San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Regional editor at Patch.com
- Past
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- Assistant Managing Editor, Online content at Bay Area News Group, East Bay
- Editor for online news and citizen media at Contra Costa Times
- Blogger at CitizenPaine.com
- Founding editor at GetLocalNews.com
- Online editor at Contra Costa Times
- Assistant metro editor, bureau chief, reporter at Contra Costa Times
- Freelancer at Freelance (Self-employed)
- Education
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- Northwestern University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Connections
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Ari Soglin’s Experience
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Regional editor
Patch.com
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
December 2009 — Present (1 month)
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Assistant Managing Editor, Online content
Bay Area News Group, East Bay
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — December 2009 (2 years 5 months)
Lead editor for the content on news web sites ContraCostaTimes.com, InsideBayArea.com and OaklandTribune.com and for BandsOfTheBay.com. Sites generate 11 million page views a month. Responsible for staff training in such areas as online storytelling, multimedia reporting tools, blogging, continuous news coverage.
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Editor for online news and citizen media
Contra Costa Times
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
July 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 2 months)
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Blogger
CitizenPaine.com
(Online Media industry)
May 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 1 month)
An insider's views on citizen journalism
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Founding editor
GetLocalNews.com
(Online Media industry)
2000 — June 2005 (5 years )
Network of community and topic-based citizen journalism web sites.
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Online editor
Contra Costa Times
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
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Assistant metro editor, bureau chief, reporter
Contra Costa Times
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
1987 — 1999 (12 years )
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Freelancer
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)
1986 — 1988 (2 years )
Ari Soglin’s Education
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Northwestern University
MSJ , Journalism , 1982 — 1983
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Washington University in St. Louis
BA , English Literature, Political Science , 1978 — 1982
