Past editing experience: St. Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minnesota Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Sports Copy Editing Intern, June - August 2004 -Selected to participate in the internship as part of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Copy Editing Program, recognized as journalism's most prestigious copy-editing program for recent college graduates -Edited stories for accuracy and length for a five-edition daily newspaper with a circulation of 150,000 -Wrote headlines for the stories and photo captions for the pictures -Compiled baseball roundups from the Associated Press wire and edited to fit allotted space St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis, Missouri Intern, January - May 2004 -Wrote feature stories (700-1,500 words) and department stories (250-700 words) about people, places and trends in the St. Louis metropolitan area for a monthly magazine -Compiled and checked for accuracy an events calendar -Fact-checked cover stories as need by executive and managing editors Vox Magazine,