Position:
Staff Writer, Naperville at Daily Herald
Work:
Daily Herald
since Sep 2010
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Staff Writer, Naperville
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
May 2010 - Aug 2010
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Metro Reporting Intern
Tribune Company
Nov 2009 - May 2010
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Chicago Tribune Freelance Reporter
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DEPTARTMENT OF JOURNALISM
Jan 2008 - May 2010
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Researcher
Illini Media
Sep 2007 - May 2010
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The Daily Illini - Assistant News Editor
Champaign News-Gazette
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
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Digital Newsroom Multimedia Reporter
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS
Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
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Daily Herald metro reporting intern
Sun Publications
Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
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Naperville Sun Reporting Intern
PIONEER PRESS NEWSPAPERS
Dec 2005 - Jun 2008
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Freelance Writer
Education:
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN College of Media 2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Science, News-Editorial Journalism
Interests:
Journalism, feminism, writing, reporting, the Chicago Bulls, running, water skiing and blogging about twenty-something life.
Awards:
Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Competition
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Won fourth place out of 75 entrants in a collegiate multimedia journalism competition for a news website I produced about a plan to bring better broadband Internet access to Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Peter Lisagor Award for Education Reporting
Chicago Headline Club
Recognized for a three-day series I produced with John Leusch, John Radtke, Tara Garcia Mathewson and Patricia Babcock about the 40th anniversary of Title IX and all the changes it has brought to public education -- not just sports.
Peter Lisagor Award for Deadline Reporting
Chicago Headline Club
Recognized along with Josh Stockinger, Robert Sanchez, Chris Placek, Justin Kmitch and Jessica Cilella for coverage of two children stabbed to death in Naperville.