Engineer Manager

James E. Fowler

**** ******* *****, ***** ****, CA 90041 323-***-****; cell (323) 828-

7490

SUMMARY

An accomplished communications professional who has worked in print,

television, radio, recordings and the internet in a variety of capacities,

he has established himself as a creative and proactive self-starter who is

good at reaching out, initiating and maintaining dialogue with others in

the production process.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Los Angeles CA

1990-2008

Worked as a writer, editor, researcher and manager at the Los Angeles Times

for more than 18 years. Amidst the myriad structural, stylistic and section

management changes during that time, consistently demonstrated flexibility

in negotiating the demands and challenges of the shifting workplace

environment and editorial focus. Never missed a deadline while annually

receiving superlative performance appraisals. Made good use of a broad

general knowledge, hands-on experience as a professional musician and

audio/video engineer and an entertainment industry background when pitching

and writing stories. Also researched multi-media opportunities in

anticipation of the paper's expansion to the internet.

Calendar Assistant Listings Editor (2004-2008)

Filled in for the editor on numerous occasions, supervising other listings

coordinators, line-editing and proofreading listings. Also continued to

perform previous duties, in addition to compiling Calendar's Calendar, a

six-day-a-week feature.

. Facilitated a smooth transition of listings to the web, saving money and

increasing audience.

. Created photo galleries and soundtracks that were among the most popular

online offerings.

. Researched audio podcasts and created a prototype of an audio podcast of

daily events.

Calendar Listings Coordinator (2001-2004)

Wrote weekly "forecast" items for the Calendar Weekend section --- short,

punchy briefs, highlighting the week's best concerts and performances,

festivals, fairs and shows. Wrote more than 800 forecast items 2001-08.

Also charged with creating and maintaining jazz, events and places

listings; establishing and maintaining liaisons with the jazz club owners

and community organizers to keep readers abreast of current happenings.

Also branched and localized all listings for the Valley, Ventura, Orange

County and main editions.

Valley Edition Calendar Staff Writer/Editorial Assistant (1992-2001)

Wrote more than 700 bylined and non-bylined stories and columns--

entertainment and music stories, humor and culture pieces. Compiled all the

listings for the Valley Edition's Calendar section. Managed freelancers'

payroll, assigned photographers, acted as the Valley Calendar section's

community liaison and oversaw the maintenance of its office equipment.

. Wrote "Rocktalk" a pop music column, "Newsbites" a restaurant news

column, "Page Turner" a bookstore news column and "Footnotes," a briefs

column, which were all popular features in the Valley Edition Calendar

section.

. Coordinated the production of a weekly movie guide, training and

supervising two clerks, organizing their schedules, assigning work flow

and other duties.

. Was an integral member of the team that won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for

its first day coverage of the Northridge Earthquake.

Ventura Edition Editorial Assistant (1990-1992)

Compiled the daily calendar of events and performed various duties in the

office.

. Wrote news dailies and features including cop checks filling in on the

city desk on weekends.

. Edited a "Week in Review" section, tracking the week's top stories, then

editing and condensing them into a short digest.

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Audio

Extensive experience as an audio recording engineer and sound FX editor for

radio, video and live theatrical productions, utilizing Cubase, Wavelab and

other digital audio programs.

. Produced two CDs, "L.A. 'til Morning" (2000) and "The American Prisoner,"

(2006) which have received critical acclaim and international airplay.

Also served as the CDs' product manager, working closely with

photographers, graphic artists, printers and manufacturers.

. Produced, wrote, directed and engineered on-air political satire segments

as "Avant Radio," featured on KPFK.FM, Pacifica Radio, 2002-2004.

Video

. Extensive experience shooting and editing video, operating video cameras

in both ENG and in-studio situations. Astute at visual storytelling.

Counseled and worked with actors and industry professionals to edit demo

tapes to promote their careers including Rebecca de Mornay, Tom Arnold,

Stephanie Edwards, Murray MacLeod, Zane Busby and others.

. Produced the award-winning video documentary "Address Unknown: The

Homeless of Los Angeles";

. Worked as the news writer/producer of "7:30," a daily live newscast at

KCET-TV; writing headlines and intros, coordinating scripts, choosing

graphics, back-timing broadcasts, coaching and rehearsing the on-air

talent, running the teleprompter, researching stories and performing

other duties.

Music

A professional musician since age 15, performing at clubs, in concerts

and on recordings, singing and playing guitar, bass, keyboards and

harmonica.

. Wrote more than 200 songs; affiliated with Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI);

. Released two CDs of original music;

. Composed advertising jingles as well as incidental and theme music for

the internet, stage, video and film.

EDUCATION & OTHER TRAINING

B.A., California State University, Northridge, journalism major,

political science minor.

Studied writing and story structure with screenplay guru Robert McKee.

Assisted Terry Mayo, L.A.'s first female news anchor, in her news

reading/news anchor classes.

Website creation experience working with HTML, real audio, wav and other

sound files.

Former member of SAG, AFTRA.; worked as a substitute teacher in the

LAUSD, passed the CBEST exam.; worked as real estate salesperson, passed

the California real estate license exam; worked as a Life Insurance

Underwriter, passed the California life and health insurance exam.

Further biographical information and accomplishments on

www.jamesefowler.com

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