EDUCATION

CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO

Degree | Bachelor of Science in Journalism
Concentration | News-editorial
Graduation date | June 2014

EXPERIENCE

THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE

September 2014 February 2017

Junior Designer
Designed news and features pages (Home + Garden, Arts + Culture, Travel, Local/Metro, Night + Day,
Weekend, Food, Business, South + East County, Military + Defense, Weddings, Opinion and Editorial pages).
Designed covers and inside covers for various sections.
Copy edited content for The Californian pages.
Coordinated with other designers, section editors, photo editors, photographers and graphic artists.

MUSTANG NEWS
November 2011 June 2014

Arts Editor | June 2013 June 2014

Managed and assigned stories to the arts sta of reporters, columnists, photographers
and multimedia journalists.
Designed the page layout for the arts section of the bi-weekly newspaper.
Edited photos for web and print publication.
Edited articles for grammar, spelling, structure and Associated Press Style.

KASSI LUJA Coordinated story coverage with multimedia, broadcast and public relations as part
of an integrated newsroom.
Wrote articles for web and print publication.
209.324.9528 Managed the Mustang News Arts Twitter account.
kassilauren@gmail.com
@KassiLuja Copy Editor | March 2012 June 2013
kassiluja.com Edited articles for grammar, spelling, structure and Associated Press Style.
Edited photos for web and print publication.
Trained sta in Associated Press Style.
Wrote headlines and photo captions for articles.
Wrote articles for web and print publication.

Freelance Arts Reporter | November 2011 March 2012

Wrote articles for the arts section of the newspaper.

THECOLLEGEHELPER.COM
December 2012 March 2013

Intern
Wrote blog posts and created informational portable document formats.

SKILLS

Adobe CC (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash),

Associated Press Style, Spanish, Mac and PC computers, Wordpress

ACHIEVEMENTS

First Place, Best Arts and Entertainment Story for Beneath The Honey Trees
February 2015 California College Media Association

Excellence in Editorial Illustration

June 2014 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispos Journalism Department

Bette Betz Kempf Award in Journalism
June 2013 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispos Journalism Department