Internal communications coordinator at Evergreen Healthcare
Greater Seattle Area
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- Internal communications coordinator at Evergreen Healthcare
- Past
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- Web producer at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Media relations at Newspaper Guild
- Designer at ASNE
- CCI Superuser/artist at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Page designer/copy editor at King County Journal, Bellevue, Wash. (Journal American)
- Page designer/copy editor at Contra Costa Times
- News editor at The News-Review
- Managing editor at Flaherty Newspapers
- Education
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- Prosser High
- The Evergreen State College
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Curt Milton’s Summary
Curt Milton’s Specialties:
Writing, editing, graphic design, photography, web publishing, video editing/television production and media relations.
Curt Milton’s Experience
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Internal communications coordinator
Evergreen Healthcare
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Writing, editing, design, photography, media relations for a major health care provider in Kirkland, Wash.
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Web producer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
October 1995 — March 2009 (13 years 6 months)
Web producer for seattlepi.com. Responsibilities include all facets of web site production, including story selection, writing, editing, conceptualizing, strategic planning, design, photo manipulation, video editing and infographics. I also track and discuss site metrics and implement content and design changes to increase traffic and SEO. I was a contributor to the P-I’s Big Blog.
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Media relations
Newspaper Guild
(Newspapers industry)
1990 — 2008 (18 years )
Media relations coordinator for newspaper union. Responsible for writing press releases, planning media strategy, producing press conferences, making media calls and more.
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Designer
ASNE
(Newspapers industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
I was a professional mentor, helping students produce the convention newspaper for the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 2006 and 2007. My focus was on design and infographics.
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CCI Superuser/artist
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Page designer, copy editor and graphic artist for features and other sections.
Researcher, writer, editor and designer for infographics on a variety of subjects, including science and technical material, ranging from a primer on Islam to mud flows on Mt. Rainier, the Cinerama Theatre and many others. This requires use of a variety of research tools, including the web, Lexus/Nexus, wire services and interviewing sources.
Produced videos for in-house and web use.
Designer/coordinator for special sections.
Major accomplishment: Member of a seven-person team that implemented a new computer system for the paper:
- Project involved extensive travel in the U.S. and Europe, technical consultations with vendors and users, and writing detailed reports.
- Worked with the vendor (CCI Europe) to spec and implement the system, which uses Word, Access, Excel and CCI's page design software.
- My major responsibilities included writing typesetting codes for all sections of the paper, writing end-user documentation, training users and troubleshooting the system during installation and use. -
Page designer/copy editor
King County Journal, Bellevue, Wash. (Journal American)
(Newspapers industry)
1990 — 1995 (5 years )
Graphic designer/copy editor for features section of daily newspaper.
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Page designer/copy editor
Contra Costa Times
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 1989 — July 1990 (1 year 3 months)
Copy editor, page designer for the CCT's four daily papers.
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News editor
The News-Review
(Newspapers industry)
March 1985 — May 1989 (4 years 3 months)
News editor and page designer for a daily newspaper.
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Managing editor
Flaherty Newspapers
(Online Media industry)
1980 — 1985 (5 years )
Curt Milton’s Education
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Prosser High
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The Evergreen State College
BA , Communications, economics, Russian/Soviet studies, photography
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Curt Milton’s Interests:
Online, new tech, movies, music (I do some jazz singing), books, photography, video production, outdoors, indoors, living in Seattle, travel.
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