The Blade, Toledo, Ohio 2015-present
Graphic artist / Sunday Section Editor / Digital editor / Art Director (2020-present)
• Created interactive graphics and data visualizations
• Produced layouts for NewsSlide, a digital platform for touchscreen devices
• Monitored local news and wire services; crafted social media posts and alerts
• Monitored and updated the newspaper’s website
• Wrote headlines and laid out full-page feature fronts
• Created infographics, maps, charts, and illustrations
• Edited stories for clarity, content, and adherence to style
The Tribune Chronicle, Warren, Ohio, 2007-2015
Design Editor
• Led a visual redesign and oversaw implementation and launch
• Wrote headlines and laid out page one and other news pages
• Created infographics, maps, charts, and illustrations
• Edited news pages for clarity, content, and adherence to style
• Managed the creation and maintenance of design assets
The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, 2001-2007
Copy editor / Features Editor (2004-07) / Assistant News Editor (2007)
• Designed and managed content for a daily full-page feature front
• Assigned and illustrated stories and supervised reporters and correspondents
• Designed, edited, and curated content for a weekly entertainment tab
• Wrote headlines and laid out page one and other news pages
• Created infographics, maps, and charts
• Edited news pages for clarity, content, and adherence to style
The Morning Journal, Lisbon, Ohio, 1998-2001
Projects Editor
• Laid out, edited, and wrote headlines for news pages, including page one
• Laid out a weekly full-page feature front
• Laid out and edited special sections and an annual 60-page fact book
Areas of expertise
• Newspaper design
• Copy editing
• English grammar
• Layout and illustration
• News and feature writing
• Creative writing
• Informational graphics
• Headline writing
Professsional experience
• Web design
• Workflow management
• Animation
• Video editing
• SEO optimization
• Interface design
Programs & technical knowledge
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Quark XPress
• Tumult Hype
• HTML
• CSS
• jQuery
• Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets
• Flourish (data visualization)
• WordPress
Youngstown State University, August, 1998
• Bachelor of Arts in English; minor in journalism
• Graduated magna cum laude
• Served as news editor and managing editor of The Jambar student newspaper
2024
• 1st place, Best Graphic Artist, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
2023
• 1st place, Best Graphic Artist, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
2022
• 1st place, Best Investigative Reporting, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
• 1st place, Digital Media, Press Club of Toledo
• 3rd place, Best Illustration or Informational Graphic, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
2021
• 2nd place, Best Graphics Artist, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 2nd place, Best Digital Project, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 3rd place, Best Illustration or Informational Graphic, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
2020
• 1st place, Best Illustration or Informational Graphic, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 3rd place, Best Graphics Artist, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
2019
• 1st place, Best Headline Writing, Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
2018
• 1st place, Best Full Page Design, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 2nd place, Best Headline Writer, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
2014
• 1st place, Best Graphics Artist, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 1st place, Best Headline Writer, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 1st place, Best Informational Graphic, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
2013
• 1st place, Best Graphics Artist, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 1st place, Best Full Page Layout, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 1st place, Best Special Section, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 3rd place, Best Illustration, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
• 3rd place, Best Informational Graphic, Ohio Associated Press Media Editors