Résumé

Experience

Multimedia Producer

The New York Times

New York, NY

January 2011 – present

  • Build custom interactive presentations with journalists across the newsroom.
  • Built the WordPress backend for SchoolBook, a community, story and data-driven education project.

Lecturer, New Media

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Berkeley, C.A.

January 2009 – January 2011

New Media Projects Editor / Operations Manager

Las Vegas Sun | Greenspun Interactive

Las Vegas, N.V.

September 2007 to January 2009

  • Managed the production-oriented new media journalists for Greenspun Media Group’s recent television projects and the company’s traditionally print publications, including: the daily Las Vegas Sun; Las Vegas Weekly, an edgy alternative magazine; the weekly InBusiness newspaper; eight weekly community newspapers and other Vegas-centric magazines.
  • Project managed the launch of lasvegassun.com, lasvegasweekly.com, the weekly “All In” sports show for a local broadcast station and 702.tv, both the Web and television product.
  • Participated in the conception, design and execution of company-wide new media initiatives, both technically and editorially.
  • Oversaw video-related infrastructure build out for Greenspun Media Group, including storage, asset management, studio space and IP distribution.
  • Filled in where needed on deadline-driven projects, from Web and Flash developer to cutline writer.

Multimedia Specialist

Smithsonian Institution

Washington, D.C.

July 2004 to September 2007

  • Developed, scripted and produced multimedia exhibits.
  • Programed three-tier multimedia applications with Flash/ActionScript, ColdFusion and SQL Server.
  • Shot and edited digital video, photographs and audio.
  • Specified hardware for high-use indoor and outdoor multimedia installations.
  • Authored and built DVD-based exhibits.
  • Managed all multimedia-related content and contractors for the Smithsonian National Zoological Park’s $53-million Asia Trail exhibit.

Web Developer

NACCRRA

Washington, D.C.

October 2003 to July 2004

  • Built LAMP-based applications for the organization’s five Web sites.
  • Developed a PHP API to handle templating, database calls and membership data searches across multiple sites.
  • Built a custom listserv application.
  • Spearheaded the migration of Web sites from many under-utilized dedicated Linux/Apache/MySQL servers to virtually hosted Web sites on one small, easier-to-manage cluster.

Web Developer/Administrator

American Forests

Washington, D.C.

July 2001 to October 2003

  • Built Web-based applications with PHP on Windows and Linux, including: a shopping cart, template-driven pages, a news release CMS, a searchable tree database and an interface for an ArcIMS map server.
  • Developed a Web-based conference registration tool (PHP/MySQL) with a Microsoft Access/MyODBC-based administration interface for ease of use and standard Microsoft Office features, such as mail merges.
  • Administered all Web, DNS, file, and print servers on Windows NT and Linux, as well as the Cisco router and firewall.

Online Editor/Online Staff Member

The Daily Tar Heel

Chapel Hill, N.C.

August 1999 to May 2001

  • Maintained online version of newspaper every weekday.
  • Led a staff of 14 volunteers.
  • Spearheaded a redesign and shift from static pages to a database-driven site.
  • Oversaw online-only editorial content.
  • Taught new members Unix basics.
  • Maintained Perl scripts that parsed QuarkXpress files and outputted HTML.

Education

MA, Interactive Journalism

American University

Washington, D.C.

May 2007

BA, Multimedia Journalism

The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, N.C.

May 2001

Tools

I have found the following tools invaluable in solving real-world problems, from building Web sites to kiosks to e-commerce solutions. I’ve used a lot more, but to varying degrees of proficiency, I consider these part of my bag of tricks:

XHTML, CSS, PHP, Python, Django, MySQL, SQL Server, WordPress CMS, Ellington CMS, Flash/Actionscript, Apache, BIND, BASH, Subversion, procmail, TextMate, vim, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, basic photography and videography, and basic system administration on OS X, Linux and Windows.

Awards

2008 Online Journalism Awards

Online News Association

General Excellence, Medium Site (lasvegassun.com)

2008 EPpy Awards

Editor & Publisher

Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site, Less Than A Million Uniques A Month (lasvegassun.com)

Select Speaking Engagements

Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show (Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek)

June 16th, 2010

Panelist on the “Lessons from Local Startups” session, where I talked about the challenges and successes of Oakland North, Richmond Confidential and Mission Local

Online News Association Conference

September 12th, 2008

“Starting From Scratch at the Las Vegas Sun” presentation as part of the “How’d They Do That?” track at ONA 2008.

Society of News Design Conference

September 7th, 2008

“Designing Beyond Print at the Las Vegas Sun” session for journalism students at SND Vegas.

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

June 8th, 2008

“Rapid Change in the Newsroom” session for the Multimedia Training workshop.

Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show (Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek)

May 15th, 2008

Panelist in the “Are We Being Bold Enough?” session.

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

March 25th, 2008

“Rapid Change in the Newsroom” session for the Technology Training for Editors workshop.

College Media Advisers Conference

March 14th, 2008

Talked about the launch of LasVegasSun.com as a sidebar to an all-day panel with Rob Curley of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.