PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Examiner.com, and online news source – Denver, Co. 2010 to present
Contributing Education Editor: Assigned to cover the Fort Worth Independent School District board meetings, and various other school activities.
Contributing Education Editor: Assigned to cover the Fort Worth Independent School District board meetings, and various other school activities.
Star Newspaper Group – Burleson, Texas, 2009
Editor, and publisher, of two newspapers covering news in the south Tarrant county area: The Kennedale Star and The South Tarrant Star newspapers.
Editor, and publisher, of two newspapers covering news in the south Tarrant county area: The Kennedale Star and The South Tarrant Star newspapers.
Fort Worth Star – Telegram newspaper, 2008 to present
Contract Reporter: Assigned to cover a wide – range of government, health, education and business news.
Contract Reporter: Assigned to cover a wide – range of government, health, education and business news.
Alliance Newspaper Group, Fort Worth, Texas, 2006 to 2008
Part – time Reporter: Covered local board of supervisors meetings. Averaged two stories a week.
Part – time Reporter: Covered local board of supervisors meetings. Averaged two stories a week.
Construction Equipment Guide magazine, Fort Washington, PA., 2000 to 2001
Contributing Editor: Southwest Edition. Assigned to cover construction projects, and various construction issues that affected the state of Arizona.
Contributing Editor: Southwest Edition. Assigned to cover construction projects, and various construction issues that affected the state of Arizona.
Casa Grande Newspaper, Casa Grande, Ariz. 2002 to 2006
Contributing Editor: Covered news issues that affected the community of Maricopa, Arizona. My news coverage assignments included: the Maricopa Unified School District, and local business stories.
Contributing Editor: Covered news issues that affected the community of Maricopa, Arizona. My news coverage assignments included: the Maricopa Unified School District, and local business stories.
Rocky Mountain Construction Magazine, Denver, Co., 2001 to 2004
Contributing Editor: Southwest Edition. Assigned to cover construction projects, and a variety of construction issues that affected the state of Arizona.
Contributing Editor: Southwest Edition. Assigned to cover construction projects, and a variety of construction issues that affected the state of Arizona.
Living Blues Magazine, Oxford, Mississippi, 1992 Edition
Authored a long – form journalism piece on a hybridized folk music, zydeco music. Elements of my work were used by a Houston Community College music anthropologist working on a book regarding Texas zydeco music.
Living Blues Magazine is a bi-monthly magazine of the African American blues tradition, and America's oldest blues periodical. It has a circulation of twenty – five thousand copies.
Authored a long – form journalism piece on a hybridized folk music, zydeco music. Elements of my work were used by a Houston Community College music anthropologist working on a book regarding Texas zydeco music.
Living Blues Magazine is a bi-monthly magazine of the African American blues tradition, and America's oldest blues periodical. It has a circulation of twenty – five thousand copies.
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1994 to 1996
▪ Technical Editor: Responsibilities included editing diagnostic software documentation written by Compaq's software engineers. ▪ Interviewed subject matter experts (SME's) regarding any problems, or issues, arising from technical documentation before information was launched onto the Internet.
▪ Familiar with SQL (structured query language) data management databases.
▪ Worked with a diverse group of professionals allowing me to grow as a professional.
Houston Engineers, Houston, Texas, 1997 to 1998
▪ Assistant Technical Editor: Provided excellent editorial knowledge, and proofreading skills, during document production.
▪ Assisted in graphic design.
▪ Attended weekly engineering department meetings.
Input/Output, Inc., Houston, Texas, 1999 to 1999
▪ Contract Technical Writer: assisted in the production of a standard procedure manual for the assembly of the 2517 hydrophone electronic device. The hydrophone was used for deep - sea oil exploration.
Houston Chronicle newspaper, Houston, Texas 1990 to 1993
Community News Reporter: Assigned to cover the local news, and entertainment. A deadline – driven position where accuracy and creativity were essential. Several opportunities occurred where I scooped the daily side reporters.
Community News Reporter: Assigned to cover the local news, and entertainment. A deadline – driven position where accuracy and creativity were essential. Several opportunities occurred where I scooped the daily side reporters.
Traffic Central, Houston, Texas 1988 to 1989
Traffic News Reporter: Assigned to cover morning and evening drive – time (rush hour) traffic in the Houston metropolitan area, and weekend news producer.
Traffic News Reporter: Assigned to cover morning and evening drive – time (rush hour) traffic in the Houston metropolitan area, and weekend news producer.
Skills include: MS Word, PageMaker, Visio, and Excel
Education
University of Houston
B.A., Radio and Television, Journalism, 1983
University of Phoenix
M.A. Education, 2007
University of Houston
B.A., Radio and Television, Journalism, 1983
University of Phoenix
M.A. Education, 2007
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