Dallas Morning News

Audience Producer

After working at the Detroit Free Press, I was hired on as an Audience Producer - Temp at the DMN.

Because I was only going to be working for a little over two months, I needed to be able to learn everything quickly. While there, I was in charge of daily newsletters, social posts across platforms, curating the homepage, sending text alerts/roundups, sending push notifications, monitoring banners, updating the COVID-19 blog and keeping track of what stories were being published during the day. The photos to the right are feed posts I created. To see more head to my about page and click the left IG photo and look under guides. Click the button below to see my newsletter samples.

Detroit Free Press

Part-time Digital Producer

After my 5 month stint as an Instagram Local News Fellow, I was asked to join the web desk part-time. This included more social media responsibilites and tasks.

I was still curating IG stories daily but I was also scheduling and monitoring the Freep's Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube and Reddit. The Facebook page has over 500,000 followers. I also was publishing stories and choosing what goes up on the front page of the Freep.com. While adding these responsibilities, I was still in charge of their Instagram account as well.

Detroit Free Press

Instagram Local News Fellow

I was chosen, along with 21 others to take over and restrategize local newsroom's Instagrams all over the country. I was assigned to the Detroit Free Press as their Instagram Local News Fellow. Our fellowship started June 6th and we were extended until October 9th because of our success.

While being a fellow, I curated Instagram stories daily. I made anywhere from 75-100 stories a week from June until October. Since I started at the Freep, we have gained almost 10,000 followers and doubled story engagement. I also created an IGTV series titled COVID-19 & Climate Change which features 3 episodes from different points of view. I also took part in the Freep's first IG Live talking with a sports intern about the Tigers and their upcoming season (at the time). Lastly, I held an IG Live talking with Clara Hendrickson about misinformation in media and how to spot it and debunk it.

The Detroit Writing Room

Graphic Design and Photo Fellow

The Detroit Writing Room is a coworking space right in downtown Detroit. It's a place where you can have consultations and meet with coaches to better your work. There are also events such as Open Mic Nights and Cupcake Tastings.

My fellowship involves making the promotional materials for events and general marketing. Some of these marketing materials involve flyers, brochures and Instagram posts. I also take photos at events and of the space.

The Pioneer

Photographer, Writer, Copyeditor

The Pioneer was an independent student magazine run by some students from The Oakland Post.

While I worked for The Pioneer, I did layout design, my own photography and wrote two stories. These are printed in an actual physical copy and located on Issuu.

Mock Magazine

Designer

I have always loved working with layouts of all sorts and so in my free time I work on my own personal magazine which I sort of center around coffee and travel. Some of it features my own photos as well as some from Unsplash. Enjoy!

Classwork

Information Graphics, Design for Web and Mobile Devices, D3

The information graphics class taught me how to create detailed and creative graphs on Adobe Illustrator. Design for Web and Mobile Devices taught me how to create this website, coding each line by hand. D3 taught me how to put graphics inside the webpages I create.

Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities

PR Coordinator

The Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities at Michigan State University helps both students and employees empower themselves and become successful.

My job was to run the social media portion of the office, write the blog posts, take photos, design graphics, update and work on a Wordpress and do anything in between. I would also help set up Facebook events, promote those through social media. I would also design monthly infographics for posts such as International Sign Language Day.