Whitney P. Cork Email & Phone Number

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Managed a team of full-time employees and a stable of off-site freelancers.• Oversaw the content strategy and planning, editing and production of monthly magazine, more than a dozen print publications a year and three weekly print sections. • Responsible for online content for 1808greensboro.com.• Coordinate a yearly production calendar for Advertising Dept.• Manage the Special Sections financial budget.• Generate story ideas, network with potential sources, edit, design and post stories online. • Worked with external clients on strategic communication strategies for marketing products and other print products. (e.g. Eastern Music Festival, National Folk Festival/ArtsGreensboro, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, various chamber directories)• Work with internal and external customers to coordinate and market current projects and generate new sources of revenue.

Produced two daily newspapers (Greensboro News & Record and Winston-Salem Journal). Supervised seven direct reports in a staff of 15. Trained and mentored new employees. Coordinated production with city editors and production staff at both newspapers. Edited stories, wrote headlines and designed pages daily.

Responsible for meeting deadlines daily. Coordinated daily coverage and production with city editors. Supervised 4-6 copy editors. Helped implement the universal copy desk. Edited stories, wrote headlines and designed pages daily.

Led the copy desk several nights a week in night edit role, making staffing and coverage decisions and meeting deadlines. Edited stories, wrote headlines and designed pages daily. Responsible for updating the local stylebook. Posted and edited stories online.

Coordinated the news coverage at night. Supervised 2-4 reporters. Edited articles. Planned and arranged visuals for articles. Coordinated the Rockingham County Sunday print section. Posted and edited stories online.

Selected the national and international stories for the daily newspaper from The Associated Press and other wire services. Worked with teams to localize national and international news. Organized coverage of national elections and other special events.

Supervised 2-4 reporters. Edited breaking news stories and regular reports from meetings of the city council, county commissioners and the school board. Worked with other city editors to plan news coverage and visuals. Served on newsroom committees.