EXPERIENCE
Editor, The Greentree Gazette magazine, West Palm Beach, Florida, May 2006 – December 2008

• Updated GreentreeGazette.com daily by writing articles, facilitating the flow of material and maintaining the industry news wire
• Supervised, edited and story conferenced with approximately fifteen freelance writers
• Wrote feature articles for The Greentree Gazette magazine
• Represented the magazine at industry conferences nationwide
• Copy editing

Online Producer, American Media, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, July 2005-April 2006

• Updated content for two magazine websites, Country Weekly and Looking Good Now!
• Wrote headlines and blurbs for web content
• Assembled and sent out a biweekly e-newsletter
• Moderated message boards

Editorial Intern, Cottage Living magazine, Birmingham, Alabama, January-June 2005

• Offered support to the Food Editor, Garden Editor, Web Editor, and Copy Desk
• Wrote departmental pieces for the magazine
• Helped with research, editing, fact checking and website maintenance

Editorial Intern, Rowland Publishing, Tallahassee, Florida, May-August 2004

• Wrote departmental pieces and calendar items for Tallahassee Magazine and Emerald Coast Magazine
• Took pictures at local events

Reporter and Online Editor, Vox magazine, Columbia, Missouri, August 2003-May 2004

• Wrote book and movie reviews, music articles and other community interest pieces
• Transferred magazine content to the website every two weeks

Reporter, Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri, August-December 2003

• Wrote articles and feature stories about notable people in the community
• Covered community events

BOOKS WRITTEN
Florence Migga Kizza & Joseph Migga Kizza, Securing the Information Infrastructure. IGI Global, September 2007.

EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Journalism, May 2005
University of Missouri-Columbia
  1) University of Missouri Thurgood Marshall Fellowship recipient

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, May 2003
Bachelor of Science in Communications, May 2003
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
  1) Graduated Magna Cum Laude