Professional Experience
I write about health care, social justice, women's issues, disability rights, farms, food, history and popular culture. I take complex technical information and turn it into clean, compelling copy -- and I do it fast.
Expertise
Editor
4 Years
Writer
15 Years
Specialty
Food
2 Years
Health
5 Years
Politics
6 Years
Industries
Online/new media
7 Years
Newspaper - Community
4 Years
PR (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients
1 Year
Total Media Industry Experience
12 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Narratively (1-2), Know Your City (1-2), Bitch Media (10+), The Lund Report (10+), The Oregonian (10+), Pacific Standard (3-5), RENDER (1-2), Street Roots (1-2), The Fix (1-2), The Portland Mercury (1-2), GoLocalPDX (1-2), Dartmouth Medicine (1-2), Chess Life (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Microsoft/Compass Rose Media (1-2)
Other Work History
Public relations representative, Tripwire (2008)
Lifestyles editor and general assignment reporter, The Argus Observer (2003-2005)
Editorial intern, The Grants Pass Daily Courier (2003)
News editor and general assignment reporter, OSU Daily Barometer (1999-2003)
Technical Skills
Photo editing (Adobe PhotoShop, GIMP)
Page design (QuarkXPress, InDesign)
Foreign Language Skills
Basic French
Survival Spanish
Computer Skills
Mac OS, Windows XP, Linux (Ubuntu)
Word, Excel, OpenOffice/LibreOffice suite
WordPress, HTML, command line
Equipment
Laptop
Digital camera with video capability
Digital audio recorder
References
Available upon request.
Awards
Award for Comprehensive Coverage, Society of Professional Journalists
General Excellence Award (Argus Observer), Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association, 2003 and 2004.
Best All-Around Student Daily (Barometer), Society of Professional
Journalists, 2001 and 2002.
Best Collegiate Daily (Barometer), Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association,
2002.
Winner (Barometer editorial board), Society of Professional
Journalists' Best Collegiate Editorial Writing Award, OSU Daily
Barometer, 2000.
Associations
Association of Health Care Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists (Board secretary, Oregon chapter)