Editor

JOEL A. WELIN

**** *. ***** **., **********, Ky. 40208

502-***-****, 941-***-**** (cell)

****.*****@*****.***, ****.*****@*****.***

BACKGROUND: Born in Kansas, raised in Colorado, Oklahoma, Lebanon, Italy, Venezuela and

Indonesia. Speak Italian and some Spanish. Interests include outdoor

recreation, travel and cooking.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in journalism (news-editorial), University of Missouri-Columbia.

EMPLOYMENT

2010-2011 Managing Editor/ Editorial Director, HelloMetro Inc.

Rapidly expanded roster to more than 70 writers servicing 1,600 worldwide city-guide websites that feature unique content in such locales as Louisville, San Francisco, Sydney, Australia, and Dublin, Ireland. Assigned, edited and managed writers and editors. Created and developed specialty pages (wedding, pets, home & design) and developed specialty websites. Hired first Interactive Media Director and instituted measurable SEO practices. Hired company’s first local-news editor and a local staff of 10 for iPad newspaper. Integrated company’s social-media platform in all facets of publication process. Began initial efforts to curate database of articles. Wrote public-relations materials, press releases, advertising brochures, speeches, blogs and news articles. Created first standardized writer’s style guide.

2007-2010 Arts & Features Editor, Louisville Courier-Journal

Managed between a dozen and 17 writers and editors, editing and producing 10 sections of the daily newspaper a week encompassing such themes as food, health, general features, pop culture, entertainment, arts, recreation, science, television and travel. Established and implemented new measurable protocols involving the assignment and editing of articles. Key role in the redesign and relaunching of weekend entertainment section. Routinely wrote for daily newspaper and weekly sections. Filled in as city and state editor as needed.

2002-2007 Features Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Managed 10 writers and editors editing 10 sections of daily newspaper a week encompassing such themes as fashion, pop culture, arts, food, relationships, religion, travel and recreation. Championed non-traditional storytelling forms, multimedia entry points, reader participation, reader-friendly devices. Oversaw expansion of Arts section and Books pages; supervised the redesign and expansion of entertainment magazine, emphasizing topicality, brevity, multiple entry points and multimedia components.

1992-2002 Arts & Entertainment Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Created, edited and wrote columns and articles for weekly entertainment magazine, Ticket, resulting in an almost-immediate 15 percent increase in circulation; rejuvenated Sunday Arts section; redesigned, developed and expanded weekly TV book; created Click, a weekly magazine guide to in-home entertainment; pioneer in newspaper's multimedia efforts, including Web and as a weekly television reporter. Managed staff of five and more than a dozen freelance correspondents.

1990-1991 Arts & Entertainment Editor, Nashville Tennessean

Created, edited, designed and wrote for paper's first entertainment magazine. Managed six reporters. Wrote weekly entertainment columns as well as daily Lifestyles features and columns.

Other metropolitan daily newspaper positions include Assistant Entertainment Editor, Fort Lauderdale News/Sun-Sentinel; Assistant Features Editor and News Layout Editor, Dallas Morning News; Copy editor, Reporter, Phoenix Gazette and Arizona Republic; and Reporter, Night City Editor, Assistant News Editor, Colorado Springs Sun.

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