EXPERIENCE
Los Angeles Times circulation 723,181 June 2012-August 2012
Dow Jones New Fund copy desk intern
- edited local, state stories for the metro section
- wrote print and SEO headlines
- scheduled tweets, Facebook posts
Arizona Daily Wildcat circulation 8,000 June 2010-present
Editor-in-chief August 2012-May 2012
- directly hired eight desk editors
- oversaw all newsroom operations, production decisions
- led print and online redesign
Copy chief June 2011-May2012
- oversaw staff of copy editors
- edited all content for grammar, AP style
- wrote headlines, cutlines
- revised the Daily Wildcat’s style manual and corrections policy
Opinions editor December 2010-May 2011
- oversaw staff of columnists
- edited columns for content
- regularly wrote editorials representing the views of the Daily Wildcat staff
Copy editor August 2010-December 2010
Opinions columnist August 2010-December 2010
Arts writer June 2010-August 2010
Arizona Daily Star circulation 238,000 June 2011-August 2011
Copy desk apprentice
- edited content for grammar, AP style
- wrote headlines, cutlines
- edited “Tales from the Morgue” series of e-books
UANews September 2009-September 2010
Reporter for UA communications
- focused on student/faculty coverage
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
- Attending University of Arizona, expected graduation May 2013 – Journalism major, minor in government and public policy
- Third-place winner of the SPJ Mark of Excellence Award in column writing (Region 11), 2012
- Third-place winner of the SPJ Mark of Excellence Award in editorial writing (Region 11), 2012
- First-place winner of the SPJ Mark of Excellence Award in column writing (Region 11), 2011
MEMBERSHIPS
Arizona Student Media Board
American Copy Editors Society
Society of Professional Journalists
Asian American Journalists Association
