Resume

Experience

Regional Editor, M.Roberts Media — 2018–2025

Served as editor for the Panola Watchman, the Kilgore News Herald and the Henderson News, three twice-a-week newspapers, as well as daily paper the Marshall News Messenger. 

Duties include managing a staff of eight reporters, assigning and editing stories, reporting news, shooting photos, designing pages, manning the website, updating social media, collaborating with contributors and readers, and overseeing special sections and two quarterly magazines. 

Participated with a companywide team that worked with Blue Engine on digital strategy, subscriber growth and audience engagement, the outcome of which was slow, but steady growth in subscriptions and audience engagement for more than a year.

Interim Editor, Marshall News Messenger, M.Roberts Media — Dec. 2018-2019

Temporarily stepped in as interim editor for several stints while also still in the Watchman role to manage the daily Marshall paper and its special sections while Publisher Jerry Pye searched for a new editor. Also assisted the Marshall paper as Monday editor on a weekly basis for most of 2019. Duties included editing, reporting and photography work.

Reporter, M.Roberts Media — 2016-2018

Worked as city reporter for the Marshall News Messenger before being transferred to the Longview News-Journal to work as cops reporter, and later education reporter, and then the Panola Watchman as a general assignment reporter. Duties included daily and enterprise stories, as well as photography, videography, social media work and graphic design.

Neighborsgo Editor, the Dallas Morning News — 2013-2016

Reported, compiled and edited weekly community news inserts. Also took on general assignment reporting for the newspaper itself. Participated in a special department project to evaluate and grade local cities on their FOI compliance, which earned an award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors.

Reporter, The Daily Voice — 2011-2013

Helped launch The Daily Voice, a group of hyperlocal online news outlets in Westchester County while covering the villages of Tarrytown, Irvington and Sleepy Hollow.

Education

BS in journalism with a minor in political science from Southern Methodist University

Skills & Awards

Photography, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom), Various CMS entities (TownNews, WordPress, Drupal, etc.)

Member of Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media, October 2019; reporting, photography and general excellence awards press associations.

References available upon request