Experience

• Develop ways of collecting, organizing and presenting news and information that go beyond articles and photos — through database, mapping and visualization tools, interactive graphics and audiovisual media. (6/2007-)
  • Notable projects: Homicide Map, Primary Tracker, SoCal Presidential Money Tracker

• Responsible for all news content on the Los Angeles Times site's front page and section fronts, including story mix, layout, headline writing and selection of photos.
  • Led the site's coverage of Griffith Park and Catalina fires. (5/2007)
  • Supervised 2006 midterm election coverage. (10-11/2006)
• Managed the development and launch of the site's California Politics section, a major initiative highlighting the Times' reporting on the 2006 gubernatorial race. (8-9/2006)
• Oversaw several special projects, including a Google Maps-based database of graduation rates at Los Angeles high schools. (2/2006)

• Assisted in the development and production of latimes.com's acclaimed Electoral Vote Tracker. (6-11/2004)

• Teaching J-502: Introduction to Online Media, a graduate-level course exploring the concepts and techniques behind the delivery of news and information in the digital age.

• Served as an editor for Online Journalism Review and associate editor of Japan Media Review.

• Edited a 5,000-circulation daily e-mail newsletter on the European media landscape.
• Assisted in coordinating the center's new media training programs.
• Taught a one-day workshop on web design for beginners.

• Supervised launch and day-to-day editorial operations of ColumbusNow (now called Weekender+), an arts and entertainment guide.
• Worked closely with a team of programmers to plan and develop the site's event and venue database.
• Served as multimedia producer for Dispatch.com, working on video projects with the photography department of The Columbus Dispatch.
• Served as editorial representative on a team developing user tracking and personalization methods.
• Filled in as morning news producer, as needed.

• Produced daily news updates and special features for The Times-Picayune's affiliated website.
• Reporting assignments included the Sugar Bowl, Mardi Gras and President Bush's April 2001 visit.
• Hosted a weekly interactive audio program with Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose.
• Developed and launched the site's daily, zoned e-mail newsletters in December 2000.

• Founded the online edition of Mississippi's largest newspaper in October 1999.
• Produced special online coverage, including the 1999 Mississippi gubernatorial election, the millennium, the 2000 legislative session and several sports packages.
• Sat on a Gannett company-wide task force on Generation X readership, reporting to CEO John Curley.

Education

• Master of Arts in communication management
• Thesis topic: Political bias in news portal search results (PDF)
• Teaching assistant to Prof. Robert Scheer in COMM 310: Media and Society

• Bachelor of Journalism in broadcast news with an emphasis in new media editing and design
• Minor in political science with an emphasis in comparative government

Professional activities

• Organized a panel discussion at the Times on the demands of speed in online journalism (2007)
• Screener, Online Journalism Awards (2004, 2005)
• 2004 conference planning committee: student newsroom committee
• Designed and produced 2004 conference website.
• 2003 conference planning committee: co-chair, student newsroom committee
• Designed and produced 2003 conference website.
• Charter member

• Taught at two DJNF workshops for online editing interns.

Awards & Recognitions

• Managed the production of Making It in L.A., a team project at USC Annenberg that was named one of four finalists in the student journalism category.

• Awarded a merit scholarship to the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Technical skills

• HTML: Highly proficient
• CSS: Proficient
• PHP/MySQL: Proficient
• JavaScript: Basic knowledge
• Perl: Basic knowledge
• XML/AJAX: Basic knowledge
• Content management: I have worked with a variety of systems, from blogging tools such as Movable Type to more complete CMS packages, including Zope.

• Photoshop: Highly proficient
• Illustrator: Proficient
• Quark Xpress: Proficient
• Dreamweaver: Proficient
• Flash: Basic knowledge

Language

• German: Highly proficient