Beau Dure

Preston Kendrick "Beau" Dure
Fairfax, VA
E-mail: beau.dure(AT)verizon.net

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OBJECTIVE

Free-lance writing and Web projects on soccer or Olympic sports.

WORK HISTORY

(also see the narrative version)

Assistant Sports Editor, USATODAY.com
Sept. 2004-present: Develop special projects and enterprise pieces.

Nov. 2000-Aug. 2004: Led the site's coverage in Olympic sports, soccer, hockey (August 2002-present) and golf (January-September 2002).

  • Managed coverage of events such as the Olympics, the World Cup, the Tour de France and major golf tournaments. (See Web work portfolio)
  • Wrote columns, news briefs, background material and breaking news.
  • Worked with newspaper staff to develop their stories for the Web.
  • Planned and did research for graphics and other multimedia features.
  • Worked with vendors and wire services to enrich our content.

Interactive Content Developer, USATODAY.com
Nov. 1999-Nov. 2000: Helped to develop the site's chat features and message boards. Wrote soccer columns.

Assistant News Editor, Knight Ridder Tribune (Washington, DC)
Oct. 1998-Nov. 1999: Selected and edited 20-50 stories each day for use by wire service clients. Supervised news desk on Saturdays and holidays. Designed and edited a weekly print page of NASCAR news ("That's Racin'") and a daily print page of national and world news. Wrote a weekly soccer column.

Online Sports Editor/Coordinating Producer, News & Record
(Greensboro, NC)

Nov. 1996-Aug. 1998: Created and produced content for the Web site of the News & Record (95,000 circulation), specifically sports content but including everything from nightly uploading of news to ad creation. Generated original content, covered live events and wrote columns about the Internet.

Copy Editor/Page Designer, News & Record
Oct. 1994- Nov. 1996: Designed pages. Edited copy and wrote headlines. Selected wire stories for publication. Assisted management in scheduling copy desk and supervising editorial assistants.

Copy Editor/Page Designer, Morning Star (Wilmington, NC)
Aug. 1991- Oct. 1994: Designed pages. Edited copy and wrote headlines. Selected wire stories for publication. Filled in where needed for sports editor and assistant city editor. Wrote sports columns and game stories.

Various, The Chronicle (Duke University)
Jan. 1988- May 1991: Served as managing editor, editor of the monthly magazine supplement Currents and arts editor. Wrote stories, columns and editorials.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, Duke University. May 2000. Final project examined changing role of news in information age.
Bachelor of Arts, Duke University. May 1991. Majors: Philosophy, Music.
High school diploma, Athens Academy (Athens, Ga.). 1987

REFERENCES

Available upon request.