I am a digital storyteller and currently the Community Manager at Mashable.com. Most recently, I worked on social media at The New York Times and received a Master of Science degree in Digital Media at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City where I produced NYC 3.0, a website that included an in-depth documentary on New York City’s tech startup community. Prior to Columbia, I studied at the University of Minnesota where I received a B.A. in Journalism, summa cum laude, in 2009. While at the University of Minnesota, I worked as a reporter, managing editor and editor-in-chief for four years at The Minnesota Daily, the fourth largest newspaper in Minnesota. There I worked to re-design Mndaily.com, increased Web production and directed new Web enterprises, including: blogs, multimedia, forums, Campus Tweets, the Daily Facebook application, Twitter account and more. I am available for hire to consult you or your business on how to effectively integrate social media into your professional strategy.

I have also written for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the Star Tribune, Poynter.org, Mashable.com and more. My interests are in digital media and how to best utilize social media to reach audiences. I am an ideas person and am passionate about the future of storytelling online. If you have similar interests and want to keep up, follow me on Twitter, friend me on Facebook or connect through LinkedIn.

In the News

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*CNN – “Foursquare takes lead in where-am-I apps”
*Austin American-Statesman – “Social Media Awards winner Williams hopes Gowalla gets people exploring”
*Mediabistro – “On The Menu: Digital Journalism And Going To J-School”
*Poynter Online – “Experimental Facebook use rewards news readers”
*Mpls.-St. Paul Magazine – “Meet the New Press”
*The Huffington Post – “A Minnesota College Newspaper Editor on Israel-Hamas Conflict”
*USA Today – “Reporting on Middle East”
*Knight Foundation – “U of M researchers using Facebook application to engage youth in news”
*Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages – “An interesting experiment by The Minnesota Daily student newspaper”
*Knight Digital Media Center: News Leadership 3.0 – “Facebook: Engaging young people in news”
*Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages – “Minn. Daily editor writes firsthand account of life in Israel during attacks”