OVERVIEW
Online journalist experienced at all levels of production, from photographing and filing stories to managing the online editorial operations of a newspaper company
Blogger for 4+ years, writing about food, pop culture and travels on LauraFries.com and web publishing on Web.AAN.org
Web 2.0 enthusiast with professional work standards and multimedia, hyperlocal reporting skills
Publishing software nerd, with experience project managing of two company-wide transitions; specing the creation of open-source plugins, and the development of proprietary CMS functionality
MEDIA WORK
Web Director, February – August 2007
Site Redesign Manager AltWeeklies.com (process blog) and AAN.org
Web Publishing Best Practices Blogger, Web.AAN.org
2.0 Brand Manager, Set up & optimize 2.0 presences including AAN on Facebook, AAN on Twitter, AAN on Flickr, and AAN on del.ico.us
Community Conversations Editor, for 2007 AAN Convention at Portland2007.AAN.org, setting up blog, recruiting community writers, and assisting with the creation of a web to print community-sourced newsletter.
Web Editor, February 2005 – August 2006
Online Production Creative Loafing Atlanta, Charlotte & Tampa : Oversee and assist with production of all CL paper content (130+ stories weekly) including editing photos; managing requests for graphics; maintaining article comment forums; and coordinating & assigning site corrections to staff
Editor of Multimedia Projects including CL blogs, CL podcasts, and special project websites such as Best Of 2005 (behind the scenes)
Project Manager for 2 company-wide CMS transitions Sketched out site; worked with designers to create templates; worked with webmasters to build & test templates; worked with vendors to troubleshoot import of archives and automated import of content (Behind the scenes)
Manage Legal Paperwork & Budgets Advise managers on feasibility of proposed and existing contracts with vendors; manage online freelance budget; develop corporate policy on new media projects (blogs, podcasts); write and maintain release forms for new media projects
Creative Loafing Tampa (née Weekly Planet)
Food Editor/Staff Writer,
October 2004 – February 2005
Responsible for edits and photo assignments for Food sections of both Sarasota and Tampa papers while reporting in News section
Wrote a weekly food column, “All You Can Eat”
Promoted before benefits set in to manage online editorial operations for the company
Food Editor/Staff Writer, January – July 2004
Headed and coordinated the creation of a Restaurant Database
Pushed for online exclusives, posting recipes and photo galleries online
Generated and assigned story ideas, photo shoots, responsible for billing, copyediting, and galley edits
Transformed section in print, tripling and diversifying content
Started and headed a revamped Editorial Internship Program
Left Current to accept Poynter News Reporting and Writing Fellowship for College Graduates
Calendar Editor, March – December 2003
Solely responsible for transition to web-based CMS (Drillpress) for all listings content; including assisting in the production of export scripts for print
Designed and implemented a new system for calendar in response to a production crisis
Copyedited, galley proofed, managed editorial process in addition to duties of producing the calendar each week
Reported breaking news stories while investigating long term projects
Editorial Intern, January – March 2003
Won the “Star of the Month” award for writing a cover story in first month of internship; a first for the organization
