Kansas State University, Manhattan
B.S., Journalism and Digital Media with a minor in Leadership Studies. Grade point average: 3.165. 

Kansas State Collegian

            Editor-in-Chief                                                  August–December 2011; January–May 2011; May–August 2010

Manage a staff of more than 60 employees, producing a newspaper with a daily circulation of 10,000, its web site (average daily unique visitors: 2,700) and smart phone application. Make final decisions for all content. Hire and train all editors on the newsroom staff. Supervise a payroll budget of $51,300 for the current semester, an increase from $42,200 in the previous semester.

Successful initiatives:

Updated and implemented staff handbook.                Revised the structure of the payroll system, improving accuracy.

Created a continuity book for successor.                   Revamped recruiting and increased staff size 15 percent.

Coordinated newspaper redesign.                            Overseeing redesign of web site.

            Desk Editor                                                       May 2009 – May 2010

Managed staff of 10 reporters and freelancers, for News, Campus and Edge & Features desks, generating story ideas and handling reader relations. Established several beats and columns. Coordinated with design editors, photographers and writers on story packages.

            Senior Staff Writer                                            August 2008 – December 2010

Wrote enterprise and news stories. Served as the beat reporter for the student union and wrote weekly food and opinion columns. Hosted “Meal in a Minute,” a video cooking webcast. Shot video to package with stories.

The Wichita Eagle, Correspondent                                  February 2012 – Present

Responsible for reporting, editing and filing stories assigned by section editors.

The Manhattan Mercury, Intern                                     May 2011 – July 2011

Responsible for reporting, writing and designing a significant portion of the Kansas State Edition, a 40-page, 5-section guide of the daily paper.

Freelance Writer, The K-Stater Magazine                         August 2009 – Present

Write feature articles for the alumni magazine of the university // after pitching them to the editor OR from story ideas I generate//.

Student Publications Inc., Ambassador                           August 2009 – May 2011

Recruited students to work for the business that publishes the Collegian newspaper and the Royal Purple yearbook at Kansas State at events on campus and at national conventions for high school students.

• Reporting and writing news and features                • News editing and design                         • Social media for journalism

• Proficiency in computer-assisted reporting              • InDesign, Photoshop and QuarkXPress      • Familiarity with videography

• Kelly Furnas Award for Reader Service – 2011                                      • Andrea Glenn Journalism Scholarship – 2011, 2010

• Kansas Associated Collegiate Press: 2nd place, feature writing – 2011       • Milton S. Eisenhower, Jr., Scholarship – 2009

• Kansas State Collegian Most Conscientious Reporter recipient – 2008      • KSU Journalism Merit Scholarship – 2008

Kimetris Baltrip, journalism professor, former newspaper adviser, (785) 532-3596, kbaltrip@ksu.edu

Tim Lindemuth, editor , K-Stater Magazine, chairman, Student Publications Inc. board of directors, (785) 532-5061, timlind@ksu.edu

Stephen Wolgast, journalism instructor, Collegian adviser & director of Student Publications, Inc., (785) 532-0720, wolgast@ksu.edu

Jon Wefald, president emeritus, Kansas State University, (785) 532-6085, jmwefald@ksu.edu