Journalism creds

Professional resume

Currently: Digital News Director, Lansing State Journal

Work Experience
18-year journalist
13-year manager

Organizations: Dallas Morning News, USA Today (loaner program), Poughkeepsie Journal, Pittsburgh  Business Times, Lansing State Journal

Projects

• Burning Bed (2009)
• Guilty until proven innocent (2008)
• Juan’s Story (2008)
• New Age: Living Longer in Mid-Michigan (2007) (A yearlong project spotlighting a growing aging society and its effects across the community on a variety of levels)
• Onguard Online (2005)

Public speaking/Presentations

• Rethinking the News, Michigan Press Assoc., Jan. 29, 2010
  

• Dynamic Data, Unity ’08 Chicago, July 25, 2008

• New Age community conversations, 2007

• Career Night – Alana, Michigan State University, 2007

Awards and Recognition
Michigan Press Association
Michigan AP
Gannett Supervisor Award
USA Today Loan
APME finalist

Organizations/Training/Fellowships
National Association of Black Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
American Press Institute
NICAR/IRE