Kai Casey1830 22nd Street, Apt. 9Boulder, CO 80305(480) 254-7390kai.casey@colorado.edu

EDUCATION: -University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colo. // 2011-present News-Editorial Major | Additional Field of Study in Photography | Certificate in Digital Media GPA in school of Journalism: 3.54 | Overall GPA: 3.29 Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2015

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

-Longmont Times-Call -Longmont Times-Call Longmont, Colo. // May 2013-Aug. 2013Photography Intern I shot several stories a day, three times a week. I did both video and stills for most assignments, ranging from community stories about schools to large grass fires. I now have the valuable experience of working at a large, daily newspaper including turning around assignments quickly and handling several assignments a day.

-CU Independent Boulder, Colo. // Jan. 2012-presentVisuals EditorVisuals Editor Nov. 2013-present At the CU Independent, I worked my way from a staff photographer, to photo editor, to video editor and am currently the visuals editor. In addition to shooting assignments and updating the website with visual content, I teach the visual staff about various topics in photojournalism and multimedia. We received several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for flood coverage, sports coverage and best digital-only publication. The Associated Collegiate Press named us one of the best online publications for our work from 2012-2013.

-The Denver Post -The Denver Post Denver, Colo. // Mar. 2012, May 2012 & May 2013Freelance Photographer Working with the Denver Post, I shot several games in both boy’s 5A high school lacrosse playoffs and basket-ball 4A and 5A playoffs. I gained valuable experience of shooting several games in a single day, in addition to the experience in taking photographs in an amped-up setting.

-CHSAANow.com Denver, Colo. // Nov. 2013Freelance Photographer I shot several games of the CHSAA Class 4A and 5A football playoffs and published the photos to the website. The experience of shooting several games, turning the photos around quickly and the pressure of shooting events on a bigger stage was very valuable.

SKILLS & INTERESTS:

-Photography: 7 years (Camera Bits Photo Mechanic, Adobe Bridge)-Graphic Design: 7 years (Adobe Photoshop, some Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator)-Video capturing and editing: 6 years (Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, Apple Final Cut Pro)-Social Media: 4 years -Social Media: 4 years (Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, Tout)-Interests: 21 years (Sports, especially baseball and football, music, hiking, rock climbing)

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