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Cali Owings
May 2013 to present

Professional Experience The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead [51,000 weekday circ.]

News Intern Cover a wide variety of topics as assigned. File a mix of daily, short-term and long-term stories. Responsible for any breaking news coverage during assigned weekly shift. Contribute to weekly business section Q&A.

Minnesota Daily [22,000 circ.]

Editor in Chief and Co-Publisher Previously held positions: associate editor, senior staff reporter and policy desk intern

Jan. 2010 to May 2013

Oversaw all editorial content for the award-winning student-run newspaper at the University of Minnesota. Coordinated daily publication Monday through Thursday for the print edition and manage content online. Previously covered student government, the student services fees process, campus and student life issues as well as breaking news. Consistently wrote two stories per week and maintained relationships with key beat sources and campus administrators. Covered city and state politics as an intern, including interviews with 2010 candidates for governor before the DFL and Republican nominating conventions.

St. Paul Pioneer Press [395,000 weekday circ.]

Intern, North Suburbs and Dakota County team

Sept. 2011 to Dec. 2011

Selected to participate in a practicum course through which I interned at the Pioneer Press covering education, local government and cops and courts. Wrote stories for print and web publication as well as breaking news briefs for the local section of the newspaper. Organized election coverage for city government and school board positions for communities in Ramsey County.

MinnPost.com [250,000 monthly unique visitors]

Sept. 2012-Dec. 2012

Worked in an investigative team on a project about predatory lending as part of a partnership between the School of Journalism and MinnPost.com a nonprofit, member-supported news website catering to Minnesotans.

Education
University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication Bachelor of Arts in Professional Journalism and Studies in Cinema and Media Culture Traveled to Doha, Qatar to study Al-Jazeera and its impact on Middle East revolutions Graduated May 2013

Jan. 2012

Campus involvement: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, 2011 Orientation Leader for the Office of Orientation and FirstYear Programs, Student Unions and Activities programming board chair, Minnesota Office of Higher Education tutor, Bailey Hall events coordinator

Awards, Skills and Recent Training

Investigative Reporters and Editors Watchdog Workshop Oct. 2012 Completed computer-assisted reporting class May 2012 Inducted into the journalism schools Kappa Tau Alpha honors society May 2012 Multimedia experience with Soundslides, Final Cut Express, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop Social media skills: live-tweeting, crowd-sourcing, promoting content and engaging readers across many platforms