Skills -- AP Style in stories, captions and headlines -- Canon, Nikon and Sony DSLR cameras for photography and videography -- Adobe Creative Cloud products -- Management experience -- Intermediate communication levels in Russian language
Experience
Columbia Missourian (Staff Photographer: Jan. 2020 – Present) -- Pitch both long-term and short-term photo ideas -- Shoot with different DSLR equipment -- Go out on both scheduled and breaking news assignments -- Shoot SEC and prep sports -- Work on personal projects and pitched stories -- Write AP styled captions
Columbia Missourian (Photo Editor: Aug. 2020 – Present) -- Pitch both long-term and short-term projects for photographers -- Tone images for web and print -- Research stories and organize photographers -- Communicating with newsroom -- Design both online and print publication
College Photographer of the Year (Social Media Coordinator: Aug. 2020 – Present) -- Post content on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote contest -- Design infographics on InDesign and Canva -- Post winners of categories in timely manner -- Answer questions and comments from people on social platforms -- Make sure the contest’s social platforms maintained transparency -- Train the social media team on responsibilities and social language
Columbia Missourian (Community and Social Outreach: Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2019) -- Scheduled and drafted social media posts on Social News Desk for Facebook and Twitter -- Moderated comments on paper’s Facebook page and website -- Went through analytics for the sports beat and work on different promotional techniques on Twitter -- Promoted upcoming community-related events on social media
Education
Bachelor degree in Convergence: Photojournalism with a minor in Russian at the University of Missouri--Columbia 2016-2020
References
Jackie Bell, Director of College Photographer of the Year, belljs@umsystem.edu Brian Kratzer, Director of Photography Columbia Missourian, kratzerb@umsystem.edu Kathy Kiely, Lee Hills Chair in Free Press Studies, kielyk@umsystem.edu