Doug Irving Email & Phone Number

Orange County, California Area

• Led an eight-member reporting team and oversaw coverage of crime, courts and breaking news. Planned, assigned and edited stories under constant deadline pressure for print and online.
• Reorganized team and introduced “mini-beats” such as human trafficking and drug crimes to maintain depth in critical coverage areas while absorbing staff cuts.

• Served as lead writer during wildfires and other high-pressure news events. Wrote investigative stories, narratives and other special reports while also covering transportation, government and breaking news.
• Anchored coverage of Orange County’s worst mass killing, which won first place in online breaking news from the California Newspaper Publishers Association (2011) and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
• Developed investigative stories that exposed millions of dollars in government conflicts of interest, led to a grand jury investigation and helped prompt action by the state legislature.

• Developed a high degree of technical expertise and the ability to explain it to a mass audience while covering the security, operations and politics of Los Angeles International Airport.
• Named best writer for midsized papers by the Calif. Newspaper Publishers Association (2006).
• Awarded “Best Feature Story” prize by Suburban Newspapers of America (2006) and won third place in “Best of the West” contest for short-form feature writing (2005).

Portland, Oregon

• Designed, edited and maintained news website and reported stories as part of an early experiment in broadcast-digital convergence.
• Anchored online coverage of a helicopter crash that won a Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for online deadline reporting (2002).

Portland, Oregon

Covered breaking news and in-depth enterprise stories in four Portland suburbs.

Hilton Head, South Carolina

Reported on growth, transportation and environmental issues.

Chicago, Illinois