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Associate Producer
CNN.com
September 2001 - June 2006
Prepared interactive elements for breaking news, features and special projects. Researched national and international topics to add depth and detail to CNN.com reports. With graphic designers, Web developers, writers and producers, developed new storytelling methods in an evolving medium. Worked with designers and developers as the editorial lead for the September missing persons site and the subsequent memorial site.Writing samples | Interactive elements
Writer/Reporter/Associate Editor
CNN.com documentary projects
July 1998 - January 2001
Researched historical topics, reported, wrote copy and prepared graphic and interactive elements for projects including the Peabody Award-winning Cold War. Original reporting included the nine-part Route Cold War series and articles for the Millennium documentary companion site.
Later projects included:
- Democracy in America
- The Unfinished War: A Decade Since Desert Storm
- Prospering in the New Economy
- and Your Business, Your World.
Writer/Associate Producer/Webmaster
CNN.com
September 1995 - July 1998
Performed a broad variety of tasks in a fast-paced newsroom environment. Wrote features and spot news, selected and cropped photos, and prepared text for online presentation in HTML.
Production Artist
MacTemps and Classic Games, Inc.
July 1992-September 1995
Performed temporary duties for a variety of clients, mostly in print production. At Classic, produced trading cards, board game elements, advertising and point-of-purchase displays and supervised printing.| WORK EXPERIENCE | SKILLS | EDUCATION |
Two George Foster Peabody Awards, one for work on the Cold War documentary project and one for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast News Award for coverage of the Southeast Asian tsunami. A Sigma Delta Chi award, an Interactive Achievement Award and a BAFTA award for Cold War.
Ten awards for college journalism for work from layout to reviews to editorials.
- Strong knowledge of AP style and of the ethical and legal issues involved in covering news.
- Experience writing under deadline pressure in a broad variety of styles, from long-format analysis to spot news to brief summaries for image captions and fact boxes. Ability to deliver tight, accurate work on short deadlines.
- Broad knowledge of current events, history, politics and technology, coupled with a healthy skepticism toward both outside sources and my own memory.
- Ability to conduct research under deadline pressure using the Internet, commercial databases such as Nexis, and more traditional library resources.
- Proficiency with the full spectrum of online newsroom tools, including Inews, Adobe Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and desktop publishing and office applications on both Mac OS and Windows. Experience with network protocols and improvised communications in the field.
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August 1988-May 1992
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Bachelor of Arts in political science, minor in philosophy, granted 1997. Course work in Music, Anthropology, Chemistry, and French. Participated in student publications, instrumental music, and drama. Served as staff writer, arts editor, and managing editor of The Emory Wheel, which was one of only three papers nationwide to win a Columbia Gold Crown Award in 1992.
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