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VH1
Supervising Producer, August 2005 - present
Senior News Producer, September 2003 - July 2005
Emmy awarding winning producer of series and specials. Develops programming and directs all aspects of production, including field and post production, staffing, and budget management. Supervises multiple formats, including news and documentary hours, reality series (i.e., Hogan Knows Best), single-subject hours, news specials, presentation pilots, as well companion Internet sites and standalone Internet programming ventures. Helps acquire programming and documentaries and establishes creative partnerships with outside production studios. Serves as production liaison between other network departments such as ad sales, press, promotion, talent relations, dot.com and mobile. Also manages eleven person team responsible for entire daily short form news coverage and red carpet footage on both VH1 and VH1 Classic.
Music News Editor, January 2002 - August 2003
Helps develop cable network's news programming efforts, from news special reports to nonfiction series. Investigative reporter, writer and assistant in production on such shows as "The R. Kelly Sex Scandal," "Who is Michael Jackson?" and "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Uncivil War."Inside.com
Senior Correspondent, May 2000 - October 2001
Covers emerging business, legal, technology and policy news about the music and television industry's transformation in a digital world at Kurt Andersen/Michael Hirschorn-led media start-up. Articles appear in both biweekly print magazine and daily web site. Since February 2001, acquired editing experience, brainstorming and commissioning pieces from four staffers and six freelancers.U.S.News & World Report
Midwest Correspondent, June 1995 - April 2000
Sole reporter covering the 13 state Midwest region for weekly newsmagazine with a readership of 10 million. Special areas of coverage include state and local politics, public policy, economics, business, electronic commerce, telecommunications, new media and arts. As a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, frequent lecturer at national conferences on how the Internet and computers aid reporting.
Reporter, November 1992 - June 1995
Reported and wrote articles for business section and investigative unit. Business coverage included media and communications, computers and macroeconomics. Expertise in computer-assisted stories included examinations of public finance, bank and insurance regulation, municipal bond market, and telephone customer service.
Researcher, July 1990 - November 1992
Assisted in writing, reporting and researching articles on variety of topics, such as public policy and business. Helped compile quantitative analysis on large database projects, including America's Best Colleges and reports on the economic health of the states. Participated in magazine's interactive forum on Compuserve.Common Cause Magazine
Editorial Intern/researcher, September 1989 - March 1990
Assisted senior staff writers with investigative articles pertaining to government ethics, campaign finance reform and influence-peddling for quarterly magazine.Washington City Paper
Stringer, September 1989 - July 1990 Wrote local feature stories for alternative weekly.
Fluency in Windows and Macintosh operating systems; frequent use of Internet and online government and commercial databases for story research; knowledge of most word processing, spreadsheets, relational databases, HTML and communications software.
Connecticut College
B.A. in Government, History Minor, Overall 3.6 GPA, May 1989
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Pi Sigma Alpha, Robert E. Lorish Prize for excellence in study of Government, Senior Achievement Award for outstanding service and leadership, Honors and Distinction in Major Field, Dean's List every semester, financed 65% of education through scholarships, loans, and employment.American University
Center for International Journalism, one completed graduate school seminar, Spring 1991
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