Kenneth R. Roth

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RESUME

Accomplished, versatile, dynamic, collaborative and well-qualified professional with experience as a journalist, editor, and organizer. I have daily journalism experience as well as have used media to promote and launch local initiatives and amplify collaborative projects. I’ve been involved in the development and management of community broadcast facilities, and documentary film productions. Serial business creation in the online, film production, and non-profit sectors, developing broad business skills through consulting with Fortune 100, start-up and established mid-sized companies.

MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Scribbles LLC, Tucson, AZ Jun 2022–Present

Lead Writer/Editor

New business providing writing and editing services for marketing, academic publishing, blogs, policy papers, video scripts, Op-Ed and other Journalism. Extensive experience with publishing guides, including Chicago Manual of Style, AP Stylebook, APA, and Modern Language Association. Expertise in English grammar, spelling, tone, and voice. Knowledge of and experience with developing prompts for AI to complete screenplays, book abstracts, legal documents, and imagery.

Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, Tucson, AZ Jul 2018–Present

Editor

Lead editor of academic books examining access, equity and other issues associated with US Higher Education. Recent books include: Marginality in the Urban Center: The Costs and Challenges of Continued Whiteness in the Americas and Beyond (2019); Whiteness, Power and Resisting Change in US Higher Education (2021); and Emancipatory Change in US Higher Education (2023).

Ken Roth Associates, Los Angeles, CA Mar 2006–Sep 2009

Principal and Executive Director

Secured contract for market-specific web sites and call-to-action campaigns across more than a dozen regional business units for luxury sector of international realtor, generating $20,000 per month in new revenue within first full year of operation.

• Handled all client-facing contact, scheduling, production management, budgeting and proposal presentation

• Hired and supervised more than a dozen remote contractors

• Supervised production of interactive web sites tailored to region, local culture and geography

• Interpreted real-time server-side analytics for fine-tuning messaging across campaigns

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Mucho.com, Lafayette, CA Oct 1999–Dec 2000

Editor/Content Developer

Organized and managed Content Department for San Francisco Bay Internet startup focused on small- and medium- sized business success.

• Led implementation of more than 60 daily revolving news channels, a key business asset

•Supervised 10 in-house writers and cultivated 100s of freelance contributors

•Evaluated and recommended content management system

•Conceived and produced first-of-its-kind full-motion episodic online documentary about company’s rush to market

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Oregon Advanced Technology Center/Clackamas Com. College, Wilsonville, OR

Founder/Director, Media Lab Aug 1995–Jul 1999

• Developed and administered economic development/CTE curricula for emerging digital media department specializing in training for web, interactive, and film/video postproduction

• Led economic development campaign to empower small and emerging tech businesses by adopting digital technologies through custom training opportunities

• Promoted Lab services and workflows at international conference venues

•Drove revenue from $0 to mid-six figures within four years

• Coordinated and directed regional multimedia financing conference, drawing content speakers, venture capitalists, and innovators from the Western U.S.

•Developed and implemented media outreach

Select Projects

Oral History Videographer/Editor, African American Museum of Southwestern Arizona, Tucson, AZ

September 2021. http://www.kenroth.com/ClarenceEBoykins_segment_final.mp4

Post Production Manager, Empty Oceans, Empty Nets, Habitat Media, San Rafael, CA/Portland, OR

April 2002 National Airdate

Producer-Director, 60 Days to Launch: The Anatomy of an Internet Start-up, mucho.com, Lafayette, CA

Streaming documentary look at San Francisco Bay area startup, generating more than 1 million hits per month, and international media coverage. June 2000

Cinematographer, The Greatest Murder Story Never Told, First Watershed Pictures, Tucson, AZ

Court TV Special Event, 12/2000

Additional Experience

Print Journalist: More than 10 years experience with: The Oregonian (staff writer), Ketchikan (AK) Daily News (staff writer), Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette-Telegraph (Staff writer), Oregon Journal (staff writer), Grass Valley (CA) Union (staff writer), Sacramento Bee (Special Writer), San Francisco Examiner (correspondent), San Francisco Chronicle (correspondent), Northern California Jewish Bulletin (staff writer), Tucson Weekly (special writer), Bellflower-Downey Post (editor), RealTalkLA (special writer)

Press Secretary/Press Advance, Arianna for Governor and Clark for President campaigns 2003

Editor, AIX Media Group, Forestweb.com 2003–2004.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Chairperson/Personnel Committee and Board Director, Arts Council for Long Beach, 2012-2014.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts degree, Communication

Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR

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