Project Manager High School

Managing Editor / Newsroom Leader / Project Manager

Dynamic, innovative and highly skilled journalism professional who has

worked as a reporter, designer, editor and top manager with industry

leader, Gannett Co. Inc., the parent company of USA TODAY. Proven ability

to quickly add value, establish rapport, build professional relationships

and communicate effectively across all levels of an organization and to a

broad audience. My goal is to join an organization that values innovation,

dedication and proven industry leadership.

Areas of Expertise

Key Skills Assessment

Strong Communication Versatile News Coverage Brand

Management

Media Outreach Strategy Financial Acumen

Leadership Development

. A founding staffer of the national newspaper, which launched in 1982.

Worked as a page designer, copy editor, reporter and Night Editor.

Also served for more than 15 years as Deputy Managing Editor in sports

and news, directly supervising a sports group of 35 reporters and

editors, and a news group of 22 journalists.

. Led coverage of many national and international sports organizations

and sporting events such as the NFL and the Super Bowl; the Olympic

Games; the NCAA Final Four; the BCS National Football Championship;

the MLB World Series; and the NBA Finals. Also was instrumental in

coverage of national elections in 2010 and 2012.

. Assisted in managing a $10 million annual budget for USA TODAY Sports,

and supervised the daily and long-range production of the newspaper.

Professional Achievements

USA TODAY JULY 2010 - MAY 2013

DEPUTY MANGING EDITOR/NEWS

. Successfully supervised a staff of 22 copy editors, providing daily

editing of staff-produced stories for publishing across Gannett's

print, digital and mobile platforms.

. Ensured daily accuracy of stories in collaboration with content

managers for and achieved daily deadlines and coordinated coverage of

late-breaking stories in print and online coverage of major national

events on a daily basis.

. Successfully developed many journalism professionals with timely

performance evaluations and daily coaching.

. Represented USA TODAY at conventions and conferences searching for

talent and speaking on numerous industry-related panels and workshops.

USA TODAY MAY 1995 - JULY 2010

MANAGING EDITOR/SPORTS

. Successfully managed night operations of the newspaper, ensuring that

stories were written and edited accurately and met publication

deadlines.

. Assisted the Managing Editor in determining the design of the Front

Page; made editorial decisions to remake the newspaper in the event of

late-breaking news.

. Made daily decisions on which stories would be published in the

newspaper and online; coordinated with page designers and art

directors in determining layout of pages and selection of photos.

. Coordinated coverage of daily and long-range news projects; assisted

in planning news coverage for major sporting events such as the

Olympics, World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA championships, and others.

. Assisted in managing a $10 million annual department budget, providing

review and final approval of expense reports.

USA TODAY 1982 - 1995

MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS

. 1982-1986: Assisted in the launch of USA TODAY in 1982. Served on the

copy-editing and rewrite desk. Duties included copy editing staff and

wire copy for daily sports section and special single-topic printed

editions produced by the newspaper. Also, rewrote wire stories as

needed or added detailed information to staff-reported stories.

. 1986-1988: Night Rewrite Editor. Duties included managing staff of

five in compiling the nightly major sports news reports for the

newspaper, rewriting stories for daily publication, working with

reporters to ensure stories were completed in time to meet daily

publication deadline, making decisions on remaking the sports decision

on deadline to accommodate late-breaking news stories.

. 1988-1990: Sports Opinion Page Editor. Duties included planning weekly

topics for the commentary page, contracting and negotiating

compensation with national personalities to write commentaries for the

page, working with page designers and art directors in developing the

commentary page, and soliciting reader comments for the page.

. 1990-1995: NFL Editor. Duties included supervising staff of six full-

time NFL reporters and a national stringer network of 32

correspondents, planning news coverage for the season, assigning news

stories, coordinating weekly travel arrangements for reporters,

supervising news coverage of the Super Bowl, NFL draft, and training

camps. Responsibilities also included editing reporters' stories for

daily publication, and providing job evaluations and career

development advice for direct reports.

PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL 1979-1982

SPORTS EDITOR

Responsibilities included supervising the Sports Department in the

production of the daily sports report. Reported and wrote stories on high

school, college and professional sports. Wrote a daily sports column, made

story assignments, reported and wrote stories, edited daily sports copy,

and provided employee evaluations.

PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL 1974-1979

Responsibilities included reporting and writing on high school sports and

contributing to the daily sports report.

Education

Associate of arts, Pensacola Junior College, General Studies

Bachelor of Arts, University of West Florida, Communications

Continuing Education: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern

University;

Gallup Leadership Institute

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