Collegian Archive

• College shuffles graduation requirements
  
• The artists' touch: Senior art majors finish up portfolios and prepare their final exhibits
  
• Parent consent no longer required for off-campus
• Making music, not noise, in the library
  
• Temporary historian
  
• A conversation with author Ron Hansen
  
• History department hires two professors
• "Senioritis" strikes seniors as graduation nears
• "Assassination of Jesse James" author to visit
• Campus mail delivers woe
  
• Couple opens painting and sculpting exhibit Sunday
  
• Hitchcock brings thrill to Hillsdale
  
• College's 72-acre shooting range opens this fall; student weapon storage locker in plans
  
• Parking problems shift to new union
• Library quieter for now
• Delta Sigma Phi back at brunch
• Political economy club gains members, momentum
• Hillsdale students march for life
• College opens doors for student union
• Streaking to classes and football games
• Called by God
• Deans grant no off-campus permission for second semester
• Department store to bring brand names
• Bookstore prepares for move to student union
• More than loose change
  
• Making music with the SAI ball
• "Plugged in" on campus
• Archivist preserves college treasure
• Hillsdale returns to top rankings for 2008
• Brainy athletes thrive on campus
• Community theater is all in the family
• Bone marrow drive to help leukemia patients
• Student reflects on German stint
• Mad scientists and eccentric profs, classroom quirks
• Recap: Douma's retirement and Charger basketball plans
• Brief: Big on biology
• Faculty become students of Pilates
• Assaulted by unsalted sidewalks
• Album review: Wincing the Night Away
• Christian sex therapist explains sexual wholeness
• Schwanda revealed
• Dial-A-Ride serves as school bus for locals
• Smartphone showdown
• Student volunteers promote college over break
• Sirens on stage: dancers enchant
• 'Chamber Music' captivates
• Film review: 'Stomp the Yard'
• Underpaid trainers get wage shift
• Arb still blooms
• New leader adds spunk to pep band
• Tiny classes spark brains
• Passport to the Promised Land
• Percussionists (literally) rock the house
• Senior theses in bloom: Erika Preus

Movie Reviews

• Hit or miss: New releases offer little hope
• Give yourself a scare
• Love, life and death: A look at two Hollywood films
• Movie rewind
• "Emily Rose" provides more than horror
• Catching the red eye
• Summer blockbuster blitz
• [blockbuster|season]
• Christian film dazzles cinematically, fizzles overall
• Firewall blocked
• A look back at "Closer"
• Summer movie previews: escape the heat

CNS Archive

• States Causing Chaos in Presidential Nomination Process
• Boy Scouts Threatened with Eviction from 'Cradle of Liberty'
• No Proof Iran Supplying Weapons to Taliban, U.S. General Says
• Congressmen Murtha, Hunter Among BAE'S Favorites
• Global Warming Skeptics Advance, Says Inhofe
• Green Groups Want Home Depot to Pull Ads From Fox
• Cheating Rampant on College Campuses, Survey Reveals
• U.S. Defense Company Agrees to Sell to Embattled British Firm
• Left-Wing Extremists Want to 'Reconquista' Southwest
• White Supremacists Influence Immigration Debate, Critics Say
• Israeli Conflict More Than Just Politics, Author Says
• Conservative Students Encouraged to 'Clean Out Washington'
• Environmental Extremists Likely to Attack, Says NIE
• No Need to Destroy Embryos, Several Studies Show
• Most Americans Believe Media is Assaulting Morals, Study Shows

Contributions

• Animal Rights Activists Have 'No Choice' but Violence, Spokesman Says
• Scandal-Wracked Weapons Manufacturer Big Spender on Capitol Hill
• Bribery in Arms Sales Not Unusual, Expert Says
• 'Green' Energy Source a Major Polluter
• Ethanol Industry, Congress Accused of Bending Rules
• Border Patrol to U.S. Virgin Islands: You're On Your Own
• Bush's Veto Threat on Spending Bills an Abrupt Change
• Pentagon Spends $1 Million for 19-Cent Washers
• Illegal Immigration Cases Clogging Federal Courts
• Immigration Measure Seeks More Deportations

Resumé

Katherine Poythress
katherine(dot)poythress(at)gmail(dot)com

EMPLOYMENT:


Freelancer: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, Calif.; April 2012-Present

Reporter-Host: Honolulu Civil Beat, civilbeat.com, Honolulu, Hawaii; March 2010-March 2012

• Self-directed enterprise and investigative reporting on public education system
• Special project development and management, with database building and analysis
• Interactive education blog for breaking news incorporating SEO
• Feature and breaking-news photography for all beats
• Regular radio and television appearances to discuss education issues and events
• Heavy use of a proprietary CMS, moderate use of HTML
• Nonstop marketing and community engagement via social media (Facebook, Twitter)

Reporter/Staff Writer: The Gadsden Times, gadsdentimes.com, Gadsden, Ala.; Aug. 2009-March 2010

• Daily and enterprise coverage of local non-profit organizations, government and schools 
• Produced multimedia projects for Web edition to augment content in print edition
• Shot poignant human-interest photos of sensitive subjects

