Coordinated community website for online news service. • Engaged readers with coverage of local news for Walnut Creek, CA, Patch and other sites. • Coordinated with dozens of East Bay Patch sites. • Drove social media engagement through Facebook, Twitter.

Led a news staff of 11 in meeting deadlines for a biweekly newspaper with a 585,000 circulation for the state teachers union in Albany, NY — New York State United Teachers. Supervised a staff of writers, graphic artists and assistants, as well as freelancers, in producing copy about education and labor issues. • Established a system of day-to-day production. • Kept current on diverse planning duties, including budgeting, coordination with departments, negotiations with printers and arrangements for presentations at conferences. • Coordinated coverage and initiatives with media relations department.