Ryan Olson Email & Phone Number

Ogden, Utah, United States

Chico, California Area

• Currently covering government and lifestyle issues in Butte County and the city of Oroville. Responsibilities include editing and posting stories during the day while sharing information on Facebook and Twitter and moderating social media interactions.• Previously covered courts, including in-depth reports from criminal and civil trials. Produced breaking news for the Web and posted live trial updates via Twitter and Tout video site.• From Sept. 2006 to March 2011, served as the publication's first Web content editor. Oversaw the editorial operation of ChicoER.com, including troubleshooting, and posting breaking news, photos and special content. • Created publication's Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as blogs.• Developed best practices for newsroom's online efforts, including posting breaking stories, blogs and multimedia. Took lead in training newsroom in online techniques, including writing HTML and creating video and audio.

Houghton, Michigan

• Covered breaking news, features and beat coverage, often under tight deadline for afternoon daily newspaper. Beats included city hall, schools and Michigan Technological University.• Produced and edited page layouts for the news and opinion sections using QuarkXPress. Trained editors and others in pagination and design techniques. • Part of a three-person team updating content on newspaper's website.

• Wrote users guides and technical manuals for software products.• Created graphics and contributed to design of the corporate Web site.• Prepared marketing materials and conducted telesales to promote subscriptions to mapSMART.com, an Internet-based demographic reporting service.

• Edited stories and designed award-winning news section of the University of California, San Diego's student newspaper that was published twice a week.• Trained eight staff reporters in writing and editing.• Served as online editor, helping to develop paper's digital presentation in the early days of the Web.