Jared Fields

General Assignments Reporter

To some, Jared Fields is a rookie at the Reporter-News.

However, his two years of experience as a freelancer make him more of a jack-of-all-trades for the paper.

Fields, who finished college at Abilene Christian University in May 2008, began working as a general assignments reporter in the middle of June 2008. But in the previous couple of years, Fields has covered desk work, designed pages and covered stories for the sports section.

The Paducah native worked on his college newspaper's staff for three years and has been a stringer for many other papers around the state.

At ACU, Fields placed in the top three of the nation as a Society of Professional Journalists national finalist in the feature writing category and received other state awards for his writing.

Other than work, Fields doesn't have a wife, 2.5 kids or a pet and enjoys spending his free-time with his friends, reading, going to concerts and just hanging out.

Recent stories:

• Shooting suspect arrested
  November 30, 2008
• What economic crisis? Abilene restaurants doing fine despite national slowdown
  November 29, 2008
• Shotwell scores significant revenue in AISD finance report
  November 24, 2008
• Light Up a Life campaign under way
  November 23, 2008
• Schools want lawmakers to re-examine funding issues
  November 23, 2008
• Building tension: Abilene prices strong but sales off
  November 19, 2008
• Suspects were CJC students
  November 18, 2008
• Novice ISD to talk options with a bank
  November 17, 2008
• Woman arraigned in Hendrick case
  November 17, 2008
• Little angels practice 'Nutcracker' moves at Sugar Plum Fairy Tea
  November 16, 2008
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Recent videos by Jared Fields:

• Flight of the Balloons
  Fields as Videographer | September 26, 2008
• Dino Bob Takes Vacation
  Fields as Videographer | September 23, 2008
• Ice for Penguins
  Fields as Videographer | September 16, 2008
• See full list of videos by Jared Fields...