Nathan Ferguson

Denver, CO USA
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Professional Experience

With words as well as photos, I've covered Native American issues, aviation/aerospace, high-profile crime, politics, government, outdoor adventure, extreme sports, and the environment for newspapers and magazines.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
12 Years
Photographer
2 Years
Writer
16 Years

Specialty

Environment & Nature
4 Years
Government
4 Years
Other, Specify
8 Years

Industries


Association publication
8 Years
Online/new media
12 Years
Newspaper - Community
4 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

18 Years

Other Work History

director of media access, Examiner.com; managing editor of electronic publishing, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), and associate editor of AOPA Pilot magazine; city editor, The Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) ; reporter and photographer for several community newspapers

Technical Skills

Adobe Photoshop Extended CS6, Dreamweaver CS6, Premiere Pro CS6

Foreign Language Skills

Basic Russian. Presently learning Spanish.

Computer Skills

PC and Mac proficient; Microsoft Office; Apple Pages; HTML5; CSS3;

Equipment

MacBook laptop, digital recorder, Canon digital Rebel camera, Contour HD video camera, Adobe Creative Cloud membership (access to all current Adobe programs)

References

Upon request

Awards

Numerous state journalism awards

Showcase

Nonfiction Writing Samples

Bless our happy missile silo
(Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine 7/27/2024)
A Kansas couple finds happiness underground in an abandoned missile silo.
'We're no longer Drunk Town'
(The Ranger 7/27/2024)
New Mexico teaches Wyoming how to curb substance abuse.
Climbing pioneer is still ascending
(The Ranger 7/27/2024)
Lynn Hill along with Alex Lowe discuss climbing out of the crib and on to the world's most challenging mountains.
In the lee of giants
(AOPA Pilot magazine 7/27/2024)
Glider pilots challenge some of nature's most extreme weather conditions over the Sierra Nevada.
Painting a portrait for species survival
(The Times-Standard 7/27/2024)
The world's oldest male chimpanzee expresses himself by painting on canvas and becomes an ambassador for his species.

Fiction Writing Samples

Jacob's stepladder
(Perpetuum Mobile 7/27/2024)
A little boy tests his grandfather's resolve.

General

As 2 eulogized, Sund talks of profound loss
(The Times-Standard 7/27/2024)
The father of a slain mother and daughter reflects on what may have gone wrong in Yosemite.