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    Ashley Fowler is a print/digital reporter with five years of newsroom experience in both Missouri and Southern California, tackling beats as varied as crime, state politics and the arts. Fowler handled schools, events and local government as the sole staff writer at the Signal Tribune, a community newspaper in Long Beach, California. Before that, Fowler graduated from the print/digital news program at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2012, with an emphasis on reporting. In Missouri, she worked as an enterprise beat reporter and copy editor for the Columbia Missourian daily. She was also a staff writer for Vox Magazine. Fowler interned at the Orange County Register in 2007 and was later hired as one of the paper’s youngest contributing writers.

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    Ashley Fowler is a print/digital reporter with five years of newsroom experience in both Missouri and Southern California, tackling beats as varied as crime, state politics and the arts. Fowler handled schools, events and local government as the sole staff writer at the Signal Tribune, a community newspaper in Long Beach, California. Before that, Fowler graduated from the print/digital news program at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2012, with an emphasis on reporting. In Missouri, she worked as an enterprise beat reporter and copy editor for the Columbia Missourian daily. She was also a staff writer for Vox Magazine. Fowler interned at the Orange County Register in 2007 and was later hired as one of the paper’s youngest contributing writers.

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    Ashley Fowler is a print/digital reporter with five years of newsroom experience in both Missouri and Southern California, tackling beats as varied as crime, state politics and the arts. Fowler handled schools, events and local government as the sole staff writer at the Signal Tribune, a community newspaper in Long Beach, California. Before that, Fowler graduated from the print/digital news program at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2012, with an emphasis on reporting. In Missouri, she worked as an enterprise beat reporter and copy editor for the Columbia Missourian daily. She was also a staff writer for Vox Magazine. Fowler interned at the Orange County Register in 2007 and was later hired as one of the paper’s youngest contributing writers.

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    ASHLEY FOWLER

    34MainSt.Apt.4,Malden,MA02148
    (781)3348166

    AshleyBFowler@gmail.com
    http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleybfowler

    SUMMARY
    Apassionatereporterwithdependablenewsjudgment,alwaysonthelookoutforinnovative
    waystostrengthencommunityrelationshipsandempowerreaders.

    INDUSTRYEXPERIENCE
    TheSignalTribune,SignalHill,CA

    2014

    StaffWriter
    Solestaffwriter,coveredSignalHillpeople,schools,eventsandpoliticswhiletakingon
    additionaleditorialassistantandphotographerresponsibilitiesinanoftenstrapped
    newsroom.
    Oversawadynamicbeatwithanemphasisonpersonalportraitstylefeaturestories,
    includingapieceonaninspiringgymteacherwhogrewuphomeless,thestrugglesof
    LongBeachsrefugeepopulationandalocalmorticianwhowroteaKitchen
    Confidentialstylebookaboutthefuneralindustry.
    Researchedandhelpedwritea24pagecommemorativesectiononthecitys90year
    anniversary.

    TheColumbiaMissourian,Columbia,MO

    2013

    AdvancedReporter
    Waspromotedtohandlethepapersenterprisebeat,includingtheopportunitytoconduct
    extensive,indepthresearchforhighimpactstories.

    Extensive research lead to indepth story detailing major failings in state transportation
    policy, including critical infrastructure issues on I70. Following publication, legislators
    passedasalestaxincreasetofundtransportationimprovements.

    VoxMagazine,Columbia,MO
    Writer
    CoveredlocalculturefortheprestigiousMissourianstudentmagazine.Wroteaboutfive
    storiesamultiplestorieseachweekrangingfromvoicyexplainersontopicslikebizarrebeer
    andthelocalartscenetoextensivecoverageoftheTrue/FalseFilmFestival.

    EnterprisedastoryexploringtheburgeoningDIYmusicsceneinColumbia,includinga
    networkofsecrethouseshowsthroughoutthecity.
    CollaboratedwiththeeditorialteamtospotlightTheGiversofthecommunity,
    creatingmultimediafeaturesfocusingonthecitysmostselflessresidents.

    2012

    TheColumbiaMissourian,Columbia,MO

    2011

    Reporter/CopyEditor
    LedthepublicsafetybeatandcopyeditingresponsibilitiesattheUniversityofMissouris
    teachingnewspaper.DevelopedSEOfriendlyheadlinesandcopy,editedcontentforAPstyle
    andconductedextensivefactchecks.Alsomonitoredthepaperssocialmediaaccounts.

    Known as one of the newsrooms strongestbreakingnewsreporters,excelledatturning


    aroundlatenightstoriesundertightdeadlines.

    OCRegister,LakeForest,CA

    2008

    ContributingWriter
    Hiredasaparttimewriter,wouldcomeintoofficethreetimesaweek,coveringsouthOrange
    CountycitiesincludingthehighlyvisibleLagunaBeachbeat.

    Profiled two of the youngest performers at the 75th annual Pageant of the Masters,
    documentingtheirpreparationstoactintheworld'slargesttableauxvivantfestival.

    OCRegister,LakeForest,CA

    2007

    NewsroomIntern
    Becameoneofthenewsroomsnewesteditors,actingasanewsroomassistantand
    beginningwriter.

    Offered afeaturedfrontpagestoryontheRegisters dailyedition,coveringthelatenight


    releaseofthelatestHarryPotterrelease.

    EDUCATION
    B.J.inPrintandDigitalMedia,withaSpecializationinReportingandWriting
    MultiCulturalStudiesCertificate
    UniversityofMissouri,Columbia,MO

    OTHERAWARDSANDRECOGNITION
    SpringOCJEAWriteOff,SecondPlace,NewsWriting,2007
    Bestcombinedscoreoverall,OCJournalismEducationAssociation,2007
    ExcellenceinNewsWritingAward,JEA/NSPAFallScholasticJournalismConvention,2006

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