Web Task Force team leader at Orange County Register
Orange County, California Area
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- Web Task Force team leader at Orange County Register
- Founder and blogger at Almighty Link
- Speaker and panelist at Conferences and events
- Various positions at Freedom Communications
- Past
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- Marketplace Online Team Leader at Orange County Register
- Web Editor at The Orange County Register
- Web Editor at Press-Telegram
- Web developer at Los Angeles Newspaper Group
- Education
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- University of California, Irvine
- Poly!
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Kevin Sablan’s Summary
Web news and information presentation manager. Match technology, trend analysis, and customer expectations. Creatively disrupt when necessary. Engage in web-wide conversations.
Kevin Sablan’s Specialties:
Interactive journalism, line editing, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, Omniture, Google Analytics, social networking, project management
Kevin Sablan’s Experience
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Web Task Force team leader
Orange County Register
(Privately Held; Media Production industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Lead and train team of online specialists to assist individual staff members and teams in newsroom, advertising and marketing to succeed online.
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Founder and blogger
Almighty Link
(Online Media industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Develop, write, market and blog about use of hyperlinks, especially by journalists.
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Speaker and panelist
Conferences and events
(Online Media industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
I've spoken for the following events or organizations:
* Consumer Electronics Show, 2009
* 140 Character Conference, Los Angeles 2009
* Social Media Club, Orange County
* Real Estate BarCamp, Orange County
I've also taught online journalism sessions for UCLA students looking to contribute to the Daily Bruin and spoken about social media to students at Chapman University. -
Various positions
Freedom Communications
(Online Media industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
Freedom Communications is the parent company of Orange County Register Communications. This entry is listed to make it easy to connect with other employees of the same parent company.
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Marketplace Online Team Leader
Orange County Register
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
October 2006 — August 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Editor of consumer technology coverage. Responsible for online presentation of Money (business) section of web site. Coordinate coverage to produce online and print editorial products.
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Web Editor
The Orange County Register
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Web site development and maintenance.Design and produce sections of site, and help producers to populate those sections.
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Web Editor
Press-Telegram
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Newspapers industry)
April 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Shape online news coverage for all areas of content. Assist in development of advertorial online content.
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Web developer
Los Angeles Newspaper Group
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
2003 — April 2004 (1 year )
Create systems to enhance web presentation of news, information, and advertisements from internal sources as well as third party vendors. Design and produce interactive content in collaboration with newsroom staff.
Kevin Sablan’s Education
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University of California, Irvine
Software Engineering 1989 — 1992
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Poly!
Additional Information
Kevin Sablan’s Websites:
Kevin Sablan’s Interests:
journalism, social media, user interface design, search engine optimization, jazz, percussion instruments
Kevin Sablan’s Groups:
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Social Media Club
Kevin Sablan’s Honors:
National Journalism Awards for Web Reporting, 2003
Kevin Sablan’s Contact Settings
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