I have always loved telling stories, but I officially joined the professional storytelling world (a.k.a. journalism profession) as an intern at The (Elmira) Star-Gazette in late 2005. My passion for storytelling has led me from print journalism to marketing strategy, something I hope to continue with in the future.

Journalism Experience

• Contributing Writer for The Ithaca Journal (summer 2010 to present)
  
• Contributing Writer for The (Elmira) Star-Gazette (summer 2010)
  
• Editor-in-Chief, News Editor and Reporter at The Bona Venture (2006 to 2010)
• Features Writer for Odeum Magazine (summer 2010)
  

Marketing Communications Experience

• Marketing Strategist, Copywriter and Editor for EOTO Solutions (summer 2010 to present)
• Public Relations Graduate Assistant and Intern for the SBU Career Center (winter 2009 to present)
• Blogger for Condo-Alexandria.com (summer 2010 to present)
• Social Media Volunteer Intern for OUT2connect.com (summer 2010 to present)
• Social Media Volunteer for Friends of the Chemung River, Inc. (summer 2010)
• Corporate Communications Intern at Corning Incorporated (summer 2009)

Work Samples

• Writing Samples & Articles
• Marketing – Plans & Strategy
• Marketing – Creative
• Research Reports
• Undergraduate Thesis: Social Media’s Impact on Journalism
• Other

Case Studies

• Spin Cycle Café Laundromat
• SBU Career Center
• Virgin America

Education

• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Bonaventure University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and a minor in French in May 2010.
• Pursuing my Master of Arts degree in Integrated Marketing Communications and will graduate in May 2011.
• Studied for six weeks at Oxford University’s Trinity College in the summer of 2008

Awards

• The Russell J. Jandoli Award for Excellence in the Print Curriculum (given by the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication, May 2010)
• Top Paper in Social Media (given at the Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communications at the Rochester Institute of Technology, April 2010)
• Award for General Excellence in the Journalism and Mass Communication Curriculum (given by St. Bonaventure University, May 2010)
• Dean’s List (Fall 2006-Spring 2010)
• Inducted into Phi Eta Sigma (First-Year Society), Kappa Tau Alpha (JMC Society), Pi Delta Phi (French Society) and the National Society for Leadership and Success

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