
Editor, Crosscut.com
Greater Seattle Area

Editor, Crosscut.com
Greater Seattle Area
Reporter, writer, editor at three newspapers. Now editor of Crosscut, a local-news Web site for the Northwest based in Seattle.
Reporting, research, writing, editing, design, Web development.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Employee No. 1, in charge of launch logistics, technology, and content.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 1 month)
No. 2 editorial position, in charge of news, personnel, Web content.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 1985 — March 2001 (16 years 1 month)
Held a number of positions in news, business, and features. Reporting beats: aerospace, media, general assignment. Editing: general news desk, metro desk. Design: daily front page and info graphics.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
November 2000 — January 2001 (3 months)
Organized and ran a paper and Web site that was produced by striking employees of The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)
January 1980 — February 1985 (5 years 2 months)
Covered Richland and Pasco city governments, then worked on the copy desk. Assisted in the 1982 redesign of the paper.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1978 — June 1978 (6 months)
Afternoon DJ at this Top 40 station in Moscow, Idaho.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
September 1974 — August 1976 (2 years)
Sportswriter and editor during senior year in high school in Albion, Mich., working every morning before school. Two subsequent summers (1975 and 1976) as a vacation-fill reporter.
B.A., English, 1975 — 1979
Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Society of Newspaper Design, Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, Associated Press.