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Recent Work

Contributed free-lance obituaries to the Washington Post as well as articles on public policy and health issues to such publications as Blueprint Magazine, the journal of UCLA’s School of Public Policy and the website for City of Hope Medical Center.

Pasadena, Calif.

Alhambra, California

Primary role is to direct membership campaigns, underwriting efforts and solicitation of foundation funding for Alhambra Source, a non-profit news and community engagement web site serving Alhambra and the western San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. Our successful membership campaigns have included a strong showingin NewsMatch, 2018, where we.

Primary role was to assign and edit entertainment news stories, analytical pieces, blog posts and film and television reviews in a fast-paced, all-digital publishing environment. Helped manage a staff of 10 writers and sub-editors. Was primary editor on Saturdays and Sundays for the weekend box office report and advance stories analyzing the relative.

Responsible for the paper’s coverage of books and the book publishing industry. Managed a staff of five as well as a widely fluctuating budget for staff expenses and freelance stories and reviews. Assigned and edited posts for the popular Jacket Copy blog.--Created, planned and developed special sections to generate advertising revenue. (The Holiday Books.

Primary role was to oversee the daily content and production of the front page and assess the news value of stories offered for A1. Also managed a staff of senior A1 news editors.--Created and carried out overall content plans for the daily and Sunday newspaper.--Supervised the successful launch of the paper’s LatExtra section to maximize deadline options.

Named the first editor of the Times’ daily obituary coverage. Responsibilities included planning and editing the paper’s obituary coverage, assigning advance obits of prominent people, selecting photographs and ordering graphics. Supervised a staff of six and steadily built the paper’s national reputation for publishing engaging, comprehensive obituaries..

Supervised 35 page designers, news editors and copy editors tasked with producing the daily entertainment section known as Calendar and the daily feature section called Life & Style. Other responsibilities included production oversight of six popular weekly features sections -- Food, Travel and Real Estate and the Sunday Calendar, Life & Style and Book.

Responsibilities included determining news value and appropriate play for stories, while designing the foreign pages inside the main news section of the Times. Worked with Times foreign correspondents on late-breaking stories. Selected photographs and ordered graphics to enhance the news package. Managed the 10-person news and copy desk. Also served.

Primary role was to edit and help assign stories for the weekly World Report section, a free-standing section of international news. Served as primary news editor for a series of special sections on major international events, such as China’s crackdown on dissent in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and the 50th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Also.