Bureau Reporter: The Daily Home, dailyhome.com, Talladega, Ala.; July 2008-Aug. 2009

• Investigative reporting into local government, including series that caused resignations and ouster of several board members
• Covered every aspect of two city beats, from council meetings to crime
• Independently developed and followed through on enterprise story and feature ideas
• Crafted monthly features for niche publication Lakeside Magazine
• Maintained clear communication with editors, photographers and other reporters

Copy Editor: The Collegian, Hillsdale, Mich.; Jan.-May 2008

• Edited copy for Focus, features and opinions sections for grammar, accuracy and AP style
• Mentored reporters through the steps of reporting and writing a story; helped with rewrites
• Helped support the launch of a robust, production-ready Web site
• Thoroughly covered hard news, sports, features and investigative stories
• Produced multimedia coverage of stories and packaged content for the Web
• Generated creative, engaging story and packaging ideas

Senior Reporter: Aug. 2007-Jan. 2008
Staff Reporter: Aug. 2006-May 2007
Freelancer: Aug. 2005-May 2006

INTERNSHIPS:
Staff Writer: Cybercast News Service, CNSNews.com, Alexandria, Va.; May-Aug. 2007

• Covered hard news and political stories, producing and pursuing my own story ideas
• Participated in investigative reporting with database construction and management
• Learned to work closely with a partner, dividing labor and sharing ideas

Marketing/Advertising Intern: FSBOzone.com, “The Best Place to Buy or Sell A Home,” Birmingham, Ala.; May-Aug. 2005

• Developed and carried out focused marketing campaigns
• Wrote concise, energetic text for brochures, flyers, postcards, sales materials and blogs
• Managed local and regional sales by building rapport with local press and associates

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich., May 2008
Major/Concentration: English/Journalism
Graduate of the Herbert H. Dow II Journalism Program

Dow Leadership Conference Center: Student Leadership Program, Jan. 2007

• Selected by administrators to participate in 58-hour executive leadership education course
• Conducted extensive self analysis including individualized consultation
• Engaged in team leadership development with projects based on group culture analysis and problem-solving

OTHER:
Finance Officer: Pi Beta Phi, Michigan Alpha Chapter, Hillsdale, Mich.; Jan. 2007-Jan.2008

• Served on Executive Committee consisting of 8 other members
• Managed a $200,000 budget
• Created and enforced budgets for other 8 officers
• Participated in weekly officer meetings to plan all-chapter meeting
• Responsible for the collective finances of 80 girls
• Paid household and other related bills in a timely manner
• Created and mailed invoices for membership dues each semester
• Educated members on financial obligations and financial etiquette
• Assisted in the planning of social and philanthropic events

Mentor: Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Oct. 2006-present

• Met weekly with little brother to hang out, talk and help him with homework
• Encouraged good behavior and reinforced polite conduct
• Assisted in planning and execution of social events

Participant: Hillsdale College Debate and Forensics; Aug. 2004-May 2007

• Researched for semester debate topics
• Traveled to other colleges for tournaments in parliamentary style debate
• Mentored debate students in research, writing cases and debate theory
• Competed in extemporaneous and impromptu speech events
• Attended week-long World Debate Institute at the University of Vermont, summer 2006

About

Katherine Poythress is first and foremost a communicator. Since she began her first journal at the age of 9, she has been an insatiable writer and enjoys applying her skills to reporting and reviewing current events. She has a passion for government coverage and for what many term "watchdog journalism." She enjoys educating through and messaging for every medium, from text to video to radio to photograph.

She is currently a staff writer for U-T San Diego, covering public works in San Diego County's South Bay after spending a brief stint freelancing for local publications.


She is the former education reporter-host for Honolulu Civil Beat, one of the hottest journalism startups this century, where she earned first-place awards for public service journalism, government reporting and news photography from the state's SPJ chapter.

She holds a B.A. in English from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich., where she was an active member of the Herbert H. Dow Journalism Program. She started out at her campus paper, the Hillsdale Collegian, timidly and self-consciously writing movie reviews, and graduated into a full-fledged reporting position after one year and much encouragement from her editors. She subsequently held the titles of senior reporter, copy editor and mentor.

In summer 2007, Katherine interned as a staff writer for Cybercast News Service in Alexandria, Va. She focused her efforts on investigative journalism, though her hard news pieces were frequently the most-read stories of the week. She received numerous requests to appear on several national network television and radio shows to discuss her investigations.

After her 2008 graduation, she served as a reporter in the Sylacauga, Ala. bureau of The Daily Home, covering Talladega and St. Clair counties in eastern Alabama. From there, she went to The Gadsden Times in northeastern Alabama, where she covered government works, courts, education and non-profits.

She is originally from Birmingham, Ala. and is the second oldest of eight children.

Her favorite hobbies (in no particular order) include reading, writing, CrossFit, hiking, running, photography, playing drums and piano, drinking coffee, cooking, browsing the dictionary, analyzing people, Sudoku, Scrabble and Words With Friends, collecting T-shirts she never wears, dabbling in interior design, reading children's books, playing with her dog and (yes) cleaning.