Long-time contributing editor in print and digital.

John Burbridge

Award-Winning Journalist and Published Author

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OBJECTIVE

To enthusiastically contribute to the success of my next employer while utilizing creativity, integrity, and a strong and seasoned work ethic.

EXPERIENCE

The Times of Northwest Indiana (1994-2015): Served as a contributing editor within an award-winning sports department of a near 90,000-subscription daily newspaper. Created and managed an innovative "Community Sports Section" which catered specifically to nine zones -- Illinois, Hammond, Ridge, Tri-Town, Crown Point, Hobart, Merrillville, Valparaiso and Portage -- amid our readership area. Managed and edited a team of staffers and correspondents, and produced the bulk of the material, including stories, features, columns, enterprise projects, photography, online video, blogs and podcasts as well as designing the section's pages. Secured exclusive interviews with many celebrated figures and not-so-celebrated figures who had compelling stories to tell nonetheless.

The Lake County Star (1990-1994): Served as contributing sports editor, photographer, columnist (news and sports), paste-up page designer and dark room technician for the 10,000-subscription newspaper.

Chyzy Brothers (1987-1989): Worked for the South Chicago-based moving company while going through college. Job proved to be a class course itself: Work for a Living 101.

Play it Again, Sam (1986-1987): Stocked and cleaned the Dyer restaurant bar -- nothing is more serene than an empty building on a Sunday morning that played host to a rowdy and eventful Saturday night.

ABC Energy Company (1985-1988): Worked periodically for a solar panel/satellite TV company co-founded by my father.

Stardust III (1984-1988): Part-time porter for the 48-lane Dyer bowling alley. In addition to stocking the bar and making sure the lanes were conditioned for league and non-league play, performed general janitorial duties.

PUBLISHED AUTHOR

Have written four published novels, the latest is The Good Neighbor (pub. 2015), a story about a formerly passive man who shoots a bullying neighbor only to have the victim survive with an altered personality. Others include Crimson Wave (2012), featuring a dysfunctional police tandem who encounter a menagerie of costumed "superheroes" while closing in on a serial dolphin killer; The Blockade (2009), which is about the obstacles and rigors a cub reporter faces while trying to cover a high school basketball sensation; and The Soul Winner (2005), a coming-of-age story that centers around a young missionary who has his faith tested by way of heart-break, betrayal, expulsion, estrangement, desperation and lurid seduction.

EDUCATION

Calumet College of St. Joseph's (1984-1989): Earned bachelor's degrees in Journalism and English.

Indiana State University (1983-1984)

Lake Central High School (1979-1983)

REFERENCES

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