Work Experience
Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative Distirct/Western Plains U.S.D. 106
• Paraeducator, Substitute Teacher, Bus Driver (2009 — Present)
– Responsible: Helping teach special education students, filling in for absent teachers, driving students to and from activities, and other tasks as assigned.
Lucky Se7en Mobile DJ Services
• Owner and Performer (2004 — Present)
– Responsible: Starting and running all business operations ranging from music purchasing,
event booking and planning, contract writing, and entertaining throught the Midwest.
The Ledger Newspaper
• Editor-In-Chief (2008 — 2009)
– Responsible: Writing all stories, shooting all photos, editing submitted copy and photos and paginating the paper each week, as well as handling subscriptions and classified advertising sales.
The McPherson Sentinel
• Columnist (2007 — 2008)
– Responsible: Researching, writing and submitting opinion pieces to the editor.
• Winter Break Intern (December 2006 — January 2007)
– Responsible: Interviewing sources, writing news and feature pieces, taking photographs.
The Wichita State University Sunflower
• Editor-In-Chief (2007 — 2008)
– Responsible: Overseeing all aspects of the editorial operation by providing support, content
and leadership while managing and hiring employees and handling payroll.
• Webmaster and Reporter (2006 — 2007)
– Responsible: Designing and maintaining the Sunflower Web site, interviewing sources,
writing news, opinion and feature pieces.
The Wichita Eagle
• Winter Break Intern (December 2007 — January 2008)
– Responsible: Interviewing sources and writing daily news and feature pieces.
The Wichita Times
• Webmaster Intern (2007)
– Responsible: Updating and designing Web pages with content from the monthly magazine,
as well as creating niche Web sites for The Times owner.
Greteman Group
• Online Intern (Kansas State Fair, 2005 and 2006)
– Responsible: Updating Kansas State Fair Web site with pictures and contest results.
The Hutchinson Collegian
• Editor-In-Chief & Online Editor (2005 — 2006)
– Responsible: Overseeing all aspects of the editorial operation by providing support, content and leadership while assigning and writing stories and copy editing every issue.
• Sports Editor & Online Staff (2004 — 2005)
– Responsible: maintaining The Collegian Web site, coming up with sports story ideas, interviewing sources, writing sports, news, opinion and feature pieces and taking photographs.
Central Kansas News Magazine
• Reporter and Photographer (2005 — 2006)
– Responsible: Interviewing sources, writing news, opinion and feature pieces and taking photographs.
Ad Astra Per Aspera Broadcasting
• Disc Jockey and Audio Technician (Spring Semesters, 2005 — 2006)
– Responsible: Voice-tracking weather reports and front-sells, airing weekly countdowns, and play commercial breaks during broadcasts of sporting events.
The Collegiate Media Company, LLC
• Co-Owner (2007 — Present)
– Responsible: Starting and running all business operations, product development, technological planning and implementation, contract writing, supply purchasing, and advertising sale. |
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