Leann Burke

About Leann Burke

Experienced Reporter with a demonstrated history of working in the writing and editing industry. Strong media and communication professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in English Writing from DePauw University. Skilled in social media platforms, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and experience with web editing, photography and videography.

Experience

1. Education Reporter

   Dubois County Herald

   May 2015 — Present · Jasper, IN, US

   I currently cover education, five school districts, the Dubois County libraries and the Town of Ferdinand. As a life-long student, I\'ve found my passion in covering our school districts, libraries and the issues they face. When I went into journalism, I wanted my work to make a difference for people. I see my coverage and my skills doing that best when I\'m covering our county\'s schools and libraries. My current position is almost identical to the one I held in my first year. Then, I covered education for The Herald. I covered five school corporations and state issues as well as two library systems. During the year, I covered building projects, a general fund referendum for Northeast Dubois Schools and some social change issues at the schools. For the libraries, I covered a unique building project that is still ongoing. It is bringing the Jasper Community Arts Commission and the Jasper Public Library into one building, dubbed the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center. The beginning of that project included a property tax referendum for the library. I also wrote several feature stories for our paper\'s Saturday Feature, a unique Saturday publication that offers readers one in-depth story on Saturday.For the next two years, I covered the City of Jasper where I gained experience in covering local government. I continued covering the libraries and the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center. The two years were major years for development in Jasper, so the bulk of my articles focused on various projects, including a 75-acre park in the middle of the city, The Parklands. In my third year, I switched back to covering education, still retaining coverage of the libraries. This time, the education beat came with covering the Town of Ferdinand as well. I\'m still covering the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center, and I plan to cover the project until it\'s completed, hopefully in 2020.

Education

• DePauw University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2011 — 2015

• Wheeler High School

  Core 40 Honors Diploma

  2007 — 2011