Chad Capellman

Current

• Web Producer, MissingManuals.com at O'Reilly Media
• Founder at Capellman.com

Past

• Sr. Producer at Eons.com
• Editor at America Online
• Managing Editor at The Media Center at the American Press Institute

• Senior Editor at Alta Vista
• News Editor at PDA Mart
• Staff Editor at CBS Sportsline
• Producer at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
• Correspondent/Online Producer at washingtonpost.com
• Contributing Writer at The Washington Post
• Sports Editor at The Diamondback
• Facilities Engineer at Cable News Network

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Education

• University of Maryland - College Park
• Wheaton High School

Recommended

6 people have recommended Chad

Connections

342 connections

Industry

Online Media

Chad Capellman’s Summary

http://www.capellman.com/clients/ (updates coming soon!)

Chad Capellman’s Specialties:

HTML • CSS • Movable Type • RSS • Google Maps • ColdFusion • Dreamweaver MX • MS SQL (Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer) • Photoshop 7.0 • Fireworks • Macromedia FlashMX 2004 • Sorenson Squeeze • ArcSoft Showbiz • Adobe Image Ready • Adobe Acrobat • Nero Wave Editor • Swish • AOL Art Press • FTP • HotDog • Homesite • Microsoft Office • Microsoft Word • OmniPage Pro • QuarkXPress • Lexis/Nexis • AOL Rainman

Chad Capellman’s Experience

• Web Producer, MissingManuals.com

  O'Reilly Media

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Media Production industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Expanding and updating the web site missingmanuals.com with information on the latest publications from O'Reilly Media and Pogue Press. In addition, online-exclusive content and community initiatives will be featured soon on the site.

• Founder

  Capellman.com

  (Online Media industry)

  2005 — Present (3 years)

• Sr. Producer

  Eons.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  April 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  First editorial hire at Eons.com. In addition to overseeing the editorial direction of the Obits and Fun sections of the Eons.com site, I also played a critical role in the planning, development and implementation of the content management system used for all editorial content on the site.

• Editor

  America Online

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; twx; Online Media industry)

  February 2002 — January 2004 (2 years)

  Updated video sports highlights; Worked on NFL@AOL editorial team. Edited, published and coordinated news, feature packages and results from 2002 Winter Olympics for pages primarily viewed by AOL’s 30 million-plus subscribers.

• Managing Editor

  The Media Center at the American Press Institute

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2000 — October 2000 (1 month)

  Oversaw all aspects of the Web site for the American Press Institute, a 60-year-old nonprofit organization devoted solely to training and professional development for the news industry.
  - Responsible for development, oversight, and updates to mediacenter.org, businessjournalism.org, learningnewsroom.org and all aspects of americanpressinstitute.org.
  - Primary course builder and technical support for API's seminars online.
  - Developed flash-based video channel,
  - Developed backend of Morph, The Media Center's blog,
  - Expanded the site from 12 pages to more network of more than 5,500 pages
  - Developed centralized database to promote hundreds of seminar speakers,
  - Developed numerous internal Web site admin tools

• Senior Editor

  Alta Vista

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  March 2000 — September 2000 (7 months)

  Edited and posted breaking news, sports, technology, entertainment and financial stories. Daily duties included prioritizing, editing and publishing news and photos; apprising Palo Alto, Calif., newsroom on latest developments; periodically oversaw the Ragingbull.com home page, provided frequent stock market updates and wrote daily market summary.

• News Editor

  PDA Mart

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  April 1999 — March 2000 (1 year)

  Wrote, edited and updated corporate and product news concerning Personal Digital Assistants and related software for Delray Beach-based startup division of Softmart Corp.

• Staff Editor

  CBS Sportsline

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; spln; Online Media industry)

  August 1998 — April 1999 (9 months)

  Published and edited content for one of the broadest-reaching sports sites on the World Wide Web. Initiated use of macros to expedite HTML coding of articles; wrote and edited copy for Sports in the 20th Century retrospective as well as occasional breaking news articles. 8/98 - 4/99
  · An original member of Sportsline's team that updated all sports content on America Online (AOL).

• Producer

  Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

  (Public Company; Online Media industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years)

• Correspondent/Online Producer

  washingtonpost.com

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  August 1995 — August 1998 (3 years 1 month)

  Designed and edited Web pages on nightly basis for one of the nation's most-visited and respected news Web sites. Responsibilities were primarily in writing and editing for the sports section, but also included contributions to style and politics sections, as well as working on special events with the marketing department.

• Contributing Writer

  The Washington Post

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

  August 1994 — January 1995 (6 months)

  Wrote news and features on deadline about local athletes and sporting events. Beats included Howard University and American University basketball teams.

• Sports Editor

  The Diamondback

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  July 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 2 months)

  Paid position required assigning, editing and writing stories for the University of Maryland's independent student newspaper. Covered every campus sport with a concentration on football and men's basketball. Other positions included managing editor and wire editor.

• Facilities Engineer

  Cable News Network

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; twx; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 1991 — February 1994 (2 years 7 months)

  Provided various services throughout the Washington, D.C. bureau that required interaction with reporters and editors. Accompanied and assisted reporters in the field on shoots in and around the Washington, D.C., area.

Chad Capellman’s Education

• University of Maryland - College Park

  BA, English, September 1991 — May 1998

  Remain on board of directors for Maryland Media Inc. as representative to the alumni association.

  Activities and Societies:

  Diamondback. 'Nuff said.

• Wheaton High School

  Diploma, 1988 — 1991

Additional Information

Chad Capellman’s Interests:

The Media Center at API - Reston, Va. I have played an active role in organizing, chronicling, and promoting several seminars / events run by The Media Center and have a strong working knowledge of all of the issues and topics discussed at each one: :: Cross-Platform Media Teams :: Mobile Media :: The Vanishing Newspaper: Survival and Public Service in the Age of We Media :: HARVARD SYMPOSIUM: Whose News? :: Emerging Technology, Business and Policy for Senior Executives :: We Media: The Impact of Participatory Media on Election 2004 :: Monetize The Web :: Digital Story Master Class :: Convergence 3.0 - Future Media Scenarios :: Partnership for Online and Beyond: Strategic Thinking for a Multi-platform World :: MediaMorphosis :: We Media ' 05 at the Associated Press http://www.mediacenter.org/events/past

Chad Capellman’s Groups:

•    Online News Association
•    Fans of Mashable
•    University of Maryland, College Park Alumni Association