Bio/Awards

THE BASICS

  • 15+ years experience as a freelance journalist, columnist, blogger
  • 3 years beat reporting at daily newspapers
  • 1 year enterprise education reporting at weekly paper

AWARDS

  • 2009 Arizona Press Club, first place, best news blog
  • 2009 Arizona Press Club, first place, education reporting
  • 2009 Arizona Press Club, second place, business reporting
  • 2008 Content Creator of the Year; Tucson Citizen
  • 2008 Arizona Newspapers Association, second place; sports writing
  • 2003 Arizona Press Club, second place; Don Schellie award, features column writing
  • 2003 Arizona Press Club, third place; sustained coverage/series
  • 2003 National Catholic Press Association, third place; commentary
  • 2003 Arizona Newspapers Association, third place; non-daily column
  • 2002 National Catholic Press Association, second place; feature writing

WORK HISTORY

  • Current: Freelance journalist and blogger; high school teacher-in-training
  • September 2007 – May 2009: Higher education reporter; the Tucson Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Editors: Diane Luber/Mark Evans
  • September 2006 – December 2007: Monthly “Voices” columnist; the Tucson Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Editor: Mark Kimble
  • October 2005 – February 2007: Weekly religion columnist; EXPLORER Newspapers, Tucson, AZ. Editor: Mark B. Evans
  • March 1998 – March 2005: Weekly family life columnist; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, AR. Editor: Rhonda Owen
  • September 2002 – July 2003: Public schools reporter; EXPLORER Newspapers, Tucson, AZ. Editor: Mark B. Evans
  • September 2001 – September 2004: Weekly feature columnist; EXPLORER Newspapers, Tucson, AZ. Editor: Mark B. Evans
  • August 1999 – November 2002: Monthly op-ed columnist; the Catholic Vision, Tucson, AZ. Editor: Kate Harrison
  • June 2001 – June 2002: Staff writer and copyeditor; the Catholic Vision, Tucson, AZ. Editor: Kate Harrison
  • September 1995 – November 2002: Bi-weekly opinion columnist; the Texas Catholic, Dallas, TX. Editors: Eric Herschhorn, Bronson Havard
  • February 1992 – February 1995: Monthly family columnist; the Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX. Editor: Ira Hadnot

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