As a seasoned writer and editor, I’m the fourth generation of my family to work in the newspaper business in my native state of Kentucky. My great-grandfather bought and operated his hometown newspaper, The Springfield Sun, for nearly 50 years, and my father served as editor and publisher of my own hometown paper when I was young. A reporter who worked for my father once quipped that I acquired my journalistic chops through osmosis hanging around newsrooms as a boy, and my subsequent experience in the field in both print and broadcast news have provided opportunities to hone my craft in a variety of diverse settings.
On the communications front, I’ve served as a press secretary, public spokesman and digital media specialist for a national education reform nonprofit, StudentsFirst, and for the nation’s first attempt at an online presidential primary in Americans Elect.
As an account manager in public relations, where copywriting and storytelling meet, I helped create and execute media campaigns and direct media relations strategies for local homebuilders and restaurants and a statewide initiative on gambling, among other client work.
Education: B.A. in Print Journalism, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Generation In Kentucky’s Newspaper Business
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Professional Experience
- Managing Editor Kentucky Roll Call Publications Frankfort, Ky.
- Staff Reporter Cascade Business News Bend, Ore.
- Production Assistant Fox News Channel Washington, D.C.
- Account Manager Preston-Osborne Public Relations Lexington, Ky.
- Midwest Press Secretary StudentsFirst Sacramento, Calif.
- Regional Press Secretary Americans Elect Washington, D.C.
- Reporting Intern The Anderson News Lawrenceburg, Ky.
- Student Reporter College Heights Herald Western Kentucky University
- Student Reporter Indiana Daily Student IU Bloomington