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Wrote twice-monthly blogosts plus quarterly newsletter for Quest Technology Management. Wrote extensively about sustainable technology for Comstock’s magazine. Covered environment for San Jose Mercury News; outdoor recreation / environment for Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

• Participated as a member of the management team; managed editorial department budget• Responsible for all editorial content; learned local political and cultural landscape; supervised staff writers and freelancers; assigned, edited and wrote news articles, arts features, and magazine-length cover stories. Wrote weekly opinion column• Served as representative of the company in the community; met with elected officials and community leaders; attended meetings and local events• Working with design team, assigned and selected photographs, illustrations and art appropriate to editorial content• Working with promotions team, conceived and executed special issues, house ads and other marketing efforts including online promos, social media campaigns and radio ads• Stewarded paper to numerous statewide honors including a General Excellence award from the California News Publishers Association• Endeavored to reposition legacy alternative newspaper in response to rapidly changing media environment

• Supervised editorial makeover of local bi-monthly into a hybrid small-town city book / luxury-lifestyle magazine focused on "the Good Life" in the greater Bay Area.• Working with freelance writers, photographers, artists and designers, supervised production all editorial content.• Reported and wrote magazine-length features on various aspects of politics and culture.

• Co-founded website/online community focused on outdoor recreation and conservation• Working with design artists and software developers, designed user interface, site architecture and functionality• Recruited writers, photographers and artists; assigned, edited and wrote articles• Posted numerous articles, photographs and art using Drupal platform• Grew website to local prominence in Santa Cruz, where it was consistently one of the top five local websites according to Google Analytics• Built partnerships with regional businesses and environmental organizations

• Conceived, branded and managed editorial production of 'Instant' Magazine, which focused on the growing Tech, Business & Design community in Santa Cruz • Wrote feature articles for Alternet.com, Santa Cruz Weekly and Metro Silicon Valley• Developed messaging strategy and supervised development of SupplyShift.com, a marketing website for a supply-chain management company• Working with designer/software developer, created custom website for Vino Cruz wine bar

• Developed content and supervised day-to-day production of several web properties, including SanJose.com, SanJoseInside.com, LosGatosObserver.com and Metroactive.com• Managed team of staff writers and freelance contributors; assigned, edited and posted 5-10 articles per day• Supervised content redesign of Boulevards' flagship site, SanJose.com, to focus on dynamic local news and information• Managed content for national network of travel sites, including SanFrancisco.com, LosAngeles.com, Seattle.com and Denver.com

Managed weekly news section of 100,000-circulation weekly newspaper. Assigned, edited and wrote in-depth magazine-length cover stories. Supervised team of staff writers and freelance contributors. Developed and managed innovative "Mashup" section to publish "The Best of the Local Web" in print edition. Created and edited successful Sports and Real Estate sections.

Directed editorial content of county’s largest-circulation newspaper through major growth phase. Initiated and supervised major redesign of print edition. Instigated redesign of online edition and repositioning of website as "Monterey County Now." Developed ancillary publications (including annual Monterey Jazz Festival souvenir magazine and guides to Laguna Seca Raceway events) for income and local impact.

Supervised news coverage at alt weekly; later ran six-newspaper community weekly division.

Restructured six local community newsweeklies and consolidated them into a single division. Wrote business plan in anticipation of sale by Metro Publishing. Supervised weekly editorial production, printing and distribution. Supervised launch of a new publication (Campbell Reporter) and laid groundwork for one more (Rose Garden Resident).

Managed news teams at two weekly newspapers with combined circulations of 135,000. Supervised teams of staff reporters, photographers and freelancers. Assigned, edited and wrote articles for weekly news section and magazine-length cover stories.

Conceived, capitalized, created and ran daily operations of weekly newspaper that became (and remains) authoritative political and cultural voice of Western Montana. Positioned publication as community leader through superior editorial content and impeccable customer service.