Petersburg Pilot -

Dani Palmer, 27, joins the Petersburg Pilot this week and will write news, sports and features for the paper.

She most recently worked for the twice-weekly Newport News-Times (Oregon) covering education and county news for the paper and provided coverage for The Herald Bulletin as well.

A graduate of the University of Southern Indiana, she was both a Chief Copy Editor and Editor in Chief for the university newspaper. Palmer was named Senior of the Year in 2011 for Journalistic Excellence and Involvement by the USI Journalism Department.

Her work has earned her 6 awards between 2010 and 201...