Editing
For each of the stories included below, I was thoroughly involved in the editing process. As noted in the descriptions, this editing often included shaping the story through the pitching process, helping writers with sourcing and story structure, fact checking the stories and working with other editors and the art team to make sure the text of the story flowed well with the story packaging and visuals.
Vox Magazine
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Own one of a kind
I pitched this story as a localized piece about the growing popularity of NFTs that featured two Columbia artists, and I worked closely with other Vox Magazine editors to reshape the story's structure and add in secondary sourcing that explains this complex topic.
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A page for all seasons
As the editor on this story, I helped the writer to organize the piece in a way that clearly took readers through the process of papermaking, and I also worked closely with the assistant director of photography to make sure this story had the right visuals.
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What 'Euphoria' gets right about addiction
While editing this story, I payed close attention to the technical and scientific details in order to make sure they were presented clearly and concisely for readers.
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Ye olde lore of the Red Boar
Editing this story about a local renaissance festival involved making substantive structural changes, adding secondary sources and doing a detailed fact check to make sure all the details were historically accurate.
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Columbia's Special Olympics bowling team is striking gold
I was an online editor for this story meaning that I helped to produce the story from the print version to the online version, a process which included creating an embedded timeline of the Missouri Special Olympics.
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Randy Fletcher discusses what lit his fuse to become Will Treelighter
For this profile of a local holiday tree-lighter, I helped the writer refine their pitch, and I also collaborated closely with the assistant director of photography to make the story’s visuals as compelling as possible.
Columbia Missourian
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'Here to have fun': Columbians celebrate the city 's bicentennial, Fourth of July
I worked with the writer to make sure this story was full of scenes and details from multiple local sources that captured the spirit and significance of the day's celebrations.
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Families enjoy time at the Big Muddy during Mornings at the River
For this feature about a nonprofit’s new educational program, I did a thorough edit with the writer to make sure the story had enough context alongside quotes from the attendees.
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Collections of comfort: Squishmallows fans find companionship in the plush toys
Editing this story involved sitting down with the writer and going paragraph by paragraph to add secondary sources and move around sections to improve the story's flow.
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Missouri's Indigenous history memorialized in bicentennial events
Editing this story required detailed attention to the historical facts and explanations included throughout the story to make sure that there were no inaccuracies in fact or context.
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38-year-old man shot and killed by Columbia police
This story came to be after I heard about a shooting on the local police scanner, alerted the other editors, sent out a reporter and stayed in contact with that reporter while they gathered details from the scene.
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Protestors rally in solidarity with Palestinians
Editing this story involved working closely with the writer to make sure that there was enough broader context about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alongside accurate descriptions of the local protest.