| Work History 10/77- Present, FREELANCE WRITER, Stratford, CT Written articles for Electronic Media, National Legal Journal, HFN, Financial Trader, Promo, Agri Finance magazine, Southern Motor Cargo, the Dallas Morning News, The Oregonian and the Tulsa Tribune. 5/03-9/03 NORWALK HOUR, Norwalk, CT Covered courts, energy, the environment, features and general assignments for 15,000-circulation daily. 9/99-5/03, NORWALK CITIZEN-NEWS, Norwalk, CT Write, edit, lay out pages, provide sage counsel and witty remarks for 15,000-circulation weekly. 5/99-5/01, HOME DEPOT, Norwalk, CT Moonlighted advising customers and selling power tools in Tool Corral, three days a week. 5/97-10/98 WOODWORKERS WAREHOUSE, Fairfield, CT, Store Manager Managed, merchandised and sold woodworking tools at store with $1 million-plus annual sales. Responsible for personnel matters and scheduling of six-person staff for seven-day weekly operation. 3/95-10/96, THE ADVOCATE, Stamford, CT , Night City Editor Responsible for nightside news gathering operation for a.m. 35,000-circulation daily newspaper. Supervised staff of 12 reporters, also responsible for photographic and graphics assignments to accompany daily stories. 4/87-5/93 ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE, Little Rock, AR Asst Business Editor & Asst. City Editor. Positions included writing and editing special assignments. Have expertise in banking, transportation, and manufacturing. I also assisted with planning and overseeing production of seven-day business news section employing nine-person staff. As assistant city editor was responsible for 10-person general assignments staff, also planned and oversaw news and photo operation for Sunday editions. (Sunday circulation 300,000, Daily 200,000) 4/78-4/87 CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER- TIMES, Corpus Christi, TX From 8/86 to 4/87 was regional editor and columnist, responsible for covering 12 counties and approximately 30 cities in circulation area. Also produced weekly column focusing on individual city or county. From 9/84 to 8/86 was assistant city editor of the Corpus Christi Times, sharing responsibility for news operation for 25,000-circulation, feature-minded p.m. daily. Made assignments for afternoon and morning reporting staff of 20, plus six photographers. Times city desk shared responsibility with the a.m. Caller for planning and content of 94,000-circulation Sunday editions. From 4/78 to 9/84 was general assignments reporter. Strong background in features, politics, courts, environmental issues, energy (including alternate energies, and maritime fields. 12/72- 10/77 VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS The Stayton Mail, an Oregon weekly; the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, a Texas daily; the El Paso Herald-Post, a Texas daily; GrassRoots magazine, a small start-up magazine in Oregon; and contract writing for the Oregon Department of Energy. Education Texas Tech University, B.A. Journalism and History, 1972 University of Central Arkansas, graduate school, 1992-93 New Horizons Computer Learning Center, 1999 |
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