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Nieman Reports Is The 2014 Winner Of The Bart Richards Award For Media Criticism

Key contributor to all phases of producing the print magazine and affiliated website (redesigned and re-launched in September 2014), including generating ideas, assigning stories, editing copy, working in InDesign, proofreading, and social media outreach. In 2013, directed research for double issue celebrating the foundation's 75th anniversary and managed production of first Nieman Reports e-books, including Spanish and Chinese translations

Copyedited stories and managed production of magazine in print and online. Generated and assigned story ideas and worked with writers to hone articles of substance and originality, most notably a cover story about disruptive innovation and journalism, co-authored by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen, David Skok, and James AllworthIn 2011, hired designer to redesign magazine and selected new printer that delivered better quality for 20 percent less than old contract

Tapped by Books editor in 2006 to develop a weekly column (now called New England Literary News) covering the literary scene, including New England authors, books about New England, and literary events of noteSince 2009 have also written The Find (now The Discovery), 100 words about an outstanding book not likely to get a full-length review

Copy editor on News desk responsible for local, Page 1, national, and foreign stories, April-August 2009Member of the Living/Arts desk responsible for production of daily and Sunday sections. Copyediting stories, writing headlines, fact-checking, proofreading, laying out pages, Oct. 2006-March 2009Member of the copy desk for the regional sections, April 2002-Sept. 2006

Guided seven producers in projects that enhanced the value of Inc. magazine storiesCollaborated with designers, technical staff, and usability experts to improve siteDeveloped 10 e-mail newsletters that accounted for 10 percent of ad revenue; analyzed click-through data and implemented improvements; wrote the most popular newsletter

A key member of editorial team that launched the site and published new content on a daily basisWrote the most popular e-mail newsletter and some of the most popular storiesProduced weekly Places To Go sectionIdentified problem areas and implemented solutions to enhance management of consumer feedback at Sidewalk sites nationwide

Framingham, Ma

Senior EditorProduced weekly CyberSpace section, including developing, assigning, and editing stories; designing section front; and overseeing productionMetropolitan EditorIncreased breadth and depth of news coverage and improved caliber of writing by coaching reporters and organizing a series of workshopsSpearheaded successful effort to increase diversity of reporting staff to better reflect the communities in our circulation areaSenior ReporterIdentified emerging trends and wrote stories that were a mainstay of the front page of the Sunday paper and were often distributed by the Associated PressLifestyles EditorGuided staffers and freelancers in projects of newsworthiness and originalityEditor of Weekend Magazine Achieved excellence on a small budget as sole editorial staffer Bureau ChiefDirected news and feature coverage by three employees and 10 freelancersLocal News ReporterPromoted from covering three small towns to City Hall beat in Waltham, the largest city in newspaper’s circulation area, within 18 months