References available upon request.

experience

USA TODAY August 2003-present
Product innovation manager

Through present. Develops and implements new USA TODAY products and features, such as mini-sites and UGC concepts, and contributes to newsroom innovation and tools planning. Member of four-person team that manages projects from idea creation to rollout, reporting to both USA TODAY's editor and online publisher. Member of USA TODAY Talent Development program and Gannett's IDEO-trained innovation group. Have joined in five Gannett innovation workshops, facilitating at two. Spoke at Newsvision conference, joined Revenue 2.0 development and won daily newsroom award for training/renewal of The Oval. Received Knight Fellowship to Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change.

Network editor

Until January 2009. Led "network journalism" strategies for reader engagement and news community building. Managed day-to-day efforts in a multimillion-piece UGC environment and was a stakeholder in long-term efforts. Supervised one staffer. Led UGC standards development, moderation. Spoke at ONA convention, Pluck Socialize, Knight Digital Media Center workshop, intern training, and college classes. Led training for full 500-person staff. Interviewed for NAA Online Community Cookbook, Poynter, projects in other newsrooms, and college papers. Received a Gannett Chairman's Award in 2007.

News writer

Until March 2007. Co-created and wrote more than 2,000 posts for On Deadline news blog, the site's most popular. Won newsroom awards, spoke at ONA-ASNE seminar, led blog training in newsroom. Served as newsroom lead for publishing system and story-page relaunch, led online newsroom training. Joined site's full relaunch project in fall 2006. Designed content-management system, newsroom-friendly workflows, Photoshop automation. Contributed to design of reader-engagement journalism approach. Built training plans, managed rollout impacts.

Assistant news director

Until November 2005. Produced breaking stories, photo galleries and newsletters. Managed site's front page. Wrote inauguration, Katrina blogs. Contributed to CMS, e-mail, blog plans. Won newsroom awards.

CNN.com July 2002-July 2003
Associate producer, hired from fellowship. View published work. Hired from graduate fellowship. Produced breaking stories and multimedia features, wrote several articles and reported for anti-terror project. Served as network military desk link for early Iraq War coverage.

Institute for Policy Research Winter 2002
Staff. View published work. Redesigned site with news focus to match other IPR publications and NU sites. Developed site operation plans.

Roll Call Summer 2001
Intern. View published work. Reported, researched, aided in online relaunch. Travel database analysis led to paper's special report.

St. Petersburg Times Winter 2001
Reporting intern. View published work. Reported neighborhood and crime issues daily. Ranked in SPJ collegiate spot news contest.

The Daily Northwestern September 1998-January 2001
Administration reporter. View published work. Covered paper's top beat, ranked in Hearst. Work referenced in Devil Wears Prada film.

Online editor. View published work. Led daily efforts and redesign. Developed newsletters, chats and ad system. Won college awards.

Washingtonpost.com Summers 2000, 1999
Intern. 2000: Produced World news, breaking news rewrite, traffic analysis. 1999: Produced Nation and World sections.

education

Northwestern University September 1998-June 2002
Bachelor and Master of Science degrees. View all academic work. From Medill School of Journalism. Undergrad focus in print with political science minor; graduate focus in new media. Completed quarter-long graduate project with Tribune. Kappa Tau Alpha honors.

For undergraduate and graduate work, including stories for the Medill News Service, a wire service distributed to the major surburban Chicago dailies, please see the page of academic work.

Gonzaga College High School September 1994-June 1998
H.S. diploma. Headmaster's Award, newspaper, social justice project.

skills and interests

• Experienced with content-management systems and newsroom tool/workflow design. Familiar with Web design, business and marketing as well as news industry trends. Fluent in HTML and standard desktop and Web apps.

• Member, Online News Association and Sultans of Dot softball team. Interests include reading, writing, online development, the Washington Nationals and Redskins, metro D.C. news, and Bruce Springsteen.