Kristi Eaton

kristi.eaton@gmail.com kristieaton.com EXPERIENCE The Associated Press | Sioux Falls, S.D. Reporter | February 2011 to present I started as a temporary legislative relief reporter in Oklahoma City before being hired as a permanent reporter in the Sioux Falls bureau. I was awarded the Associated Press newlycreated Breaking News Staffer of the Month award in December 2011 for coverage of former South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklows announcement that he has brain cancer. Freelance Journalist | Tulsa, Okla. May 2009 to February 2011 I wrote monthly features for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and TulsaPeople Magazine. My freelance work has also appeared in TIME.com, Ms. Magazine, the Tulsa World, Womens eNews, The Oklahoman and OKLAHOMA Magazine. The Saipan Tribune | Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Reporter | July 2008 to May 2009 I covered the Legislature, the Governors Office, the Public School System and the utilities corporation for the daily paper. I wrote extensively on the island's ongoing power crisis and the Northern Marianas' transition to federal immigration and labor laws. I traveled to Samoa to cover a climate change roundtable and to China to report on tourism attractions. Divided Families | Arizona State University Reporter | August 2007 to December 2007 I traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border, Guadalajara and Veracruz to report and write two indepth pieces on families divided by the border. The Howard G. Buffet Foundation funded the project, which was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the college print category. The State Press | Arizona State University Editor-in-chief, city editor, reporter, magazine writer | January 2005 to December 2007 I edited and planned content for the daily paper. I managed a staff of approximately 50 students. The State Press prints Monday through Friday with a circulation of 18,000. Internships/Fellowships +The Journal of Life Sciences and The Burrill Report, summer 2009 (biotechnology magazines in San Francisco) +The Arizona Republic, Pulliam fellowship, summer 2007 (general assignment) +The Arizona Republic, fall 2006 (online breaking news intern) +The Oklahoman, summer 2006 (state desk intern)

+Arizona Foothills Magazine, spring 2006 (fact checker) AWARDS + Breaking News Staffer of the Month, Associated Press, November 2011 +Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Magazine reporting portfolio: 3rd place, news writing for magazines: 2nd place +Parenting Publications of America, Gold award in feature writing for my first-person account of childhood battle with anorexia, 2011 +Deans List, Arizona State University +Charles Stauffer Memorial Scholarship, 2007 (From the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University) +Arizona Press Club Scholarship, 2006 +Sun Devil Scholarship, 2004 to 2008 (Academic scholarship to Arizona State University) WORKSHOPS +UNESCO Pacific Climate Change Roundtable, October 2008, Apia, Samoa I learned about reporting on climate change during a weeklong plenary session among Pacific island nations in preparation for The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. SKILLED IN Photography, AP style, designing and copy editing; editing audio; LexisNexis; social media; Photoshop and InDesign; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; and Google search. EDUCATION +Arizona State University, Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, May 2008 +Richmond University in Rome, Photography and Italian Language, Rome, Spring 2008 MEMBERSHIPS +Society of Professional Journalists