Mitchell Byars

Edited stories, briefs and news pages.

Worked with reporters on article ideas, story structure and beat coverage.

Budgeted stories for daily newspaper.

Recruited and supervised interns.

Managed social media and web pages.

Wrote a daily email newsletter that went to readers.

Covered breaking news, crime, court and other stories in Boulder County.

Broke and covered large natural disasters and breaking situations including King Soopers shooting, Calwood Fire, Marshall Fire, Boulder County floods of 2013.

Used social media to build a large network (more than 40K followers).

Ran intern program.

Helped edit copy and assign interns.

Wrote articles for Simplemost, a site formerly run by Scripps News.

Rewrote stories in a fun and easily digestible way for readers.