Professional Experience
Experienced South Florida freelance writer with online edge. Clips include editorial, political and pop culture pieces for online and print publications including the Miami Herald and Salon.com. Former online news editor, major market/NBC News affiliate. Currently blogging at reidreport.com.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
8 Years
Researcher
12 Years
Writer
10 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
15 Years
Entertainment
15 Years
Politics
4 Years
Industries
Broadcasting - News - TV (Local)
8 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
5 Years
Online/new media
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Miami Herald (10+), TheGrio.com (10+), Salon.com (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc. (10+), Florida Power and Light (1-2), City of Opa-locka, Florda (6-10)
Other Work History
Radio One (morning show producer, host);
NBC News/Internet Broadcasts Systems, Inc. (senior news editor, NBC6.net, 2/2002-7/2004)
NBC News (Interactive producer, 4/2000-2/2002)
WSVN-Fox 7 (news writer, "Today in South Florida", 1998-1999)
Technical Skills
Web design (InDesign, Frontpage, Dreamweaver), photo editing (photoshop, image composer), video editing (FinalCut Pro)
Foreign Language Skills
decent Spanish, some French
Computer Skills
Adobe GoLive, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, XML, Windows XP, Word, Excel, Adobe Indesign, Quark Xpress, Photoshop
Equipment
digital camera, laptop, PALM
Work Permits & Visas
U.S. citizen
References
Joe Oglesby, editorial page editor, Miami Herald (joglesby@herald.com), Zulay Chirinos, editorial board member, editor, Miami Herald (zchirinos@herald.com), Ike Seamans, senior reporter, NBC News Miami (ike.seamans@nbcuni.com), others upon request
Awards
Fellow, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, Dec,, 2003
Associations
South Florida Black Journalists Association
