Experience
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Editor-in-Chief, The Sounding Board
April 2024-Present
Plan publication content with editorial team. Manage team and mentor staff writers. Edit in print and online content. Oversee circulation, readership and advertising.
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Communications Intern, One Mission Society Europe and Middle East
Summer 2024
Communicated within cross-cultural environment to create content. Wrote video script and assisted filming interviews. Captured professional photographs of camps for social media. Wrote articles for website.
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Freelance Reporter, The Journal Gazette
March 2024-Present
Write articles on assignment for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind. Three feature stories in weekend editions.
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Intern, Grace College Marketing
May 2023-May 2024
Wrote blogs and press releases for the Grace College website including student and alumni stories and informational content. Collaborated on solutions journalism-based community stories for Input Fort Wayne. Worked with other marketing team members on multimedia content including Instagram reels and posts.
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Writer, The Sounding Board
September 2022-May 2024
Writing two or more articles per bi-monthly issue of the newspaper. Articles include student and faculty features, events, reviews and campus issues. Six articles featured on the front page.
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Journalist, Roots Magazine
October 2022-May 2023
Created all written content for bi-annual, student-led yearbook publication for fall 2022 and spring 2023 editions. Conducted interviews and distilled information into insightful short-form articles. Collaborated with team of photographers and graphic designers to design magazines. Edited all publication content.
Education
Grace College
Winona Lake, Ind.
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism
Anticipated Graduation: May 2026
GPA: 3.97
Dean’s List all semesters
Alpha Chi Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
Evangelical Press Association scholarship recipient
Relevant Classes
Journalistic Writing
Editing
Communication Theory
Practical Journalism
Writing for Publication
Intercultural Communication
Co-Curricular Activities
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Winona Lake Grace Church, 2023-Present
Leading youth grades 1-6 in song and teaching a small group of second graders
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Grace College Theater Department, 2022-Present
Singer, dancer and actor in Grace College productions
Beth in “Little Women”
Fiddler in “Fiddler on the Roof”