Professional Experience
I'm an award-winning freelancer in DC who specializes in scene-based features, observational pieces, long form investigative work, short FOB pieces, courts, lawsuits and legal issues, some travel and the intersection of culture and technology.
Expertise
Reporter
10 Years
Writer
11 Years
TV Reporter
2 Years
Specialty
Government
10 Years
Law
10 Years
Science
2 Years
Industries
Broadcasting - News - Cable (Local)
2 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
5 Years
Online/new media
10 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
11 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Voiceofsandiego.org (1-2), Popular Science (1-2), San Diego Citybeat (10+), Mother Jones (1-2), Wired (6-10), San Diego Magazine (1-2), San Diego News Network (3-5)
Other Work History
Dominion Post, Morgantown WV, 2007-2008
-Sunday columnist
Times West Virginian, Fairmont WV, 2005-2006
-Education and Youth Issues reporter (full-time, staff)
Corridor Magazine, West Virgnia, 2006
-Contributor
Herald Standard, Uniontown PA, 2004-2005
-Bureau reporter
About.com, 1999-2002
-Wrote weekly news stories geared toward kids and teens
Technical Skills
Video editing, photo editing, Web Design, Database Design, Computer-assisted reporting, social network analysis
Foreign Language Skills
Some Spanish
Computer Skills
Ruby on Rails, MySQL, PHP, Windos and Mac, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office
Equipment
Audio recorder, Digital SLR
References
Contact me for references.
Awards
IRE Awards finalist, 2007
ONA Awards finalist, 2008
WVPA Best Columnist, 2006
WVPA Public Service, Second Place, 2006
Associations
NLGJA, SPJ and IRE, SPJ Digital Media Committee, Media Bloggers Association