Mark Dodge Medlin

Current

• Assistant news editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune
• Administrator at DaniDodge.com
• Proprietor at The Occasional Odd Crop

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Past

• Page designer, copy editor at Ventura County Star
• Page designer, copy editor, presentation editor at Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon

Education

• University of Portland

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Newspapers

Websites

• My Web site
• My employer's site
• Follow me on Twitter

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Summary

As a journalist, I've been a reporter, a copy editor and a page designer. I was the lead A1 designer at three newspapers and led a redesign at one of them. I've shot photos and designed Web pages for work and as an avocation.

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Specialties:

News writing and editing, headline writing, news page design, pagination, editing and design for the Web, photography, blogging.
Technical: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash), Ellington content management system, Cascading Style Sheets, Quark XPress, Microsoft Word, Apple iPhoto and iMovie.
Web: Designer, administrator and photographer for DaniDodge.com, which showcases the paintings and writings of my wife. Write HTML code at and outside of work.

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Experience

• Assistant news editor

  The San Diego Union-Tribune

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

  I design pages, edit stories and write headlines for print. Edit stories and add links for the Web. Have trained colleagues to use our page design system.

• Administrator

  DaniDodge.com

  (Online Media industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  My wife is a journalist and painter. I manage her Web site, handling among other things design and photography.
  
  http://danidodge.com

• Proprietor

  The Occasional Odd Crop

  (Photography industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  I use my photoblog as an artistic outlet and to document my travels around the San Diego area and elsewhere.
  
  http://dodgemedlin.blogspot.com

• Page designer, copy editor

  Ventura County Star

  (Public Company; SSP; Newspapers industry)

  October 2002 — May 2005 (2 years 8 months)

  Designed the front page five days a week, including the Sunday front page. Designed travel section pages, edited copy and wrote headlines.

• Page designer, copy editor, presentation editor

  Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon

  (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

  April 1997 — October 2002 (5 years 7 months)

  Designed Page One, editing the stories and writing the headlines, several days a week, including the Sunday front page. Designed Sunday Life cover and often the cover of weekly entertainment section. Led 2001 redesign. From April 1997 to September 1999, I was presentation editor, supervising five full-time copy editors and taking charge of the overall look of the Mail Tribune.

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Education

• University of Portland

  BA , Communications , 1979 — 1983

  Activities and Societies:

  The Beacon

Additional Information

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Websites:

• My Web site
• My employer's site
• Follow me on Twitter

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Interests:

newspapers, journalism, media, photography, Web design, HTML, XHTML, CSS, InDesign, Flash, Photoshop, new media, bicycling

Mark Dodge Medlin’s Groups:

Flickr (MarkDM), JPG magazine (MarkDM)

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Mark Dodge Medlin’s Contact Settings

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