Joseph Rose Email & Phone Number

United States

West Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Associate Rector at St. James’s, a vibrant, inclusive, fun-loving, child-friendly community of faith. No matter where you are in your journey, we welcome you to join us on ours.* Assist with preaching, teaching, pastoral care, and administering the sacraments and other leadership responsibilities at a 700-member suburban congregation.• Shepherded the Good News Garden ministry, including the construction of a new greenhouse, expansion of outdoor growing beds, and organizing and supporting volunteers who plant and harvest vegetables for hunger programs.• Lead congregational development.• Support and lead the healing prayer ministry, including regular healing services and prayer stations during communion.• Serve as chaplain for the Saturday morning men’s group.• Facilitated Sacred Ground sessions.•Regularly lead multigenerational Christian education, coffee-hour forums and Bible study.• Identify and lead creative worship and education offerings, including the blessing of the animals, interactive, no-rehearsal Christmas Eve pageant, and Creation Care liturgies.• Develop collaborative community and ecumenical relationships.• Manage social media accounts.• Explore new ways to provide online storytelling and teaching.

Greater New York City Area

* Developed and oversaw the retreat center's working farm and agrarian ministry programming.* Planned and led spiritual retreats.* Chief communications officer, guiding the telling of the center's story -- across digital platforms, in-person events, and print marketing -- for maximum impact.* Community outreach liaison in Northwest Connecticut.* Led worship, including developing liturgies focusing on Creation care in the forest, on the farm, and on the river. * Managed finances and annual budgeting process.* Managed the center's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.* Developed and managed the center's online programming, including daily online services and virtual retreats.

Portland, Oregon Area

Explored culture and history in the Portland area with regular enterprise stories, a weekly column, a blog and innovative uses of social media and multimedia. The beat focused on how mass culture from the past and present shapes the lives of Oregon's people and communities, with a strong focus on humanity, humor and, when appropriate, criticism and investigation.

Portland, Oregon Area

A position grounded in watchdog and investigative journalism. I covered the science, culture and politics of transportation in a newsroom committed to an aggressive and adventurous transition from the newspaper world to a digital-first operation. My daily beat was an amalgamation of investigative reporting, storytelling, video production, social networking, audience engagement and blogging. I also write a weekly Metro commuting column.I'm a newsroom leader and innovator in the cultural shift to online journalism, using digital best practices to serve traditional and emerging audiences across various platforms. At the same time, I'm committed to keeping the tradition of strong watchdog journalism alive while inventing the future.

Portland, Or

A position grounded in watchdog and investigative journalism. I covered the science, culture and politics of transportation. The digital-based beat was an amalgamation of storytelling, video, social networking, audience engagement, blogging and interactive graphics. From light rail to bikes and skateboards, it was designed to be the ultimate daily study of getting from point A to point B in the Pacific Northwest.

I wrote about a range of topics as a watchdog journalist: Urban growth, prisons, national security and terrorism, police reform, Oregon's methamphetamine epidemic (http://www.tampaforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-209735.html), Portland's subcultures and protest culture, City Hall and pop culture. I also worked for about nine months as a general assignment reporter on The Oregonian's fledgling enterprise and breaking news/online teams.

Covered Business, Crime and Courts before developing an award-winning regional beat reporting on life (from science, business, crime, government and religion) in the Northwest's small towns.

Master Of Divinity, Theology/Theological Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Studied journalism, political science, theology.

Studied, International Politics/Peace And Conflict Studies

Study abroad program researching religion in sectarian violence.