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HANNAH COVINGTON

DIGITAL JOURNALIST

CONTACT JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE


 hannahecovington@gmail.com MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE [Minneapolis, Minn.]
Metro reporter · Oct. 2016 to June 2019
 217-259-8363
Covered local government and breaking news for a daily newspaper with the fifth-largest Sunday
 Tulsa, Okla. circulation in the nation
 HannahCov Selected to byline or co-byline some of the newsroom’s most high-profile stories, including deadline
coverage of Super Bowl Sunday, the men's NCAA Final Four and the aftermath of fatal police shootings

EDUCATION Mined public records and filed data requests to write stories on government agencies and spending
Earned reputation for elevating hyperlocal news to weekend cover stories with regional interest
Assisted with interviews for an investigative project on chronic police failings in sexual assault
University of Tulsa ·  investigations, which was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting in 2019
Aug. 2014 to May 2016 Nominated for three newsroom excellence awards in writing and reporting
Master of Arts
English Literature Metro reporting intern · June 2016 to September 2016
Fully funded graduate assistantship Reported on public safety, city hall, breaking news and general assignment stories
Worked with veteran data reporter on quick-hit trend stories using Excel, Datawrapper and CartoDB
Oral Roberts University ·  Contributed to newsroom coverage of the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile, which included live
Aug. 2010 to May 2014 Tweeting the protests following his death and pitching a cover story about the state's oldest black-
Bachelor of Arts owned funeral home that laid him to rest
English Literature and Spanish Tapped to research and write content for an interactive graphic accompanying an enterprise project on
Summa Cum Laude threats to the Mississippi River
Honors Program Fellow, Full Academic Only intern in 9-person cohort offered a full-time job
Scholarship
Minor: Journalism
TULSA WORLD [Tulsa, Okla.]
Reporting intern · May 2015 to Aug. 2015
University of Salamanca ·  Reported for the city desk as a general assignment reporter
June 2012 to Aug. 2012 Wrote 12 front-page stories, including four Sunday centerpieces
Study abroad program with an emphasis on Contributed more than 50 deadline and non-deadline stories, including enterprise projects on area
Spanish literature, art and women's history food deserts and concerns over Tulsa’s aging levee system

OKLAHOMA JOURNALISTS FOR JUSTICE


Editorial and research intern · Jan. 2014 to May 2014
AWARDS Worked for a new journalism nonprofit and used investigative reporting skills to reexamine cases of
convicted men and women imprisoned in Oklahoma
Minneapolis Star Tribune ·  Interviewed key figures in past death penalty cases (jury members, family, etc.) alongside court officials
Excellence in Writing Award, 2017 Documented and organized all inmate correspondence (150+ individuals)
Society of Professional Journalists · 
Mark of Excellence, National Winner, 2014 THE OKLAHOMAN [Oklahoma City, Okla.]
Selected in general reporting category for stories
Breaking news intern · May 2013 to Aug. 2013
on Oklahoma City's growing Latino community Reported on local, breaking news, and crime stories for Oklahoma’s largest daily newspaper
Earned “Best Intern Award” out of a 15-person class
Oklahoma Press Association ·  Wrote five front-page stories, in addition to 20 other published articles
News Writing, First Place, 2014 Cultivated my own beat on Latino health, faith, and education, conducting interviews in Spanish for
stories that won state and national recognition
Society of Professional Journalists,
Oklahoma Pro Chapter
 · Diversity Coverage, First Place, 2014
Great Plains Journalism Awards · 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Student Writer of the Year, 2014
Tulsa Community College [Tulsa, Okla.]
Adjunct Faculty · Aug. 2019 to Current, Aug. 2019 to Current
REFERENCES Teach Composition I and II courses, with an emphasis on argumentation, research, and media literacy
Tailor content for diverse pool of students, adapting lessons for developmental learners, non-native
English speakers and high school dual-credit students
Maria Reeve
Managing Editor for Content, Houston UNIVERSITY OF TULSA [Tulsa, Okla.]
Chronicle (formerly Star Tribune) Adjunct Faculty · Aug. 2019 to Current
maria.reeve@chron.com Construct syllabus, craft lesson plans and teach writing courses

Eric Wieffering ·  Writing Center Consultant and Tutor · Aug. 2014 to May 2016
Deputy Managing Editor for Worked with undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines
Investigations, Star Tribune Led workshops tailored for non-native English speakers
ericw@startribune.com Selected as Writing Center Consultant of the Year in 2015

Baird Helgeson ·  Modernist Journals Project, Editorial Assistant · Jan. 2016 to May 2016
Deputy Local Editor, Star Tribune Assembled online exhibits and curated content on early twentieth-century periodicals for an ongoing
baird.helgeson@startribune.com partnership between Brown University and the University of Tulsa

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