OBJECTIVE:

A position that will allow me to use my extensive writing, editing, public relations and

desktop publishing skills to their fullest.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

March 2004-August 2006

Platts, a division of The Mc-Graw Hill Cos.

Associate Editor/US Coal Group, Washington, DC

Associate editor responsible for daily and weekly coal industry publications. Also report

on coal industry and transportation issues for other Platts newsletters.

Edit daily Coal Trader electronic newsletter.Edit weekly Coal Outlook print and electronic newsletter when editor is on vacation.Choose stories and layout of daily electronic newsletter.Work with reporters and stringers to direct daily coverage.Report on Powder River Basin coal and transportation issues for Coal Trader,

Coal Outlook and other company publications.

August 2000-February 2004

Energy Intelligence Group

Associate Editor/Markets, Washington, DC

Associate editor of weekly natural gas industry publication. Also reported on the Canadian

energy industry for 12 weekly and daily energy industry newsletters.

Edited Natural Gas Week and Natural Gas Week s Daily Price Snapshot.Supervised Washington, DC, staff of five and directly oversaw price gathering

and database staff.Reported on Canadian and Alaskan natural gas, oil and electricity issues.Reporedt on natural gas storage and market issues.Wrote weekly Canadian markets feature for Natural Gas Week.Responsible for layout and editing of Natural Gas Week.Maintained weekly statistical data and Internet site for Natural Gas Week.

March 2000-August 2000

BOSS Temps

Editor/Desktop Publisher, Bethesda, MD

Provided editing and desktop publishing support on assignments for clients such as

ACS Government Solutions Group; FCE Government Technology Group; Prospect Associates;

CDM Group; and The Washington Post, in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

Edited and provided desktop publishing support for multi-million dollar

government proposals.Edited research papers for publication in government and technical journals.Edited weekly magazine targeted at government information technology users.

January 1997-October 1998

The (Harrisburg, PA) Patriot-News

Staff Writer, West Shore Bureau, Camp Hill, PA

Staff Writer, Lebanon Bureau, Lebanon, PA

Beat reporter responsible for covering several school districts and municipalities for

the 125,000 circulation daily newspaper.

Reported on school board and local government meetings.Covered municipal, state and federal elections.Covered police and fire departments including criminal hearings, accidents and fires.Wrote business and feature articles from beat area.

January 1995-January 1997

The Daily News

Farm Editor/Staff Writer, Lebanon, PA

Editor responsible for weekly farm page and beat reporter responsible for covering

several school districts and municipalities for the 24,000 circulation daily newspaper.

Wrote, edited and designed weekly farm page and reported on agricultural issues and

events including annual state farm show and county agricultural fair.Reported on school board and local government meetings.Covered police and fire departments including criminal hearings, accidents and fires.Covered municipal, state and federal elections.Took photographs using a 35mm camera and edited them using Photoshop.Produced graphics for editorial department including news, features and sports

using Quark Xpress, Aldus FreeHand and OmniPage software.

April 1993-January 1995

Agrarian Associates Inc.

Appraisal Report Editor, Lebanon, PA

Editor responsible for producing appraisal reports for private, state and federal

agricultural fee appraisals.

Produced agricultural appraisals following federal guidelines.Gathered geographical information and wrote opening narrative.Combined work of various researchers and appraisers into final report.EDUCATION:

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, print option, and a minor in history.

American University, Washington, DC.

Working toward a Master of Arts degree in Interactive Journalism. Expected graduation

date is May 2008.TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HTML/XHTML Dreamweaver CSS

Quark Xpress Adobe PageMaker Microsoft Publisher

Adobe Photoshop Aldus Freehand OmniPage

Microsoft Office Suite Corel WordPerfect Suite Keyboarding (65 wpm)

Soundslides AudacityREFERENCES:

Available upon request.

Copyright 2007 Mark E. Heckathorn

Copyright 2007 Mark E. Heckathorn

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