experience
Journalism positions held over the past 18 years.
work experience
- Associate Producer for Interactives, CNN.com, Atlanta: Built multimedia interactives — using Final Cut, Flash, Soundbooth and Photoshop — for the features sections of CNN.com. This included shooting and producing audio soundslides, photo galleries and video stories, as well as building interactive quizzes and explainers for the Technology, Justice, Living, Travel, Health and Religion sections of the site. (Feb. 2009-July 2010)
- Page Designer / Copy Editor, Austin American-Statesman, Austin: Designed A1, Sunday A1, Metro covers and Nation/World pages; edited news, business and sports stories and wrote headlines. (Jan. 2005-Jan. 2009)
- Page Designer, Houston Chronicle, Houston: Designed section covers for Sports, Houston and a Sunday Lifestyle as well as Food, Fashion and Gardening pages in Quark and InDesign; Created photo illustrations. (June 2004-Aug. 2004; Dec. 2004-Jan. 2005)
- Online Producer, Statesman.com, Austin: Selected stories and art for the online edition of the Austin American-Statesman, edited copy, wrote headlines, summaries and HTML, and produced photo galleries. (Jan. 2004-May 2004)
- Designer/Copy Editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Designed Sports and Metro sections, decided story placement, wrote headlines, edited and designed special sections including NFL Monday, college football and college basketball previews. (Jan. 1997-Jan. 2001)
- Editor, The Independent Florida Alligator, Gainesville, Fla.: Led a team of 12 editors and more than 30 writers, coached editors on how to work one-on-one with writers, edited copy, wrote headlines and worked with writers on special projects. Other positions held include managing editor, copy desk chief, copy editor, features editor and reporter. (Aug. 1992-Dec. 1996)
- Writer, Jacksonville Magazine, Jacksonville, Fla.: Edited stories and wrote news shorts. (May 1996-Aug. 1996)
- Freelance Writer, Florida Living Magazine, Gainesville, Fla.: Wrote features on cities and people in Florida. (May 1995-Aug. 1995)