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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, D.C.

Educating telecom consumers: Lead consumer-focused content creation, design and publishing on matters of public policy, including development and launch of FCC.gov's high-profile Consumer Help Center. Oversee the creation and delivery of multi-lingual educational materials in digital, print and accessible formats such as braille. Senior official for federal Plain Writing Act compliance.

Washington, D.C.

Measuring national progress: Led digital initiatives for this nonprofit's development the first Key National Indicator System for the United States, in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences. Collaborated with major foundations, federal statisticians, journalists and other professionals to make complex government data and statistics accessible for general audiences. Featured in New York Times Magazine:

New York City

Digitizing New York public radio: Directed strategic planning of digital initiatives for this flagship of the national public radio network. Managed WNYC's emergence as a multi-platform digital content provider, including redesign and site development initiatives for wnyc.org. Managed day-to-day operations of wnyc.org, on-demand products, partnerships, and broadband and HD radio content distribution.

Washington, D.C./New York City

Explaining the human brain: Directed the development and launch of a scratch-built, dynamic website for this international philanthropic institution with primary interests in the human brain. Reported directly to the foundation chairman, New York Times columnist and former presidential speechwriter William Safire. Specific responsibilities included:• Development of the site’s first taxonomy for brain science.• Establishing editorial workflows and publishing protocols for foundation program areas in Washington D.C. and New York City.• Serving as Web liaison with the foundation’s alliance of neuroscientists and immunologists.

Directed news, online features, iterative redesigns and other editorial content development for the 24-hour home page and all editorial sections. Managed a staff of 70-plus editors, producers, reporters and columnists, including a 24/7 core breaking news team. Identified and coordinated business and content development opportunities with the operations, sales, marketing and technology departments.

Directed news, online features, iterative redesigns and other content development for Metro, Business, Technology, Arts & Living, Entertainment Guide, Health, Education, Real Estate and Cars sections of washingtonpost.com. Managed a staff of approximately 40 editors, producers, reporters and columnists.

Developed, launched and managed onwashington.com, an early hyperlocal portal emphasizing community news and community self-publishing. Managed the evolution of onwashington.com and its transformation into mywashingtonpost.com, washingtonpost.com'’s initial personalization channel. Developed and launched washingtonpost.com/MP3, a free local music site serving professional and amateur musicians throughout the metro region and beyond: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/mediakit/mediacenter/MP3.htm

Greater Boston Area

Managed editorial, design and production operations for this local news portal serving communities throughout eastern Massachusetts. Directed a major expansion from a collection of 40 weekly newspaper sites to an umbrella site representing more than 80 daily and weekly newspapers within 12 months, and managed the conversion of the site from a flat-file publishing system to its first database content management system.

Member of the initial launch team recruited for Boston Sidewalk, one of the first online city guides developed for Microsoft’s nationwide network. Developed and managed one of the network’s first searchable databases of A&E events and locations, which served as a model for subsequent Sidewalk sites. Managed a team of freelance writers, web producers and data entry specialists. Co-developed an Excel-based tool to reduce data-entry time by 50 percent.

Boston, Mass.

Member of the digital team recruited to launch AT&T Business Network as a business news channel for the Interchange proprietary news service. With the advent of web browsers, joined a select team of six producers chosen in January 1996 to move Business Network from the proprietary service to the web. With that team, conceived and launched Lead Story, a daily blog-style business news service profiled in an April 1996 U.S. News cover story as the top “must-see” site on the Web. Later developed daily business news sections for Industry Net, a descendant of Business Network and Lead Story.

Greater Boston Area

Held a series of newsroom leadership positions for Rockingham County Newspapers (N.H.) and Essex County Newspapers (Mass.), part of the Dow Jones Ottaway Newspapers group. Specific roles included:• Directed news and feature coverage in successive leadership roles for newspapers owned and operated in New England by Ottaway, the community newspaper arm of Dow Jones.• Managed newsroom staffs, contractors and free-lancers for three dailies and two twice-weeklies.• Managed the newsroom transition from traditional paste-up to computerized pagination for three Massachusetts dailies -- the Beverly Times, Peabody Times and The Daily News of Newburyport.• As a reporter, covered city, region and enterprise beats for newspapers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.