LDS Public Affairs
Public Affairs Intern
Provo Sports
Editor-in-Chief
In early June, a friend approached me and asked if I'd be willing to be the editor-in-chief of Provo Sports, a new magazine aimed at building the Provo community by giving Provo High School students the opportunity to report on sporting events at PHS.
Provo High School has a rich athletic history that we feel should be celebrated. Coupled with the fact that the journalism opportunities are sparse for high school students in Utah, Provo Sports was born.
Our goal is to hire 3-4 interns and to produce weekly newsletters with game recaps, feature articles, the works. Our goal is to teach high school students the ins and out of the sports journalism world, and to build the Provo community as a whole.
Stay tuned for more!
In February 2013, I briefly stepped away from my journalistic background to complete an internship with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' Public Affairs Office in Frankfurt, Germany.
While there, I stretched myself to learn more about public affairs campaigns, opinion leader outreach, and media planning.
Below is a small sample of various projects I completed.
My love for design began out of necessity when, as a junior in high school, I found myself staring at a blank InDesign page. I was the sports editor of my high school's newspaper, and was in charge of designing the entire sports section.
Since then, I have taken several design classes and my love for Adobe products has only increased.
Design
Projects and experience
OTHER PROJECTS
Design and startups and public affairs, oh my!
BYU's fall 2013 Advanced Multimedia Journalism class produced a magazine, Viewfinder, aimed at "twenty-somethings" trying to navigate the job market, the financial world, and much more. I was on the design team for the project, and designed Viewfinder's logo (left), as well as the color palette and several info boxes throughout the site.
A magazine I designed for my final project in my Publication Graphics & Design class.
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Cover
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Table of Contents
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From the Editor Page
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2 Feature Spreads
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A single-page feature design I designed during my Publication Graphics & Design class.
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My biggest project was to complete year-long editorial plans for 27 National Directors of Public Affairs to use for their countrys' newsrooms. The plans included country- and church-specific ideas for articles and media outreach.
Click to open Germany's plan.
I was on the planning committee for the Europe Area's annual NDPA seminar, during which close to 30 NDPAs and Public Affairs office staff come together to plan for the upcoming year, discuss media outreach, and learn about issues pertinent to the Church and its members in Europe.
Not only did I help plan the seminar, I designed the Welcome Packet. Click to open.
I then presented the plans to 27 NDPAs, as well as the rest of the Europe Area Public Affaris staff, during the annual seminar in Brussels, Belgium on April 28, 2013.
I also did a fair amount of writing while in Germany. I wrote several video scripts, contributed to several press releases, put together monthly newsletters, and wrote two articles that appeared on newsroom sites across Europe.
The first was on Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's visit to Europe. I had the opportunity to meet Elder Holland in Leest, Germany, which was easily one of the best experiences of my life. Though I didn't get to interview Elder Holland, I did have the opportunity to interview several church members from across Europe about their experiences meeting and interacting with him.
The second was a several month-long endeavor. Church members gather twice a year to hear from church leaders, in what is known as General Conference. General Conference originates from Salt Lake City and is broadcast all over the world. Being so far removed from church headquarters, many people think international church members feel isolated from the church leaders. I set out to find out if that was true.
I had the opportunity to correspond with lay church leaders in several different countries, and to interview members in theri congregations to learn more about how they make the most of General Conference. It was, by far, one of the coolest articles I've ever put together.