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Journalism Experience

Christianity Today, Carol Stream, Ill. Contributing Editor (current) and News Reporter (past and current) (Sept. 2008-present)

• Report news for print and online publication, produce audio slideshows for the web and interview and compile monthly “Under Discussion” feature for print magazine. Edit monthly “Village Green” feature. Occasional contributor to Her.meneutics, a Christianity Today women’s blog.

Relevant Magazine, Orlando, Fla. Freelance Reporter (2014-present)

The Rapid City Journal Rapid City, S.D. News Reporter (September 2011-September 2012)

• Pitching and reporting military, Native American and general assignment news and features.

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. News Reporter (summer intern) (May-Aug. 2011)

• Reporting and writing news and features for print and Web with the Virginia Beach team.

The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. News Reporter (summer intern) (May-Aug. 2010)

• Report and write breaking news and features for print and web. Covered cops, courts, arts and entertainment, and pitched and reported enterprise stories. Produced multimedia content for online use.

The Daily Egyptian, Carbondale, Ill. News Reporter (Oct.-Dec. 2009)

• Report news and feature stories for publication in daily newspaper and website.

Sun-Times News Group, Chicago suburbs News Reporter (freelance) (Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009)

• Reported news and feature stories and pitched stories for print and web publication for Naperville Sun, Wheaton Sun and sister publications.

Vail Daily, Vail, Colo. News Reporter (summer intern) (June-Aug. 2008)

• Pitched and reported breaking news, sports, and feature articles for print and online newspaper and weekly newsmagazine, produced multimedia content for website and copy edited content.

The Wheaton Record, Wheaton, Ill. Circulation 3,500 Editor in Chief (May 2007-May 2008)

• Managed a 16-person editorial staff and planned and executed weekly production of a 12-page paper, including content and copy editing and opinion writing. Launched the paper’s first digital archive.

Served as Development Manager, Managing Editor, Photo Editor, News Reporter, and Photographer for The Wheaton Record in years past (2005-2007, 2008-2009)

• Designed pages, copy edited, consulted and wrote opinion, arts and entertainment, and sports articles. Photographed sports events, concerts, spot news and breaking news.

Awards

Religion Newswriters Association First place, magazine news religion report of the year (2012); Finalist in religion reporting excellence, magazine news reporting (2012); First Place, magazine news reporting — named as regular contributor to Christianity Today (2011)

Evangelical Press Association Second Place, contributor to Christianity Today “Briefing” department (2012)

South Dakota Newspaper Association Third Place, best news series (with Kevin Woster and Mary Garrigan) (2012)

United Nations Student Journalist Chosen from a competitive applicant pool to report on the U.N. NGO conference in Bonn, Germany (September, 2011)

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting 2010 Student Reporting Fellow, “Niger: Feeding the Forgotten”

Illinois College Press Association First Place, News Story (2009), Third Place, News Story (2009), Honorable Mention, In-Depth Reporting (2008), Honorable Mention, Sports Photo (2006)

Education

Ph.D. in Communication University of Washington class of 2018

• Research focus: International journalism and political systems.

M.A. in Communication University of Washington March 2015

• Thesis title: “A Corpus-Linguistic Analysis of News Coverage in Kenya’s Daily Nation and Great Britain’s Times“

M.A. Political Science Southern Illinois University Carbondale August 2011

• Recipient of tuition waiver, graduate assistantship and Master’s fellowship. Research focus: Media and Politics.

B.A. English Literature Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois May 2009

• President’s Award: minimum high school GPA 3.6, SAT 1400 or higher.
• National Merit finalist.

World Journalism Institute Backpack Journalism Workshop, New York City, New York May-June 2008; Top Grad Conference Washington D.C. 2012

• Studied under journalists from the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Indianapolis Star and The Denver Post.

Additional Abilities

• Familiar with Adobe CS2 and CS3, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and InCopy
• Trained in Computer Assisted Reporting and statistics research methods
• Produced audio slideshows and videos for the web using Soundslides, Audacity and Final Cut Pro software
• Conversational in French
• Symphony Orchestra violist, Wheaton College (2005-06, 2009), Southern Illinois (2009-2010), Black Hills Symphony Orchestra (2011-2012)

To request references, e-mail ruth.c.moon@gmail.com.