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WORK HISTORY
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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.
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EDUCATION
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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
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