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{JOURNALISM}: Published Work

The following work is a result of my experience with six publications, including: Stoutonia, the UW-Stout campus newspaper; Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine; HerCampus magazine, UW-Stout Chapter; Queen of the Castle magazine; Dunn County News; and C Cali Style magazine (Santa Monica, Ca.)

Painted Faces: Nurse by Day... *Self-published book—May 2014 Just as many might wonder what a particular celebrity looks like before they leave the house, I wondered about the transformation involved behind dragging and the personalities that live beneath the mask. In this book, I explored the life of queens behind the scenes, capturing raw footage and vivacious personalities. I wanted the world to know that the people behind these masks are beautiful, nothing short of amazing, and just as average as the “girl next door.”	10 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Her Campus Media—May 7, 2014 I graduate on Saturday, May 10 and I have so much to say. It seems like the blink of an eye since I was in high school, stumbling in heels during prom or embarrassing myself in front of my crush at football games. Go Rockets! Now I only get “dressed up” on the rare occasion that my roommates and I plan to end up at Rehab to get down and dirty—“turn down for what?”—and my equivalent to a “crush” comes in an orange can. What boyfriend? He’s virtual.	How To: Make Memories Last Queen of the Castle magazine—May 2014 Wedding memories are ones we all hope to preserve. To do this, couples hire a photographer to freeze time, haul their wedding dress to the dry cleaner to be perfected before being boxed for storage, and wear their wedding bands to remind them of the commitment they’ve made to have & to hold. Click to read more.
Trends+Tips for 2014 Save-the-Dates Queen of the Castle magazine—April 2014 Ford explains you don’t have to be a designer to wow your wedding guests. Florals: Both delicate, hand-painted blooms and traditional flourishes can jazz up your save-the-date—whether you use it for embellishment or a transparent image in the background. Click to read more.	Lake Assoc. Collaborates with Stout Part 1: Dunn County News—March 16, 2014 Menomonie’s poor water quality conditions are not exclusive to Dunn County or even Wisconsin. The problems do not stem from the lakes in Menomonie — the issues begin much farther north. “Every summer as temperatures rise, ‘blooms’ of cyanobacteria develop in lakes and rivers across the country,” writes Jessica Marshall, a reporter for FERNnews. Click to read more.	TMLIA, Stout students collaborate... Part 2: Dunn County News—March 18, 2014 Tainter Menomin Lake Improvement Association, a nonprofit volunteer organization, was formed in 1990. “It has a long history of trying to identifying timely and current issues that will create a better situation and build partnerships that assist in improving the situation,” said Ron Verdon, the president of the association and former department chair and program director for the art program at UW-Stout. Click to read more.
Castles and Baseball Dunn County News—February 19, 2014 Valentine’s Day is a very important holiday for many couples, but for others it’s just another day to remind them of how many miles lie between them.This year, Lexie and Nathan McCarthy spent their first Valentine’s Day together, not only as husband and wife, but together, in person—period. Click to read more.	Salut! *Self-published book—January 2013 Nature Photography in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands It can't be denied that with every experience in life, we learn. We learn to love. We learn to bond. We learn to take risks. We learn to grow. Click to read more.	What My Parents Didn't Know *Self-published book—May 2013 Wisconsin is home to hundreds of breweries, including Miller, Leinenkugel's, and New Glarus—to name a few. The drinking culture that exists is perhaps unlike any other state in the U.S. This is a glimpse of three party houses and the environment that these students live in— what their parents didn't know. Click to read more.
Emerging Artists: Apparel Design Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine--Spring/summer 2013 "Looking back at myself five years ago, I would have never thought I'd go across the world to a foreign country where they don't speak English by myself, or that I would be overseeing 300 people, telling them what to do and be really confident doing it," said 24-year-old Apparel Design and Development student. Click to read more.	Emerging Artists: Industrial Design Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine—Spring/summer 2013 "What inspires me most is looking back, being a yound kid, and seeing what I loved to do and how that is relating to me now--just being able to follow through with my dreams," said Cayle Damrow, a senior from Park Falls, Wis. Click to read more.	Car crash victim talks about... Stoutonia newspaper—Dec. 6-19, 2012 Jon Corey Steinhorst, 15, was pronounced dead on the scene the night of Feb. 25, 2006. Three days later, he woke up at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medical Center with four broken ribs, a T-1 fracture (which is part of the vertebrae), two collapsed lungs, a torn liver, a hole in his spleen and severe nerve damage. Click to read more.
