RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Data Reporter – The Chronicle of Higher Education (04/2016 – present)
Data Reporter – The Saint Paul Pioneer Press (02/2015 – 04/2016)
• Produce data-driven stories and online interactive features
• Assist reporters in learning data skills or applying them to their beats
• Maintain and build in-house databases for reporters and editors, plus an online data repository for the public
Fellow – The Medill Justice Project (09/2014 – 12/2014)
• Continually update MJP’s comprehensive database of shaken baby cases
• Analyze and interpret trends within the data
Finance & Policy Intern – The Chronicle of Higher Education (06/2014 – 08/2014)
• Cover news affecting higher education nationally, specifically related to government policy, institutional finance and budgetary trends in academe
• Produce special reports and craft one-of-a-kind databases
• Create multimedia complements for other reporters’ stories as well as my own
Investigative/News Producer Intern – KMOV-TV (01/2014 – 05/2014)
• Submit and track government information requests
• Produce pieces for newscasts and special projects
• Write scripts for the primetime newscast and web
• Coordinate coverage of election results for the Illinois Primary (3/18) and Missouri municipal elections (4/8)
AWARDS
Third Place — Minnesota SPJ Page One Awards: Investigative (Newspaper, 50,000+ circulation)
National Finalist — 2014 Mark of Excellence Awards: In-Depth Reporting (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalist — 2014 IRE Award: Student Category
Winner — 2014 SABEW Best in Business Award: Student – Student Publications
Finalist — EWA 2014 National Awards for Education Reporting: Data Journalism – Medium Newsroom
Winner — 2015 Region 7 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award: In-Depth Reporting (Large Schools)
Finalist — 2015 Region 7 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award: In-Depth Reporting (Large Schools)
Finalist — 2015 Region 7 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award: General News Reporting (Large Schools)
Winner — Investigative Reporting — Missouri College Media Association 2015
Winner — 2014 David W. Miller Award for Young Journalists, valued at $3,000
Finalist — Tulsa Press Club Great Plains Journalism Awards: Student Writer of the Year
Finalist — 2014 Region 7 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award: In-Depth Reporting (Large Schools)
Finalist — Journalist of the Year — Missouri College Media Association 2013
3rd Place — Feature Writing — Missouri College Media Association 2013
3rd Place — 2013 Region 7 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award: In-Depth Reporting (Large Schools)
3rd Place — Investigative Reporting — Missouri College Media Association 2012
ASSOCIATIONS
Society of Professional Journalists member since 2011
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. member since 2013
Society of American Business Editors and Writers member since 2013
Online News Association member since 2013
Education Writers Association News Association member since 2014
EDUCATION
Webster University – St. Louis, Mo.
2010 – 2014
B.A., Journalism and Economics, Leadership Certificate
Regents University – London, UK
January 2012 – May 2012
Study Abroad
CAR Boot Camp – Columbia, Mo.
January 12-16, 2015
Data Driven Journalism MOOC
Summer 2014
Doing Journalism With Data: First Steps, Skills and Tools
Dan Bauman 
