011
+Dean’s List, Arizona State University
+Charles Stauffer Memorial Scholarship, 2007 (From the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at
Arizona State University)
+Arizona Press Club Scholarship, 2006
+Sun Devil Scholarship, 2004 to 2008 (Academic scholarship to Arizona State University)

WORKSHOPS
+UNESCO Pacific Climate Change Roundtable, October 2008, Apia, Samoa
I learned about reporting on climate change during a weeklong plenary session among Pacific
island nations in preparation for The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

SKILLED IN Photography, AP style, designing and copy editing; editing audio; LexisNexis; social
media; Photoshop and InDesign; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; and Google
search.

EDUCATION
+Arizona State University, Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, May 2008
+Richmond University in Rome, Photography and Italian Language, Rome, Spring 2008

MEMBERSHIPS
+Society of Professional Journalists