E D U C AT I O N

CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO

Degree | Bachelor of Science in Journalism
Concentration | News-editorial
Graduation date | June 2014

EXPERIENCE
U-T SAN DIEGO

September 2014 present

Junior Designer
Design news and features pages (Home + Garden, Arts + Culture, Travel, Local, Night + Day, Sundays news section).
Design opinion pages.
Design inside covers such as the Travel cover within the Arts + Culture section (and on occasion, the Arts inside
cover and Culture inside cover).
Design news and features covers such as the Local cover (and on occasion, the South + East County cover and
Home + Garden cover).
Coordinate with other designers, section editors, photo editors, photographers and the graphics department.

MUSTANG NEWS (formerly Mustang Daily)

November 2011 June 2014

K A S S I LUJ A
209.324.9528
kassilauren@gmail.com
@KassiLuja
kassiluja.com

Arts Editor | June 2013 June 2014

Managed and assigned stories to the arts staff of reporters, columnists, photographers and multimedia journalists.
Edited articles for grammar, spelling, structure and Associated Press Style.
Designed the layout for the arts section of the bi-weekly newspaper.
Edited photos for web and print publication.
Coordinated story coverage with multimedia, broadcast and public relations as part of an integrated newsroom.
Wrote articles for web and print publication.
Copy Editor | March 2012 June 2013
Edited articles for grammar, spelling, structure and Associated Press Style.
Edited photos for web and print publication.
Trained staff in Associated Press Style.
Wrote headlines and photo captions for articles.
Wrote articles for web and print publication.
Freelance Arts Reporter | Novemeber 2011 March 2012
Wrote articles for the arts section.

THECOLLEGEHELPER.COM
December 2012 March 2013
Intern
Wrote blog posts and created informational portable document formats.

SKILLS
Spanish, Adobe CC (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash), Associated Press Style

A C H I E V E M E N TS
First Place, Best Arts and Entertainment Story for Beneath The Honey Trees
February 2015 California College Media Association
Excellence in Editorial Illustration
June 2014 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispos Journalism Department
Bette Betz Kempf Award in Journalism
June 2013 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispos Journalism Department