Experience:

Maui No Ka Oi Magazine, Wailuku, HI editorial assistant, 2012 to present - Support editor as needed, including contributing story ideas, researching proposed stories, fact-checking, copy editing, preparing and uploading content for magazine website, coordinating and preparing author assignments The Maui News, Wailuku, HI sports writer, 2011 to present - Produce live action and feature stories - Copy editing dLook, Sydney, NSW freelance copywriter, 2010 to 2012 - Provide fresh and lively copy for one of Australias leading business directories Readers Digest, Sydney, NSW copywriter, 2011 - Provide copy and marketing concepts across Readers Digest publications The AU Review, Sydney, NSW entertainment reviewer, 2010 to 2011 - Attend and review live music shows and cultural events The Maui News, Wailuku, HI lifestyle writer and columnist, 2006 to 2010 - Produce a weekly feature story to appear on the cover of Sunday lifestyle section - Produce a weekly social column with photos to appear in entertainment guide - Produce a weekly art column to appear in entertainment guide - Organize weekly entertainment and music listings for entertainment guide - Responsible for taking photographs to accompany articles - Layout 5 to 7 pages weekly using QuarkXPress - Copy editing Uproar Magazine, Honolulu, HI freelance writer, 2008 to 2010 - Produce freelance articles for quarterly mixed martial arts publication Maui No Ka Oi Magazine, Wailuku, HI freelance writer, 2006 - Produce freelance articles for monthly lifestyle publication Hawaii Catholic Herald, Honolulu, HI staff writer, 2005 to 2006 - Produce religious-based articles for weekly publication - Responsible for taking photographs to accompany articles - Copy editing The Voice of Kapolei, Kapolei, HI staff writer, 2005 to 2006 - Produce news and feature articles for monthly community newspaper

Education:
University of Sydney, NSW, Masters degree in Media Studies, 2010-2011 University of Hawaii Maui College, Travel and Food Writing course, 2009 University of Hawaii Maui College, Photographic Lighting course, 2009 Loyola University Chicago, IL, B.A. in Journalism/Communication, 2001-2005 Rome Center of Liberal Arts, study abroad program, 2002-2003 and 2005