Experience

VISUAL JOURNALIST, THE DES MOINES REGISTER - DES MOINES, IOWA — MARCH 2023 — PRESENT

  • Travel across Iowa for sports, news, politics and other photo coverage

  • Assist with coverage of large events, such as the Iowa State Fair and RAGBRAI

  • Collaborate on assignments with in-network newspapers in Ames and Iowa City

  • Building photo galleries and videos to provide in-depth coverage with reporters

VISUAL JOURNALIST, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD - OMAHA, NE — JULY 2020 — JANUARY 2023

  • Worked independently and collaborated with visuals team on preps and college sports, news, food, portraits, etc

  • Covered preps and college sports tournaments, including the 2021 and 2022 Men’s College World Series

  • Utilized social media to bring more eyes to photo galleries and feature photos online

  • Produced photos and videos for various types of assignments on deadline

STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT - IOWA CITY, IA— FEBRUARY 2019 — MARCH 2020

  • Covered all 24 sports Iowa Athletics sponsors with the same importance and vigor

  • Posted photo galleries after sporting events in a timely manner to coincide with other department coverage

  • Worked with Director of Photography and Assistant Director of Photography to ensure consistent coverage of events

VISUAL ARTS DIRECTOR, THE DAILY IOWAN - IOWA CITY, IA — AUGUST 2018 — FEBRUARY 2019

  • Managed content creation of all visual sections of the paper: photo, films, and design

  • Saw to effective communication between visual and copy sections, acted as the “glue” of the newsroom

  • Guided visual content of special publications dedicated to football, arts and culture, and politics coverage

PHOTO EDITOR, THE DAILY IOWAN - IOWA CITY, IA — AUGUST 2017 — MAY 2018

  • Managed a staff of 19 student photographers of various ages and skill levels

  • Saw through that every story has a photo, while also creating independent photo stories on deadlines

  • Trained staff on technical aspects and editorial work, while teaching how to tell a story using only visuals

  • Maintained competition with professional newspaper photo staffs while remaining a “student journalist”

STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST, THE DAILY IOWAN - IOWA CITY, IA — JANUARY 2017— APRIL 2019

  • Covered a diverse crop of events, such as sports, spot news and political events

  • Used professional camera gear in high and low light situations

  • Created slideshows to accurately and honestly tell stories of events

  • Provided and received productive critique from my photo coach and staff each week

Education

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA — Journalism and Mass Communications, Writing Certificate — B.A. May 2020

Achievements

Associated Collegiate Press — 2018 Story of the Year: Diversity Series honorable mention: Black, Female and with a Lens on Life, 2018 Multimedia Story of the Year honorable mention: Photo Slideshow: Dance Marathon’s 24th Annual Big Event Recap with Daily Iowan photo staff, 2018 Pacemaker finalist: The Daily Iowan

Tulsa Press Club: 2019 Student Designer of the Year, Dan Harrison Memorial Scholarship recipient — The Daily Iowan

Skills

  • Canon camera gear

  • Photoshop

  • InDesign

  • Premiere Pro

  • Lightroom

  • PhotoMechanic

  • Final Cut Pro

  • Microsoft Suite

  • Time management

  • Working on deadline

  • Writing and AP Style

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