EXPERIENCE
THE PALM BEACH POST | West Palm Beach, Florida | January 2008 to present
Online Innovations Editor
Building data-driven community products such as BackyardPost.com.

THE PALM BEACH POST | West Palm Beach, Florida | October 2002 to December 2007
Computer-assisted reporting specialist
Used traditional and computer-assisted reporting techniques such as statistical, database and GIS-based mapping analysis, as well as extensive knowledge of public records laws, to research, report and write stories and projects. Regularly collaborated with other reporters and editors to obtain, compile and analyze data.

THE PALM BEACH POST | Stuart, Florida | June 2000 to September 2002
Environment/general assignment reporter
Covered environmental issues on Florida’s Treasure Coast, such as local elements of the $8.4 billion Everglades restoration plan. Also covered a small city government and breaking news on weekends.

ST. PETERSBURG TIMES | Brooksville, Florida | Summer 1999
Reporting intern
Wrote more than 40 news and news features stories as a general assignment reporting intern, and spent several weeks filling in for the full-time police reporter. Received the Bryanna Latoof Green scholarship, an award established in 1998 to honor a reporter who died of breast cancer.

THE LEDGER | Lakeland, Florida | Summer 1998
Reporting intern
Wrote more than 40 news and news feature stories as a general assignment reporter, and spent more than a month filling in for the full-time police reporter.

THE INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR | Gainesville, Florida | August 1996 to May 2000
Positions held at the nation’s largest college newspaper included editor and vice president, managing editor, editorial page editor and reporter. Won first-place awards in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 1998 Southeast Region collegiate competition for spot news and in-depth news reporting, and received honorable mention in the Florida Press Association’s 1998 Better Weekly Newspaper contest for in-depth news reporting.

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Gainesville, Florida | June 2000
Bachelor of Science in Journalism

SKILLS
Extensive training and experience in standard and advanced computer-assisted reporting techniques, including: spreadsheet software, SQL-based database programs, SPSS and ArcView versions 3.x to 9.x, including extensions such as Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, XTools Pro, CrimeStat and HTML ImageMapper. Additional skills include basic standards-based web design with XHTML and CSS.

AWARDS
FLORIDA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION
Second place, enterprise, in the 2006 FSWA contest for “Heavy Pressure: Weight in the NFL”

ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITORS
Honorable mention, project reporting, in the 2006 APSE contest for “Heavy Pressure: Weight in the NFL”

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE EDITORS
First place, best newspaper real estate section, in the 2006 Real Estate Journalism Awards for “Mapping the Boom”

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
First place, real estate reporting, in the 2006 Sunshine State Awards for “Mapping the Boom”

FLORIDA PRESS CLUB
First place, special sections, in the 2006 Excellence in Journalism Contest for “Mapping the Boom”

FLORIDA SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS
First place, general special sections, in the 2006 FSNE Journalism Awards for “Mapping the Boom”

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, Freedom of Information Award, in the 2004 Investigative Reporting Contest for “Revolving door for fired workers”

CASEY JOURNALISM CENTER ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Runner-up, single story category, in the 2005 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism for “Revolving door for fired workers”

EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION
First place, news feature of issue package, 2001 National Awards for Education Reporting for “Study: FCAT more a measure of wealth than performance”

ACTIVITIES
2007 CAR Conference | Cleveland, Ohio | March 2007
Taught an introductory Microsoft Excel class at this annual event sponsored by Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting.

2006 CAR CONFERENCE | Newark, New Jersey | March 2006
Taught an introductory Microsoft Access class.

NEW YORK TIMES PROFESSIONAL FELLOW | New York, New York | November 2001
One of 12 journalists nationwide selected for a one-week program on advanced Census reporting sponsored by The New York Times Company Foundation and Columbia University.

MEMBERSHIPS
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS since 2000

ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION since 2001

REFERENCES
Available upon request