Emerging Artists: Graphic Design Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine—Spring/summer 2013 "I average four hours of sleep per night," said Ashley Hohnstein, a University of Wisconsin-Stout student. "It's normal to me and a lot of [graphic design] students I know." Click to read more.	Emerging Artists: Studio Art Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine—Spring/summer 2013 "We artists are unique. We see things differently than non-artists. We're intuitve, hard-working, and ambitious creatures. Our presence within a company has an entirely different perspective on things," said Bailey Hower, a University of Wisconsin-Stout student. Click to read more.	Emerging Artists: Interior Design Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine—Spring/summer 2013 Three interior design students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout are making history this year. "As far as I know, there's never been a group senior project--and we proposed it. We all had this idea that we would have individual projects within the group," said Julia Horner, one of the women making history. Click to read more.
Emerging Artists: Multimedia Design Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine—Spring/summer 2013 According to 23-year-old Calvin Keyes, "Video seems limitless. Everything you see and hear is considered." Click to read more.	E-Textbooks: Advantage or nuisance? Stoutonia newspaper—Jan. 24-Feb. 6, 2013 With every passing year, technology advances, and with it, so does our knowledge. The invention of the Internet provided a platform to learn, communicate and thrive, but it also changed the way we operate. Print and other industries have suffered, though will these industries explore means of persevering on another platform? Technology is changing our ways of communicating. Click to read more.	Captivated by Culture Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine—Fall/winter 2012-2013 Have you ever thought about why we dress the way we do? Sure, we see style in magazines and fashion on television, but where does it come from? Who decides what’s in and what’s out? How do seasonal trends begin?Style is a way to express oneself, whether it is by mood, interests, or culture. Our sense of fashion—whether the norm or not—identifies us. Click to read more.
From Suit Coat to Peplum Jacket Fashion, Art, and Beauty magazine--Spring/summer 2013 "Fashion is made to become unfashionable," Coco Chanel admitted once long ago. Her insight makes sense. Fashion changes with the day, month, and season, year, and decade, making way for new styles, trends, and creativity to flow through each new designer, and street style savvy fashionista. Click to read more.	Stout students save for Spring Break Stoutonia newspaper—Mar. 7-April 4, 2013 College students across America can thank Colgate University of Hamilton, N.Y. and their 1936 swim coach, who sent his team south to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to practice in the spring. The success of the trip that year brought the team back for several years to come. It became a tradition: swimming in Florida’s first Olympicsize pool in the College Coaches’ Swim Forum in the spring. Click to read more.	UW-Stout Confessions & controversies Stoutonia newspaper—Feb. 21-Mar. 7, 2013 Social media has taken over the University of Wisconsin–Stout. Students use Facebook to connect with their clubs, sororities, fraternities and workplaces. English professors assign weekly tweets to post as an assignment. The Fashion, Art and Beauty magazine is even utilizing a Pinterest account as a space to share ideas and inspiration for upcoming photo shoots. Click to read more.
Free Laptops? Hardly! Stoutonia newspaper—Feb. 7-20, 2013 “Come to UW-Stout—free laptops and software!” encourage recruiters. One of the biggest forms of propaganda that the University of Wisconsin-Stout Admissions advertises is the “polytechnic” atmosphere and its laptop program. Students are often convinced that the laptops issued to them during orientation are just that—free. These laptops are leased to each student on a two-year contract through the e-Scholar program. Click to read more.	UW-Stout and its community collab... Stoutonia newspaper—Oct. 18-31, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Stout will again host the North Campus trick-or-treat event for children in the community on Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The event provides a safe environment for children of the neighborhood and their families to experience Halloween traditions, while hosting a food drive to benefit the local food pantry. Click to read more.