PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a career reporter, writer and magazine editor who currently works as a public information
officer. I have strong communication and research skills. A multitasker, I can handle several
different assignments and duties simultaneously. I am an exceptional verbal communicator
knowledgeable in a variety of topics. I’m creative and tenacious and an outside-the-box thinker
who is highly organized. I have raised Monongalia County Health Department’s profile by
working with the media, writing for the newspaper and expanding our social media presence.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Writing | Editing | Social Media | Press Releases | Graphic Design | AP Style | Plain Language
Web Content Management | Coordinating Media Interviews | Responding to Media Requests

JOB HISTORY

I’m currently the public information officer at Monongalia County Health Department,
Morgantown, West Virginia July 2017- Present | Managing Editor, New South Media,
Morgantown July 2016-June 2017 | Editor, NCWV Life Magazine, Clarksburg, West Virginia
May 2014-June 2016 | Lifestyles Editor, Exponent Telegram, Clarksburg November 2013-June
2016 | Editor, Corridor Magazine, Fairmont, West Virginia May 2006-November 2013 |
Reporter, Times West Virginian, Fairmont December 2005-November 2013 | Adjunct Faculty,
WVU Perley Reed School of Journalism, Morgantown August 2005-December 2006 |
Freelance Reporter/Writer April 2005-July 2019 | Assistant Managing Editor, The Dominion
Post, Morgantown June 2004-April 2005 | Reporter/Writer, Amusement Business, Nashville,
Tennessee July 2000-June 2004 | Reporter, The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West
Virginia April 1987-July 2000 | Reporter, The Martinsburg Journal, Martinsburg, West Virginia
May 1986-April 1987 | Press Office Intern, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Washington, D.C.
January-May 1986

HONORS

My work has won awards from the West Virginia Press Association. I was also named CNHI
Reporter of the Year, Division 2, in 2011.

EDUCATION

I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from The American University in
Washington, D.C. and also studied journalism. I made the Dean’s List, served as a reporter and
campus news editor of The Eagle student newspaper and I studied British politics and theater
for a semester in London, England, where I also interned for a magazine.

REFERENCES

References upon request.