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Phoenix, Arizona


Experience

Arizona’s Family, Phoenix

July 2022 — April 2024

Digital News Producer

  • Wrote and produced news content for the Arizona’s Family website with SEO in mind for the headline

  • Breaking News

  • Weekend morning shift as the primary person writing for the website

RightThisMinute, Phoenix

July 2018 — April 2022

Producer, Clearance and Licensing

  • Assisted with clearance and licensing of content for broadcast, as well as organizing documentation for record keeping.

  • Found interesting and uncommon content for broadcast.

Cronkite News, Phoenix

January – May 2017

Government Reporter

  • Created a multimedia story, with animation, about Arizona's slow progress in reforming the criminal justice system during the Legislature's 2017 regular session.

  • Collaborated with broadcast journalists.

  • Created infographics (maps and charts).

Arizona Republic / azcentral.com, Phoenix

September – December 2016

Community Reporter (Internship)

  • Wrote a well-received story about two dogs saved form the illegal meat trade in Thailand that were brought to Phoenix for adoption.

January – May 2016

Breaking News (Internship)

  • Reported on a story that went national about a Mesa, Arizona autistic transgender man who was killed by police. I was able to track down the man's transgender friends through social media and include them in the story.

  • I wrote an enterprise story about the growing video game development community in the Phoenix area. I had to work outside of my normal hours for the story.

Arizona Capitol Times, Phoenix

June – August 2016

Reporter (Internship)

  • Wrote a well-received story about a primary race between an incumbent and her step-daughter. Part of the story was used for the paper's daily newsletter.

  • Wrote the feature story for the paper's yearly guide to citizen committees appointed by the state government.


Skills

I am well versed in videography, editing video and audio and taking photographs with a DSLR.

I know how to use Adobe Creative Cloud applications: After Effects, Character Animator, Premiere Pro, Audition and Photoshop.

I can create infographics and charts using Adobe Illustrator and Infogr.am, and I can make choropleth and heat maps using Google.


Education

Arizona State University, Phoenix

  • Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

  • Barrett, The Honors College

  • B.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, 2017; magna cum laude

My honors thesis is called "Voices of the Past, Voice of the Future". It's a personal exploration into my parents' lives in Laos during the Second Indochina and Vietnam wars, and emigrating to America as refugees.