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EXPERIENCE Staff Reporter April 2011–present Texas Lawyer Austin, TX Report and write articles and blog posts, shoot photos and online videos, cultivate social media following on Twitter Cover Texas Legislature, state agencies, the high courts, appellate courts and Travis County district courts Freelance Correspondent April 2010–March 2011 Angela Morris Media Austin, TX Produce articles and photos for newspapers and magazines Report, shoot and edit videos for television and online publishers Mobile Journalist Sept. 2009–March 2010 Neighborhood Media Houston, TX Produced articles, videos and photos for the hyperlocal news sites Broke stories about a police officer fired and charged with a felony, and a builder who shirked city inspection rules Social Media Manager Jan. 2009–Aug. 2009 Tierra Studios Houston, TX Created Wordpress web sites for the studio and musicians and updated sites with blog posts, photos and videos Promoted musicians via social media, blogs and traditional public relations Multimedia Producer June 2006–Dec. 2008 San Antonio Express-News San Antonio, TX Shot and edited 3-4 daily videos per week, produced long-term documentary videos, created interactive graphics Proficient using video and audio equipment, and Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Photoshop, Flash, ActionScript, HTML, CSS Blogger April 2007–Nov. 2011 News Videographer Provided critiques and feedback for readers' videos Offered training advice, posted news and fostered discussions about online news video Freelance Correspondent Jan. 2005–May 2006 Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Fort Worth Star-Telegram Austin, TX Gained ability to complete assignments on extremely tight deadlines Covered trial of former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, the State's response to Hurricane Rita and the Texas Legislature HONORS Won Stephen Philbin Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting for article about election brouhaha in 2011 race for president-elect of the Texas Young Lawyers Association Won honorable mention in National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism Contest Earned national Outstanding Campus Chapter Award as 2004—2005 president of UT-Austin Society of Professional Journalists EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin May 2006 Bachelor of Journalism, Multimedia concentration 3.9 GPA Bachelor of Arts, Government P.O. Box 150412 Austin, TX 78715 [email protected] (512) 680-9062

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Page 1: HONORS EDUCATION - WordPress.com · Angela Morris Media Austin, TX • Produce articles and photos for newspapers and magazines • Report, shoot and edit videos for television and

E X P E R I E N C EStaff Reporter April 2011–presentTexas Lawyer Austin, TX• Report and write articles and blog posts, shoot photos and online videos, cultivate social media following on Twitter• Cover Texas Legislature, state agencies, the high courts, appellate courts and Travis County district courts

Freelance Correspondent April 2010–March 2011Angela Morris Media Austin, TX• Produce articles and photos for newspapers and magazines• Report, shoot and edit videos for television and online publishers

Mobile Journalist Sept. 2009–March 2010 Neighborhood Media Houston, TX• Produced articles, videos and photos for the hyperlocal news sites• Broke stories about a police officer fired and charged with a felony, and a builder who shirked city inspection rules

Social Media Manager Jan. 2009–Aug. 2009 Tierra Studios Houston, TX• Created Wordpress web sites for the studio and musicians and updated sites with blog posts, photos and videos• Promoted musicians via social media, blogs and traditional public relations

Multimedia Producer June 2006–Dec. 2008 San Antonio Express-News San Antonio, TX• Shot and edited 3-4 daily videos per week, produced long-term documentary videos, created interactive graphics• Proficient using video and audio equipment, and Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Photoshop, Flash, ActionScript, HTML, CSS

Blogger April 2007–Nov. 2011 News Videographer • Provided critiques and feedback for readers' videos• Offered training advice, posted news and fostered discussions about online news video

Freelance Correspondent Jan. 2005–May 2006 Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Fort Worth Star-Telegram Austin, TX• Gained ability to complete assignments on extremely tight deadlines• Covered trial of former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, the State's response to Hurricane Rita and the Texas Legislature

H O N O R S• Won Stephen Philbin Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting for article about election brouhaha in 2011 race for

president-elect of the Texas Young Lawyers Association• Won honorable mention in National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism Contest• Earned national Outstanding Campus Chapter Award as 2004—2005 president of UT-Austin Society of Professional

Journalists

E D U C A T I O NThe University of Texas at Austin May 2006Bachelor of Journalism, Multimedia concentration 3.9 GPABachelor of Arts, Government

P.O. Box 150412Austin, TX 78715

[email protected](512) 680-9062