Harvard College.

Fall 1998 - Summer 2002. Cambridge, MA.

• Bachelor's degree in English, magna cum laude.
• Language citation in French.
• Wrote senior thesis on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Summer 2003. St. Petersburg, FL.

• Covered community beat on weekly deadline.
• Completed extensive tutorial on searching public records.
• First story? Profile of a citrus dealer/prophet waiting for a $5 million check from God.

The Star Tribune.

Deputy Web Editor

Summer 2005 - Present. Minneapolis, MN.

• Launched the website vita.mn, which won a 2007 Edgie Award and was a finalist for an EPpy award.
• Managed creation of Politically Connected.
• Developed a taxonomy to describe and relate all Star Tribune content.
• Managed technology development for story commenting, user registration, events calendar, and other user interactivity initiatives.

The Fresno Bee.

Online Reporter / Producer

Summer 2004 - Summer 2005. Fresno, CA.

• Produced Flash projects that won first and third place in the Best of the West competition.
• Created and maintained a blog which equalled traffic from the Bee's community sites in less than two months.
• Led a committee of young Bee employees in a series of discussions on the future of the Bee.

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Naughton Fellow for Online Reporting and Writing

Summer 2003 - Summer 2004. St. Petersburg, FL.

• Wrote, reported, edited, and produced stories for Poynter Online.
• Participated in and occasionally led sessions on the ethics and craft of journalism.
• Was complimented by Carl Bernstein on my investigative skills after tracking down his home number on Google.

National Advisory Board member

Winter 2007 - Present.

EPIC 2014, Flash mockumentary.

Co-creator and narrator.

• Laid out one possible future scenario for the media.
• EPIC received mentions in The New York Times, Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, The State of the News Media 2005, and on MSNBC.
• Gave related presentations for The Poynter Institute, The Media Center @ API, and SuperNova 2005.

Notable speeches & media mentions.

Poynter: Online Fundamentals for Newsroom Leaders, 10/07.

• Innovations on the Horizon and Web Principles I Live By, two presentations given as visiting faculty.

The Atlantic Monthly, 12/06.

• Michael Hirschorn calls EPIC a Zapruder film for the news industry.

Society for News Design, 9/06.

• Delivered keynote presentation on the possibilities of media.

ASNE convention, 4/06.

• Participated in a panel discussion on doing better journalism online.

The Boston Phoenix, 10/05.

• "The future 10," by Mark Jurkowitz.

The Harvard Callbacks, a cappella group

President, 2001-2002. Publicity Manager and Webmaster, 1999-2002.

• Managed all rehearsals and performances; scheduled practice rooms; led discussions.
• Supervised budget, and directed all business matters.
• Created and maintained Web site; created posters for concerts; led publicity efforts.
• Won two "Best Arrangement" awards in national competition in 2002, despite having no formal musical training.
• Competed at Lincoln Center, where we were named one of the top three collegiate a cappella groups in America.