Professional Experience
As a consumer reporter for a major financial news Web site, I show readers how to save on expenses as varied as home heating oil, cruise vacations, Champagne and iPods. As a freelancer, I've covered everything from socially responsible investing to cheap eats for college students.
Expertise
Reporter
10 Years
Writer
10 Years
TV Reporter
4 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
3 Years
Food
3 Years
Personal Finance
3 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
3 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
7 Years
Online/new media
3 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
7 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Student Advantage Magazine (3-5), Diversion (10+), Full Turn Media (10+), Beverage Spectrum Magazine (3-5), AdvisorMax.com (10+), Good Housekeeping (3-5), Kiplinger's Personal Finance (1-2), Atlanta Sports & Fitness (1-2), Successful Living (1-2), Family Circle (1-2), Sky & Telescope (1-2), The Wall Street Journal Sunday (10+), The Wall Street Journal (1-2), The New York Times (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Valquest Capital Management (10+)
Other Work History
I am currently a full-time reporter for SmartMoney.com, where I write two columns: Deal of the Day (tips to save money and spend it wisely) and Me & My Money (interviews with celebrities about their finances). Previously, I worked at MarketWatch from Dow Jones as a reporter and assistant to Marshall Loeb. I have also been published in Air & Space Smithsonian, the Iowa City Press-Citizen, the Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY), Spacedaily.com, Tumbling Stone (the Space Guard Foundation’s journal), The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, NY) and the Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY).
Technical Skills
Basic photo editing with Adobe Photoshop and Painter Express.
Foreign Language Skills
I am conversant in Spanish, and can read and write Norse runes.
Unions
Independent Association of Publishers' Employees
Computer Skills
Proficient with all programs in the Microsoft Office suite, QuarkXPress, Quark Copy Desk and Dreamweaver.
Equipment
My equipment includes a laptop computer (Apple iBook), digital recorder, microcassette recorder and microphone, as well as both digital and film cameras.
References
References upon request.
Awards
Honorable mention for the Scripps-Howard Foundation’s Roy W. Howard Reporting Award (2003), and a National Mark of Excellence Award for In-Depth Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists (2003).
Associations
I am an active member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Society of American Business Writers and Editors and Mediabistro.
