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| SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
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- Editorial
experience with daily, weekly and breaking news deadlines.
- News, feature
and column writing for newspapers, magazines and websites.
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Graduate
study of Internet journalism, taught journalism practices class.
- More than
eight years experience designing and implementing media websites
(newspapers, TV, radio)
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Programming
experience: HTML and Java; digital video encoding for web.
- Software
experience: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, Dreamweaver
and Final Cut Pro.
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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Freelance Work
- Madison
Contributing Writer
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Oct. 2003 - Present |
- Isthmus (Oct. 2005 - Present)
Write regular arts features and reviews for weekly newspaper
Write weekly music column
- Capital Times (Oct. 2003 - May 2004)
Wrote political news and features for daily newspaper
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University
of Wisconsin - Madison
Communications Specialist |
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Oct. 2002 - Sept.
2004 |
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Created
promotional materials for UW-Madison's Center for Demography and
Ecology.
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Designed
and produced website (www.wisls.org),
graphics, logo and several brochures.
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Tribune Interactive,
Chicago
Lead Producer |
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Nov. 2001
- Jan. 2003 |
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Editorial
manger for broadband video project. Created
and maintained video pages for television station and newspaper
websites.
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Edited
and rewrote broadcast scripts for website usage. Oversaw breaking
news coverage.
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Drafted
editorial and business plans for project, maintained staff schedules.
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Tribune Media
Center, Washington, D.C.
Lead Producer |
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Nov. 1998
- Nov. 2001 |
- Ran
online operations for Tribune Interactive at the Tribune
Washington DC news bureau. Web-edited work of reporters,
editors and TV producers.
- Oversaw
national coverage of politics and technology for Tribune
Interactive?s shared news websites. Wrote and edited daily
news copy for websites using newspapers and wire services.
Drafted breaking news plans for websites and directed coverage.
- Contributing
Writer for the Chicago Tribune and Knight-Ridder/Tribune
wire service.
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KTLA-TV, Los Angeles
Internet Producer |
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Nov. 1996 - Nov.
1998 |
- Designed,
launched and managed KTLA's sites on America Online and the
World Wide Web, including daily news, entertainment, finance,
and sports sections.
- Wrote
and edited daily news and headlines. Organized live Internet
broadcasts for special events.
- Worked
with sales staff to create on-line and on-air business plans
and materials for advertising, promotions and specials.
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Tribune Media
Services, Chicago
Internet Producer |
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Nov.
1995 - Nov. 1996 |
- Produced
custom websites for over a dozen newspapers on wide-ranging
classified advertising content. Organized contributors,
photographers, artists and programmers. Created and maintained
site budgets and schedules. Edited all content.
- Produced
commercial websites sold by TMS Custom Interactive Services.
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| EDUCATION |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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2004-2006 |
Masters
work: School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Thesis
study focused on First Amendment considerations of intellectual property
online.
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| University
of California, Santa Cruz |
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1995 |
B.A. American Culture, Journalism and the New Media
Focus
on the practice and future of Internet journalism
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