Resume
- Initiative.
- Timely production.
- Critical thinking.
- Integration of text, data and visuals.
- Attention to both detail and the big picture.
- Fill-in copy editor, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, N.M., 2009-present.
- Copy editor and slot editor, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., 2000-09.
- Filled in as weekend news editor and as metro editor on nights and weekends.
- Co-edited voters' guide, which was finished early.
- Led style committee and youth committee.
- Slotted (supervised) about once a week.
- Part-time journalism instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.
- Copy editor and designer, The Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont, Texas, 1999-00.
- Edited in all sections of paper.
- Revised copy-editing test.
- Copy editor and designer, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas, 1998-99
- Improved design of weekly supplement.
- Trained high school intern.
- Reporter and copy editor, Apache Junction Independent and East Mesa Independent, 1997-98.
- Reported and shot photos for packages on high suicide rate and program for at-risk teens.
- Increased sports coverage and started seasonal previews.
- Mainly covered local government.
- Art and Design
- Microsoft Office
- Access
- Excel
- Word
- Powerpoint
- Web
- Dreamweaver
- HTML and CSS
- Wikis
- Wordpress
- Other
- ArcGIS (geographic information system)
- SPSS (Software Package for the Social Sciences)
- Journalism That Matters, 2008-present.
- Serving as steward for group interested in news innovation and entrepeneurship.
- News Atoms, 2007-present.
- Blog sporadically about the fragmentation of the news industry.
- Poynter's E-Media Tidbits, 2007-present
- Contribute to group blog about the intersection of journalism and technology.
- American Copy Editors Society, 2000-present.
- National
- Created and coordinated headline contest.
- Drafted bylaws revision.
- Served as secretary.
- Southeast chapter
- Served on steering committee.
- Built and maintain Web site.
- Organized conference.
- Military Style, 2003-2008.
- Wrote military glossary and style guide. Built Web site.
- Assignment Zero, 2007
- Served as volunteer editor in crowd-sourced journalism experiment.
- Wikipedia, 2004-06
- Served in U.S. Marine Corps presidential and experimental helicopter squadron.
- Lived in about 10 U.S. states and three foreign countries.
- Supervised up to 15 people.
- Central New Mexico Community College, 2009
- Digital media
- Geographic information systems
- University of North Carolina, 2007-08