Newspaper Reporting Experience
- 2004-Present, Stringer/City Hall Reporter, The Oak Ridger, Oak Ridge
- Cover Oak Ridge government, including city council and planning commission, as well as politics, local U.S. Department of Energy operations, and community events and speeches.
- Write feature, in-depth and breaking news stories on topics ranging from fires and crimes to prison overcrowding and nonprofit executive compensation.
- Deliver news "scoops," take photographs, and edit press releases and pages.
- Initiated the newspaper's use of video on the Web and set up a blog on local news stories.
- Summer 2005, Intern, News Sentinel, Knoxville
- General assignment reporting.
- Filled in on night police beat as needed and covered 2005 shooting of correction officer in Kingston.
- Wrote in-depth story on transportation planning in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- 2004-2005, Senior Writer, The (University of Tennessee) Daily Beacon, Knoxville
- Covered UT student and faculty senates.
- Wrote one series of stories on the increased use of lecturers to teach classes and another series on faculty, staff, and administrative compensation at UT.
Music Sales Experience
- 1999-2001, Drum Salesman/Assistant Manager, Guitar Center, Knoxville and Denver
- Supervised and trained employees.
- Sold musical instruments and motivated employees to sell.
- Was consistently one of the top drum salesmen in stores.
- Set up merchandise displays, promoted sales, and maintained inventory.
- 1996-1997, Drum Salesman, Pro Sound: The Musician's Superstore, Westminster, Colorado
- Helped open new store and set up merchandise.
- Learned how to sell and build a customer base.
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