Resume

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Experience

Systems Editor
The Fresno Bee
Fresno, Calif. – When I joined The Bee’s news staff my first task was installing a $1.2 million Unisys Hermes Publishing System, training 150 reporters and editors on its use and implementing a digital photo/text archive workflow using MediaServer from Software Construction Company.  As the paper expanded its online presence, my duties grew to include the integration of the print publishing system with the web; the design and implementation of an audio/video studio; basic training of the staff on our online publishing system; and maintenance of our in-house Drupal blog and SharePoint site and web publishing system. I work with reporters and columnists to enhance their understanding and use of Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed to grow audience. I write an in-house column for editors reporting on the latest technological advances that would benefit the day-to-day operations of a news organization such as netbooks, smart phones, web services, and trends in social networking and neutral content publishing.

Other duties include writing tags and style sheets for the publishing system, mastering the publishing system’s workflow, training all newsroom employees on its use and writing “help” documentation for the different workflows and applications. After the launch of the publishing and archive systems I would troubleshoot problems while working with vendors to find solutions to bugs and “features.” Since the original installation I’ve led the news and prepress staff through three system upgrades and trained new and current employees on the use of various applications including Microsoft and Adobe products, as well as various web-based tools.


Features Page Designer
The Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, Calif. – Designed and edited three to four section fronts a week, designed and edited the inside pages of five sections a week and worked with production personnel to complete all department section front designs (and inside pages) accurately and on time. I was part of the team that redesigned the paper twice in the span of 10 years.

Wire Editor / Page Designer
The Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, Calif. – Read and sorted incoming wire stories, decided placement of stories in the paper and designed inside and Page One layouts.

Copy Editor / Page Designer
The Yakima Herald-Republic
Yakima, Wash. – Edited copy, wrote headlines/captions and laid out pages. I was responsible for editing and designing the Sunday Business section, Sunday lifestyles section, Sunday local pages and the monthly AgToday magazine.

Assistant News Editor
The Hanford Sentinel
Hanford, Calif. – Edited wire copy, wrote headlines/captions, designed pages, edited photos and substituted for news editor and contributed to the redesign of the paper.


Photographer / photojournalist
The Hanford Sentinel
Hanford, Calif. – I was a general assignment photographer. I illustrated lifestyle and business stories, shot sports, breaking news and more. In my third year I became Assistant News Editor, responsible for wire copy, wire photos and page design.

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Professional development

• Past president and current member of Unisys Publishing Systems User Group board. I was in charge of staging two national user group conferences in Sacramento and Philadelphia.
• Member Society of News Design
• Society of News Design New Media Quick Course (Fresno, 2007)
• University of Missouri Photojournalism workshop
• Former member of National Press Photographers Association

Education

BA Journalism,
California State University, Long Beach

Skills and Tools

• Patience
• Project management
• Page design
• Photography/photo Journalism/picture editing
• News and web workflow management
• Newsroom IT ambassador

• MediaServer and MediaGrid (Software Construction Company)
• Unisys Publishing System
• Quark Publishing System
• MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Word)
• Adobe CS
• Sharepoint
• Drupal