Andrew Katkin

Current

News Editor at MSN

Past

Executive Producer at AOL
Home Page Editor at MSN.com
Managing Editor at BillingsGazette.com

Web Manager at The National Environmental Trust
Producer at Discovery.com

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Education

American University
Hampshire College

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Industry

Online Media

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Andrew Katkin’s Summary

Creative media professional with 8+ years of editorial and project management experience. Expertise in managing editorial teams, multimedia production and online publishing. Passionate about "new" media, popular culture and politics. Love working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, newsroom. Deep knowledge of statistical analysis and using stats to make editorial decisions.

Andrew Katkin’s Specialties:

management, writing/editing, multimedia production.

Andrew Katkin’s Experience

News Editor

MSN

(Public Company; MSFT; Online Media industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)

Program the MSN Money module on MSN.com and pitch stories to the MSN home page team. Develop story ideas and assign stories to MSN Money staff writers. Edit breaking news stories and MSN Money's in-house daily stock market dispatch.
Executive Producer

AOL

(Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

March 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Lead and direct daily production of network programming content and design for the AOL Welcome Screen and AOL.com. Lead daily programming planning and design for effectiveness, relevance, timeliness and editorial value according to schedule for assigned categories/businesses. Provide creative direction and daily management for cross-functional teams of editors, photo editors, publishers and others to meet scheduled programming needs on deadline, targeted to specific audiences, platforms and products. Work with network producers, photo and other teams to develop programming concepts for daily programming, special programs and special events.
Home Page Editor

MSN.com

(Public Company; Online Media industry)

June 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Sole responsibility for msn.com on weekends. Select stories, write headlines, source photos and manage production. Create editorial packages based on breaking news and/or enterprise content. Assist in planning and assigning the weekly editorial schedule for the msn homepage.
Managing Editor

BillingsGazette.com

(Newspapers industry)

July 2003 — June 2006 (3 years)

Managed a team online producers, journalists, developers and designers. Developed multimedia initiatives and oversaw production of all multimedia features. Worked closely with reporters and editors to develop blogs and other interactive features. Wrote headlines, proofread articles and drafted write-through stories. Managed redesign and relaunch of site.
Web Manager

The National Environmental Trust

(Non-Profit; Public Relations and Communications industry)

March 2001 — July 2003 (2 years 5 months)

Oversaw design, production and upkeep of net.org, cleartheair.org, ourforests.org and safehometowns.org. Managed redesigns of net.org, cleartheair.org and ourforests.org. Produced multimedia ads, viral flash animations and database-driven web applications. Ran e-activism program. Wrote newsletters and action alerts. Recruited over 100,000 new members.
Producer

Discovery.com

(Online Media industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)

Produced discoverychannel.co.uk, the U.K. edition of discovery.com, and discoveryeurope.com, Discovery’s European portal site. Launched new websites in Danish, Dutch, French, Norwegian and Swedish. Managed content production schedules and edited all online content.

Andrew Katkin’s Education

American University

M.A. , Modern European History , 1993 — 1997
Hampshire College

B.A. , History & Conflict Resolution , 1991 — 1993

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Andrew Katkin’s Interests:

hiking, skiing, travel

Andrew Katkin’s Groups:

Poynter alumni, Western Knight Center alumni, Knight New Media Center alumni, Online News Association member. Former member of Newspaper Association of America's Digital Media Federation., family