Professional Experience
Great research. The best sources. Concise, clean, accurate and engaging prose. Available for short gigs and longer-term projects, with experience in technology, sports, travel, medical, and business writing.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
21 Years
Editor
33 Years
Writer
32 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
20 Years
Sports & Recreation
20 Years
Technology
22 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
13 Years
Online/new media
22 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
15 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
33 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Slate (1-2), Computers.net (10+), ESPN (10+), Durham Magazine (6-10), Chapel Hill Magazine (3-5), Information Week (1-2), Macworld (10+), MedTech Journal (10+), Nonprofit Technology News (10+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Outer Banks Marathon (10+), U.S.A. Track & Field (1-2), The Coker Group (1-2)
Other Work History
The Progressive Physician (formerly MedTech Journal)
Contributing Editor
Nonprofit Technology News
Contributing Editor
ESPN.com (Sept. 2001-Aug. 2006)
Contributing Editor/Page 2 Columnist
SportsJones Magazine (1998-2001)
Executive Editor
IBM (Nov. 1995-Aug. 1997)
RTP, North Carolina
Corporate Communications
BYTE Magazine (Feb. 1987-April 1988)
Peterborough, NH
Associate News Editor
Other positions: Philadelphia Inquirer (sports intern); Princeton Packet (sports editor); USA Today (research consultant; Wisc. Public Radio (prod. asst.). Have also written for dozens of newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and newsletters.
Full time professor of journalism and mass communication (six years); also taught part time at UNC-CH and New School in NYC.
Technical Skills
digital editing and audio production (spoken word); desktop publishing; multi-media blogging; "hidden Internet" or "deep Web" research
Computer Skills
iPad and Macintosh expert
Equipment
high-end digital audio recorder, laptop, high-quality digital camera, broadband Internet, direct-to-digital phone recording, photocopier, fax, etc.