GREGORY ROBERTS
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Seattle WA 98105 abnt6s@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Communications professional skilled at crafting messages to reach a variety of audiences via print,
online or social media channels. Information expert: obtaining it, analyzing it, communicating it.
Self-starter who takes projects from conception to delivery. Experienced at meeting deadlines in
high-pressure environments. Savvy team manager. Incisive editor. Ivy League education with
advanced degree.
Excellent writer and editor
Seasoned manager
Experienced blogger
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer and seattlepi.com, Seattle WA 1996-2009
Metro daily newspaper and web site
Reporter and editor
Researched and wrote hundreds of articles and blog posts on politics, government,
transportation and education.
Mastered a complex, unfamiliar subject to provide exceptional print and online news
coverage of governor’s election trial, winning favorable media attention for my employer.
Provided skillful leadership as substitute manager supervising peers, resulting in high
productivity and worker satisfaction.
Additional Journalism Experience
Reported, wrote and edited articles for daily newspapers in New Orleans, La. and Providence, R.I.
Supervised eight reporters in New Orleans as full-time editor covering Congress, state
government, Latin America and environment.
Edited Pulitzer Prize finalist environmental series.
Served as special projects editorial writer in New Orleans; nominated for Pulitzer Prize.
Roberts – 2
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE/INTERESTS
Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle WA 2008 - Present
Hands-on maritime museum
Volunteer sailing instructor
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Nieman Fellowship in Journalism
Columbia University, New York NY
Master of Science in Journalism
Yale University, New Haven CT
Bachelor of Arts, English