She presently holds the position as SPJ Region 3 assistant regional director. She is editor for the SPJ Region 3 news website, SizingUpTheSouth.com and coordinator of SPJ Region 3 social media. Dunten is co-founder of the SPJ Georgia Pro Chapter, established in 2013. Dunten worked with Gannett Media Group as a reporter for the Indianapolis Star and the Hattiesburg American, and as well as a copy editor for the Richmond Palladium-Item in Indiana before getting laid off in 2011. As a freelance reporter and photojournalist, she has covered both Hurricanes Katrina and Matthew for national news organizations like the Washington Post and Disaster News Network. She continues to work as a freelance professional within her own company, Dunten Media Services LLC. Dunten is a graduate from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where she studied journalism and sociology.