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Work
Managing editor
SmartNews, Fayetteville, N.C., June 2007-present
Helped found the newspaper
Manage correspondents and freelancers
Plan daily news coverage and projects
Redesigned the newspaper
Lay out news, sports and features pages; edit copy; write headlines and teasers
Design editor
Bluffton Today, Bluffton, S.C., March 2005-May 2007
Helped found the newspaper
Hired and managed four news designers
Planned daily news coverage and projects
Codified and tweaked design styles and rules
Layed out news, sports and features pages; edited copy; wrote headlines and teasers
Copy editor/page designer
The Fayetteville Observer, Fayetteville, N.C., September 2003-March 2005
Designed local and business pages, edited copy, wrote headlines
Copy editor/page designer
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., March 2002-August 2003
Designed A1 and local pages, read and corrected copy, wrote headlines
Slotted fellow copy editors' pages
Online editor
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., January 2001-March 2002
Accomplishments
Numerous mentions in Gannett's Well Done awards for news and sports
Redesigned main page on the fly on Sept. 11, 2001
Duties
Led newsroom's effort to get news online, break news and add online-only content
Linked Editorial and Online departments
Built several special online sections in coordination with event coverage and special reports
Copy desk chief
The Union, Grass Valley, Calif. November 1997-December 2000
Accomplishments
Second place, public service, Associated Press News Executives Council, California, 1999. Planning
and graphics for a five-day series on housing.
Simplified the newspaper's design
Managed copy desk through conversion from afternoon to morning delivery
Reduced overtime on copy desk after state law changed
Duties
Managed three copy editors, three imagesetters
Designed, paginated and wrote headlines for news and features pages
Edited news and features copy
Made hiring recommendations for copy editors, imagesetters, photographers
Layout editor
The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C. July 1996-November 1997
Accomplishments
First Place - graphics, North Carolina Press Association, 1997
First Place - general excellence, North Carolina Press Association, 1997
Duties
Managed three photographers
Designed and built news pages
Social worker
Lee County and Hoke County departments of social services, Sanford, N.C., and Raeford, N.C. November June1992-March 1996
Counseled welfare clients on finding and keeping employment and job training
Pioneered agreement with temporary agencies
Redesigned and edited monthly tabloid for North Carolina Social Services Association
Reporter
The News-Journal, Raeford, N.C., January 1990-May1992
Wrote news, sports and feature stories
Took, developed and enlarged black and white photos
Education
Bachelor of arts in English, concentration in writing-editing, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.
December 1988
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