-Supervise a staff of nine designers for a regional copy desk hub, which is responsible for the design and layout of three daily West Virginia newspapers as well as 13 weekly editions. -Help manage and maintain our web presence via our website and through social media outlets, such as Facebook.-Ensure newsworthy stories get published in a timely manner from local, state, national and world news as well as design pages, graphics and illustrations for news, lifestyle and sports sections.-Copy edit and proofread stories and pages.-Serve as help desk intermediary between IT staff and employees to help solve issues with PC and Apple computers.

Maintain print editions of seven newspapers in West Virginia, including its two largest cities, Charleston and Huntington.

Supervised a staff of editors, reporters and photographer for daily newspaper. Developed award-winning series of articles on local school systems. Led a team of writers in daily and weekly meetings. Wrote daily editorials, weekly columns and laid out the daily paper. Covered gubernatorial and senatorial races, and wrote endorsement editorials of statewide races. Shot feature and spot photographs. During my time at the paper, we received 21 editorial awards from The Associated Press in Ohio for excellence in newspapers. Awards included column writing, editorial writing, and page design.

Supervised a newsroom staff of several reporters, photographers and editors at seven-day-a-week daily newspaper in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1998-99 and again in 2003 and 2006.Led news budget meetings.Wrote daily editorials, as well as a weekly column and spot and feature news.Proofread and edited reporters' copy.Attended various community functions on behalf of the newspaper.

Worked as Operations Assistant, then Production Assistant, and finally promoted to Associate Editor. Won several awards from the Press Club of Cleveland as well as the Society of Professional Journalists.

Worked as copy editor at daily newspaper in Ashland, Ky., where I was a proofreader, designer and wrote a monthly column.