Experienced writer and web designer seeking a position with an Internet or print publisher. Created and edited an online magazine for one of the Web's most popular design sites. Designed an online magazine covering New England's Asian community. Adept at using multiple computer skills to produce Internet and print publications. Professional photographer and nationally published writer. Quick learner with a strong track record in meeting deadlines.
Computer Skills: HTML, Dreamweaver, GoLive, HomeSite, Photoshop, Frontpage, Fireworks, Java Script, Flash, Dynamic HTML, Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator, PageMaker, MS Word, Windows, Macintosh.
Web Sites by R. O'Malley:
www.geocities.com/Augusta/Links/8776(writing and photography portfolio)
www.aaca-boston.org/logo.htm (Sampan Magazine)
Time Before Time: An Illustrated Novel
www.geocities.com/omalley_net(current design site)
EDUCATIONColumbia University, New York, NY, Master of Science, Journalism, May 1979
Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, Bachelor of Arts, English, June 1974
Clark University Computer Career Institute, Braintree, MA, Sept.-Dec. 1999 Certificate in web design and computer graphics, 300-hour, intensive training program in graphic design for web and print applications.
EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTSScreamDesign.com, 29 Hudson Road, Sudbury, MA, Managing Editor and Creator, ScreamZine, April 2000 to Dec. 2000. ScreamDesign.com is one of the Web's most popular portals for designers and people interested in the Web arts.
- Wrote feature stories on a broad range of Internet subjects.
- Recorded in-depth interviews with the creators of the World Wide Web.
- Created HTML pages and Photoshop graphics for the ScreamZine site. Took photographs to accompany stories.
- Edited a daily news wire highlighting stories on the development of the Internet worldwide. Updated the site daily.
- Created an in-depth web-building tutorial for the ScreamDesign Learning Center
- Edited general content for the ScreamDesign.com web site.
Sampan Newspaper and Online Magazine, 200 Tremont St., Boston, MA, Managing Editor, Editor, Writer, Photographer, Graphic Designer, 1988 to 1989; 1992 to Sept. 1999.
- Produced the English version of New England's only biweekly, bilingual Chinese-English newspaper based in Boston's Chinatown. Created and designed the Sampan Online Magazine (www.aaca-boston.org/logo.htm).
- Produced photo-text documentaries on Asian ethnic communities (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Chinese, etc.) of Boston.
- Produced book reviews, film reviews, and profiles of film directors, writers, artists, political figures, etc.
- Regularly redesigned web and print publications.
Freelance Writer and Photographer, 1986 to Present.
- Boston Globe Correspondent (Focus, Home, City Weekly, and Learning sections). Stories have also appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, New Age Journal, etc.
- "Long Wan: A Portrait of a Chinese Village": A book-length photo-text documentary on a village in southern China.
- Freelance photographs have appeared in the Boston Globe and in various newspapers as a stringer for United Press International.
PSDI, 100 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA, HTML Programmer. Created HTML prototypes from paper sketches for forms-based web application. Contract position, Jan.-Feb. 2000.
Exhibitions (Photographs and Text)
"Long Wan: A Portrait of a Chinese Village": Boston Public Library, Main Hall, Copley Square, April 1997; Chinese Culture Institute, Boston, Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 1996.
Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, Reporter/Photographer, 1981-82.
- Covered the Town of Easthampton for the Gazette, a 20,000-circulation afternoon daily; provided up to four stories daily. Gained recognition for story production and dual skills (photo-text).
Worcester News Recorder, Worcester MA, 1974-75, Writer and Photographer.
College Teaching Experience
Providence College, Prov., RI, Taught Introduction to Journalism course to undergraduates, 1997-98.
Lei Zhou Teacher's College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, English Teacher, 1989-1991.
Languages
- A working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.