kassi luja

209.324.9528 kassilauren@gmail.com kassiluja.com

experience
Mustang News (formerly Mustang Daily) November 2011 present Graphic Arts Building 26, Room 226 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA Arts editor (June 2013 June 2014)
Manage arts staff members. Assign stories to reporters and a photographer. Schedule stories for online and print publication. Design the layout for the arts section of the print newspaper. Work and coordinate with multimedia and broadcast as part of an integrated newsroom.

education
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Major / Journalism Expected graduation / June 2014

skills
Spanish Wordpress Adobe Creative Suite iMovie GarageBand Associated Press Style Blogging Multimedia (shooting and editing video, Mac computers

Edit articles for proper grammar and Associated Press Style. Edit photos for web and print publication. Train staff in Associated Press Style. Write headlines and captions for articles. Edit the page design layouts for the print newspaper. Write articles for web and print publication.

Copy editor (March 2012 June 2013)

slideshows, audio slideshows, photography)

Achievements
Bette Betz Kempf Award in journalism June 2013 Mustang Daily Staff Member of the Month December 2012

Freelance arts reporter (November 2011 March 2012) Write articles for the arts section. TheCollegeHelper.com Intern December 2012 March 2013
Write blog posts, create a PDF template and create PDFs for the website to prepare high school students and their parents for the transition to college.

references
Brian De Los Santos Mustang Daily Editor-in-Chief 2012 2013 650.281.1603

Sarah Gilmore Mustang Daily Managing Editor 2012 2013 619.994.6361