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Longtime reporter and editor at The Baltimore Sun

Directed news coverage of large metropolitan county that is home to the greatest number of readers of the paper, by jurisdiction.Assigned and edited stories for paper’s metro section, the front page and on-line. Oversaw and edited coverage of such major news events as Maryland’s first execution in six years.Supervised staff of reporters, producing evaluations and performing other management functions.Oversaw five-day-a-week expansion of Baltimore County coverage in newspaper’s metro… Show more Directed news coverage of large metropolitan county that is home to the greatest number of readers of the paper, by jurisdiction.Assigned and edited stories for paper’s metro section, the front page and on-line. Oversaw and edited coverage of such major news events as Maryland’s first execution in six years.Supervised staff of reporters, producing evaluations and performing other management functions.Oversaw five-day-a-week expansion of Baltimore County coverage in newspaper’s metro section. Show less

Directed news coverage of fast-growing suburban county. Produced articles for zoned edition of metro section while overseeing string of stories for paper’s front page. Supervised staff of reporters, editorial assistant.

Assisted Anne Arundel County Bureau Chief in editing functions for large suburban news bureau. Managed work of an editorial assistant, and directed and edited news stories for a zoned edition of the metro section, for the metro section and for the front page. In final month effectively worked as an interim bureau chief due to the promotion of the bureau chief.

Assumed ever-increasing and challenging assignments.Covered high school sports, then police, education, courts environment and other suburban news, and Baltimore city courts and criminal justice issues.Subsequently worked as enterprise reporter, and as general assignment reporter for state desk, producing a string of front-page stories. Accepted special assignments, including stories for the paper’s such national desk.Recognized in awards from such organizations as: the Maryland… Show more Assumed ever-increasing and challenging assignments.Covered high school sports, then police, education, courts environment and other suburban news, and Baltimore city courts and criminal justice issues.Subsequently worked as enterprise reporter, and as general assignment reporter for state desk, producing a string of front-page stories. Accepted special assignments, including stories for the paper’s such national desk.Recognized in awards from such organizations as: the Maryland Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists; the Associated Press; the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association; and the Maryland State Bar Association. Show less

Directed news coverage of suburban Baltimore. Supervised editors and reporters in four bureaus, assigning stories and approving coverage, staffing and budget decisions. Oversaw reporting and editing of front-page stories. Oversaw performance and evaluations and other management functions. Presided over the relocation and eventual closing of several bureau offices, and of transition to a mobile journalism model. Presided over ever-increasing emphasis on on-line news from the… Show more Directed news coverage of suburban Baltimore. Supervised editors and reporters in four bureaus, assigning stories and approving coverage, staffing and budget decisions. Oversaw reporting and editing of front-page stories. Oversaw performance and evaluations and other management functions. Presided over the relocation and eventual closing of several bureau offices, and of transition to a mobile journalism model. Presided over ever-increasing emphasis on on-line news from the bureaus.Helped lead the operation of the paper’s metropolitan desk, in matters ranging from assigning jobs as part of a major staff realignment in August 2008 to more routine staff scheduling to participating daily in decisions on story selection and display for the paper Show less

Wrote articles as intern on newspaper’s metro desk

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