I joined the News Center as a part-time reporter in December 2006 and am now the assistant director of media strategy, a job I took on in June 2010.
In my new role, I'll help launch and nurture some of our newest sites, like WellCommons and Sunflower Horizons, plus others that we're still developing, as well as help relaunch lawrence.com. I'll also help ensure the continued growth, both in traffic and interaction as well as revenue, for LJWorld.com and KUsports.com.
I started as a full-time reporter covering Kansas University, my alma mater, in August 2007 after graduating, and became online editor in May 2008.
Previously, I was editor of my college newspaper and had internships at the Kansas City Star, Des Moines Register and Austin Business Journal. My primary role is to help the staff engage the community via our Web sites, create interactive, multimedia journalism and promote the growth of our online sites.
In my spare time, I like to read books and spend time with my wife and our dog, a border collie-lab mix. I also like to travel and spend time enjoying all that Lawrence has to offer.
You can follow me on Twitter, where I provide behind the scene updates on news and what's going on in Lawrence.
Recent Stories
Website maintenance planned for Monday night, may lead to service outage
Planned maintenance of our web servers may lead to some brief down time for this website Monday night.
With the end near, hair cuts, car service and vegan eating categories are too close to call for Best of Lawrence
With about 4300 votes cast — and more than 5100 ballots started but not yet complete — Best of Lawrence 2011 is entering the home stretch.
Bert Nash Dash & Bash set for Saturday afternoon, will shut down 600 block of Massachusetts with free public party
The 600 block of Massachusetts Street will be shut down Saturday afternoon and evening for a free public party, as well as the finish of a 5K and 10K run.
Editors' note: Unfortunate changes in lawrence.com staffing
Lawrence.com made the difficult decision this week — for financial reasons — to let go two staffers who have been with the site for years.
Landlocked artist doesn't let geography curtail inspiration
More than 700 miles from the closest arm of an ocean, it's unusual to find a Kansas artist whose artwork is all inspired by the sea. But Pam Sullivan has a good reason for using the soft colors and subtle motions of ocean water as the basis for the various mixed-media art she creates.
Crop artist plows into new territory for art auction
The entire world is a canvas for Lawrence artist Stan Herd. Perhaps it's fitting then, that his latest piece of art is made from one of the very tools he uses to decorate that canvas.
Ancient play seems new again
All throughout rehearsals, the cast members of English Alternative Theatre's production of "Antigone" have found themselves asking whether the classical Greek play they're performing was actually written within the past week.
Second wind
Local quintet performing again after four-year hiatus
Don't count out the Lawrence Woodwind Quintet until a stake's been driven through the group's heart, says one of the quintet's musicians.
Ruckus making noise on the hill
A tank of gas is a treasure to me, I know now that nothing is free. The guys of Blink 182 penned those words for their song, "Carousel," in 1994, and 13 years later that very song is available for free to anyone with a dot-edu e-mail address.
