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Experience
Helix Water District – Water Conservation Specialist
La Mesa, Calif. – May 2004 – Present
Responsibilities include developing and implementing water conservation programs, and coordinating various public outreach efforts. Administer several water conservation programs (including large landscape audits, residential surveys, water budgets and various device incentives). Also handle District media relations, and serve on a speakers/tour bureau. Other tasks include newsletter writing, Web design and editing (hwd.com and lakejennings.org), and representing the District on policy committees on a local and state level.
Honeywell Utility Solutions – Field Surveyor
San Diego County, Calif. – March 2007 – Present
Perform a variety of water conservation
services under the San Diego County Water Authority's Smart Landscape Program. Field services inclue large landscape audits, single-family residential surveys, water budget evaluations and hardware inspections.
KNSD-TV, NBC 7/39 – Producer/Election IT Specialist/Web Producer
San Diego, Calif. – Sept. 2001 – May 2004; Oct./Nov. 2004
Produced the weekday 6:00 p.m. newscast. Managed a team of writers to create a fast-paced newscast with several live shots and late breaking stories. Generated exclusive stories and coordinate special coverage plans. Produced a Town Hall Meeting with Gov. Gray Davis. Coordinating producer of elections. Programmed the election results computer system. Published content enhanced with graphics, images and video to NBCSandiego.com.
KRNV-TV, NBC4 – Producer
Reno, Nev. – May 2001 - Sept. 2001
Produced the weekday 11 p.m. newscast.
KOMU-TV, NBC8 – Senior News Producer
Columbia, Mo. – Aug. 2000 - May 2001
Produced 5, 6, 10 p.m. and hour-long morning newscasts. Edited local and wire stories. Edited video on Media 100 non-linear and laptop editors. Other duties included writing teases, coordinating microwave, portable and satellite live shots, using graphics to enhance stories, and formatting scripts. Field produced Decision 2000.
MU Athletics – Sports Reporter/Videographer
Columbia, Mo. – Jan. 2000 - May 2001
Covered all Missouri Tiger athletic events including football, men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, wrestling, track and field, baseball and softball. Operated DVC cameras from floor and aerial angles. Edited stories on Media 100 non-linear editors.
Columbia Missourian – Copy Editor
Columbia, Mo. (6,000 circulation) – Aug. 2000 - Dec. 2000
Worked as a night side copy editor for Columbia’s morning newspaper. Duties included writing headlines and cutlines, and editing local and wire copy according to AP and local style using ACT Editorial and Quark Express.
Austin360.com – Web Producer
Austin, Texas – May 2000 - Aug. 2000
Produced original content for the site. Created graphics and enhanced images for stories. Published content with HTML code. Posted the Austin American-Statesman newspaper. Awarded internship through Dow Jones Newspaper Fund.
Columbia Missourian – Cops/Courts Reporter
Columbia, Mo. (6,000 circulation) – Jan. 2000 - May 2000
Covered mid-Missouri’s law enforcement agencies for Columbia’s morning newspaper. Wrote spot news, feature and enterprise stories. Developed contacts with law enforcement agencies and media outlets in multiple states in an exclusive investigation of a high-profile murder case.
Education
Missouri School of Journalism – University of Missouri-Columbia, Aug. ’97 - May ‘01
Received a bachelor's of journalism degree with an emphasis on television news producing. Political science minor. Diversity training. Dean’s list. Proficient in conversational Spanish.
Excellence
Missouri School of Journalism – Edward C. Lambert Award, 2001
Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America, Nov. 1996
Service
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Member - City of San Diego, November 2006 - Present
Rock Climbing Instructor – Boy Scouts of America, May 2006 - Present
Mountain Patrol – Mission Trails Regional Park, Aug. 2002 - Present
Crew Advisor – Venturing Crew 959, Boy Scouts of America, December 2003 - December 2007
Asst. Scoutmaster/Merit Badge Counselor – Troop 959, Boy Scouts of America - September 1999 - Present
References
For security purposes, available upon request.
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