EXPERIENCE

PATCH.com, New Canaan, Conn.
New Canaan Patch Editor, June 2009 – present
• Launched and maintain all aspects of a Web site quickly becoming the go-to information source for a town of 20,000, drawing nearly 250,000 page views within six months of going live.
• First to report controversy over the public school district’s plans to air President Obama’s speech to students, which became national news.
• Pushing the edge of Patch’s multimedia capabilities, creating an interactive coyote sightings map and a printable caroling songsheet.
• Using Twitter and Facebook to deliver breaking news, enhance user engagement.
• Directing a team of contributing writers, photographers, videographers to compliment my coverage.

GLOBALPOST, Boston, Mass.
Senior Multimedia Producer, September 2008 – February 2009
• Managed vendor relationships relating to the features and capabilities of the international news start-up.
• Established standards for the packaging and delivery of multimedia.
• Designed interactive features including timelines that are a permanent fixture throughout the site.

NEWS21, a Journalism Initiative of the Knight and Carnegie Foundations, Berkeley, Calif.
Fellow, May – August 2008
• Edited design and programming of Flash-based Web site housing all Berkeley fellows’ content.
• Implemented interactive features including a youth vote data graphic and Flickr group gallery.
• Reported multimedia feature about middle income workers left in the lurch by job market shifts.

ASSOCIATED PRESS, Johannesburg, South Africa
Correspondent, June – August 2007
• Filed print and multimedia reports for newspapers and broadcasters worldwide.
• Covered largest public sector strike since apartheid and Zimbabwean musicians in exile.
• Compiled news briefs and edited copy from stringers across southern Africa.
• Mastered AP style.

WNPR, CONNECTICUT PUBLIC RADIO, Hartford, Conn.
Reporter/Producer, September 2000 – July 2006
• Followed Connectcut’s civil union law from inception to passage for statewide broadcaster.
• Covered aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on special assignment in Baton Rouge, La.
• Filed for NPR and PRI flagship programs “All Things Considered”, “Morning Edition”, and “Studio 360”.

MULTIMEDIA SKILLS

• Advanced proficiency in field recording and audio editing with ProTools, and Soundtrack Pro
• Facility with mutlimedia applications including Flash, Photoshop and FinalCut Pro
• Digital and film photography

EDUCATION

• University of California, Berkeley, Calif., Master of Journalism, May, 2008
• Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 2001
• Pitzer College Program in Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, January – June, 2000