Shane LaGesse
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Euractiv | May 2025–Aug. 2025
Reporter/Developer/Design Intern in Brussels. Reported on EU Commission and Brussels. Produced front-page graphics and in-story data visualizations. Programmed web scrapers & Slack alerts, automated social media posting.
Missourian Newspaper | Aug. 2022–present
Developer. Created Python tools to automate election data gathering. Developed a modular version for reporters to create web scrapers.
Reporter, State beat + General Assignment. Cover the Missouri State Senate race and other election topics, as well as regular G.A. shifts.
U.S. News & World Report | May 2023–Aug. 2023
Education Reporting Intern. Reported and wrote articles on higher education with advice for prospective and current students.
Maneater Student Newspaper | Aug. 2022–May 2024
Digital Production Editor/News Reporter. Redesigned the Maneater website, set up digital advertising as a revenue stream, and created an interactive landing page for the magazine. Covered local/campus news.
Agenda Watch, BigLocalNews, Stanford University | Summer 2023
With Reynolds Journalism Institute, gathered metadata tools.
LavidaCo Communications | 2020–present
Designer, developer. Create books, presentations, graphics, maps and charts. Automate complex data importation with Python.
Projects See more at shanelagesse.com
GoLocal | 2022
First place winner, beginner division, of a 36-hour hackathon. Developed front and back end of a site for sharing efficient and environmentally friendly local routes. HTML, CSS, JavaScript with Node.js and MySQL.
Whosepaper | 2022
Developed front and back end of a game where visitors guess the source of a newspaper article. HTML, CSS and JavaScript with Node.js.
Education
University of Missouri – Columbia | Honors College | May 2026
Bachelor of Journalism; Computer Science, IT and Japanese minors
Université Libre de Bruxelles – Brussels, Belgium | Work/study summer 2025
University of Sophia – Tokyo, Japan | Study abroad spring/summer 2024
Clayton High School | 2022, GPA 4.09. ACT 36.