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<h2>What I Believe:</h2> 
<p>All news &amp; information provides utility for readers. My job is to serve as an authoritative voice for an audience, and bring insight, context and added value to content.</p>

<h2>What I've accomplished in 2010:</h2>
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<li>Member of three project teams that implemented efficiencies and products earning Lee&rsquo;s Enterprise of the Year award.</li>
<li>Content Lead for digital advertising and social media marketing campaign that won Lee&rsquo;s President&rsquo;s Award in Innovation and created more than $600,000 in new revenue during a two-week sales blitz.</li>
<li>Project Lead for implementation of  Total Content Management System, an editorial system that created efficiencies, flattened workflow, restructured newsroom and increased participation in online production.</li>
<li>Project &amp; Content Lead for creation and implementation of hyperlocal community websites.</li>
<li>Project Lead for nwipreps.com, a branded website devoted to Northwest Indiana high school sports, which has nearly tripled digital traffic each month over prior year.</li>
<li>Member of Lee Enterprises Corporate Online Editors&rsquo; workgroup.</li>
<li>Guest Lecturer for Mike Reilley's online journalism class at DePaul University.</li>
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<h2>What I've done in my career:</h2>
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<li>Coordinated production of content on digital and social media.</li>
<li>Enhanced &amp; streamlined the usability of nwi.com.</li>
<li>Developed social media best practices for using Facebook, Twitter and Digg to reach out to new readers and market content to existing readers.</li>
<li>Led team meetings to identify technical issues and consider additional development opportunities.</li>
<li>Developed strategic vision for the delivery of news in the digital age.</li>
<li>Contributed breaking news on a daily basis to nwi.com, and managed content, images and graphics for online news section.</li>
<li>Assigned coverage and managed budget for one full-time staff writer and 10 correspondents.</li>
<li>Finalized daily print budget and made decisions in regards to breaking news with a focus on providing an accurate and comprehensive news report.</li>
<li>Participated in daily and weekly planning meetings and worked with other assignment editors to create daily A1 story packages.</li>
<li>Acted as assigning editor and worked with staff writers and correspondents to plan coverage for than 30 high schools.</li>
<li>Line-edited copy for accuracy, grammar and AP style.</li>
<li>Proofread pages for quality and accuracy.</li>
<li>Led online department honored with the second-best news web site in Indiana for 2010.</li>
<li>Member of project teams that implemented digital efficiencies and products earning Lee&rsquo;s Enterprise of the Year award.</li>
<li>Member of Marketplace team honored with Lee&rsquo;s President&rsquo;s Award for Innovation in 2010.</li>
<li>Led online department honored with the third-best news web site in Indiana for 2009.</li>
<li>Led online department that earned honorable mention Web site by the APSE.</li>
<li>Member of sports department named best by the Hoosier State Press Association, 2006.</li>
<li>Member of sports department named one of the nation&rsquo;s top-10 by the APSE, 2006.</li>
<li>Earned third place award from Wisconsin Newspaper Association for enterprise/interpretive reporting.</li>
<li>Earned second place award from Wisconsin Newspaper Association for front page design, 2005.</li>
<li>Named to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards&rsquo; &ldquo;Media Honor Roll,&rdquo; 2004.</li>
<li>Earned UW-Stevens Point University Leadership Award, 1999.</li>
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<h2>My Toolbox:</h2>
<h3>Proprietary Platforms</h3>
Professional knowledge of TownNews Blox Content Management System and TownNews Total Content Management System.
<h3>Social Media</h3>
Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, Wordpress
<h3>Web Design</h3>
HTML, CSS, Javascript
<h3>CMS Frameworks</h3>
Drupal, Joomla, Moveable Type
<h3>Multimedia Tools</h3>
Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro and Audacity
<h3>Desktop Applications</h3>
Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Microsoft Office

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