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Objective

To secure a web content specialist and/or journalism position in a

professional, creative environment with an emphasis on new media.

Key Skills

* Reporting

* Copy editing

* Music, art and film criticism

* Photo/audio/video editing

* Blogging/Social Media

* Project management

Experience

Montgomery County Park & Planning Commission, Web Content Specialist

January 2008- Present

Produce content and multimedia features for Montgomery County Parks and

Planning Commission Web site.

Co-manage Planning homepage.

Introduced and manage social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter

to organization, which increased its awareness in Montgomery County.

Conceived and produced Web sites, "Jargon Busters," a dynamic online

glossary of terms used by planners, designed to better inform Web visitors

of the technicalities of the planners' work projects.

Project managed successful Web feature for the Forest Conservation Team.

Produced several Soundslide presentations that better explained projects

such as Georgia Avenue Sector Plan and Forest Conversation Easements,

through short narratives, using voice script, music and images.

Provided analytical reports.

BET Interactive, Web producer

November 2003 - December 2007

Produced feature stories; music, movie and book reviews; polls and message

board topics; and quizzes; maintain, edited and project managed BETJ.com, a

Black Entertainment Television Web site, which offered a wide variety of

music, cultural and magazine content for a mature, multicultural

demographic.

Project managed the successful 2004 launch of BETJ.com by working with

technical, editorial and graphics teams and the television network's

programming and marketing teams.

Brought an authoritative editorial voice to BETJ.com that significantly

increased its credibility in the worlds of jazz, R&B, pop and electronica.

Directed the bi-weekly production and programming of all BET J broadband

video.

Produced content for BET J's daily blog, "Beneath the Underdog."

Provided music coverage on emerging artists that constantly positioned BET

J as a leading tastemaker in the R&B and jazz fields, often surpassing

competitors such as VH1-Sol and BlackPlanet.com.

Provided additional journalistic/producer support to BET.com by writing

various hard news, entertainment features and international travel

articles, some of which were picked up by MSNBC.com

Provided extensive Web coverage on events in Canada, Norway, Panama,

Barbados, Anguilla and Belgium.

Developed and produced an innovative multi-media jazz library, sponsored by

Infiniti motor vehicles. The Jazz Library consisted of audio, written and

visual components, increased traffic to BETJ.com.

Produced exclusive interviews with Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson,

respectively, event previews and concert reviews for two major BET

televised specials.

National Public Radio, Online Associate Producer

December 1999 - February 2003

Produced, edited and maintained high-quality text, audio and visual content

for NPR Web sites. Coordinated with NPR's Arts & Information Unit and

broadcast magazine shows in conceiving and implementing features for radio

and Web.

Co-project managed the successful launch of NPRJazz.org Web site.

Effectively co-led outstanding NPRJazz.org Web site journalistic team,

including daily management and copyediting.

Successfully produced a combination of archival and original content, used

to enhance NPR radio programming and to attract a younger audience.

Wrote CD liner notes and radio script for NPR's 2000's Jazz Piano

Christmas.

Produced robust coverage of such prestigious events as the 2000 JVC Newport

International Jazz Festival and the 2001 Thelonious Monk Institute

International Hand Drum Competition.

Represented NPR on key panels at the International Association of Jazz

Educators conference (2001, 2002 and 2003).

Freelance Journalism

Write feature stories, news articles, reviews (CDs, concerts, books, and

art exhibitions) and commentary articles for such publications and Web

sites listed below.

The Washington Post Express

The Root.com (owned by the Washington Post/Newsweek)

NPR.org

JazzTimes

Down Beat

JazzWise (based in the U.K.)

Selected Articles

"Tia Fuller: Hustle & Flow," JazzTimes (June 2010) Cover Story

"Style Wars: Jazz & Fashion," JazzTimes (April 2010)

"Dee Dee Bridgewater: Drama Queen," JazzTimes (March 2010) Cover Story

"Why We Should Celebrate Woodstock," The Root (Aug. 14, 2009)

"Jazz Uncovered," JazzTimes (December 20009)

"Liner notes for Erroll Garner, Live in '63 & '64," Jazz Icons DVD

(September 2009)

"White House Jam: First Lady Michelle Obama Welcomes Jazz Musicians,

Students as Arts Education Funding Takes on New Urgency," Down Beat

(September 2009)

Education

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Bachelor of Arts, Communications (emphasis on Journalism), 1990.

Technical Skills

Proficiency in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Contribute, FTP Process, WordPress,

Sound Forge, Soundslide, HTML Code, Microsoft CMS, Microsoft Word, Granicus

and SONY J-30 BETAcam deck.

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