LUCAS HIGH
Reporter
738 E 45th St., Savannah, GA 31405
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Hilton Head Island Packet/Beaufort
Gazette (The McClatchy Company)
City/County Government Reporter
(Bluffton, SC)
August 2015 Present
Provided comprehensive news
coverage of Beaufort County and the
Town of Bluffton, one of the countys
fastest growing communities.
Used social media and advanced
web metrics to find a report daily and
enterprise stories to a growing and
engaged audience.
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
City/County Government Reporter
(Cheyenne, WY)
July 2013 - July 2015
Provided in-depth coverage of
Cheyenne and Laramie County
government for the daily newspaper
in Wyomings capital city.
Capital News Service
Politics Reporter
(Annapolis, MD)
January 2013 May 2013
Reported daily on the Maryland
General Assembly and Maryland Gov.
Martin OMalley for the University of
Maryland-run wire service.
CBS Radio Washington
Intern, 106.7, WJFK
(Lanham, MD)
Sept. 2012-Jan. 2013
Developed discussion topics, edited
audio, and wrote web stories for The
Sports Junkies, a top-rated sports talk
morning show in the Washington, DC
market.
Forwerd Media, L.L.C.
Contributing Writer, TVGeekArmy.com
Sept. 2010-Oct. 2012
Reviewed television programming on
daily basis. Interviewed actors for
profile and news stories.
Equity Residential
Assistant Property Manager
(Columbia, MD)
June 2008-May 2012
Responsible for marketing community,
as well as collection, processing and
accounting for over two million dollars
in annual revenue.
AWARDS
1st Place
Society of Professional Journalists
Top of the Rockies 2016
Breaking News
Two killed in robbery
As the first reporter on the scene, I used
social media to report in real time as an
armed robbery became a double murder,
and a manhunt for the shooter spread
across Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2nd Place
South Carolina Press Association 2016
Public Notice Journalism
A few companies account for huge part
of past-due Beaufort County property
taxes
Report on the few companies in Beaufort
County responsible for the lions share of
delinquent corporate property taxes.
2nd Place
South Carolina Press Association 2016
Series of Articles
The Unsung Heroes of Hurricane
Matthew
Contributed two pieces to a series of
profiles about normal people doing
extraordinary things during and
immediately after published after
Hurricane Matthew hit the South Carolina
coast.
EDUCATION Phillip Merrill College of Journalism
Towson University May 2013
Bachelors of Science, Business
Administration
May 2008

University of Maryland, College Park

Master of Journalism