Journalist and consultant
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Principal at NPOpen LLC
- Publisher/Editor at RetirementRevised
- Columnist - Retire Smart at Tribune Media Services
- President at 50+Digital LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Publisher/Editorial Director at Satisfaction Magazine
- Editorial Director at FluentMedia
- Director-Internet Marketing at Arthur Andersen
- Executive Editor at KnowledgeSpace
- Communications consultant at Independent
- Deputy Managing Editor at Chicago Sun-Times
- Business Contributor at WBEZ-FM
- Editor/Managing Editor at Crain's Chicago Business
- Editor at Crain Communications
- Education
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- Grinnell College
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Mark Miller’s Summary
Creative media innovator with exceptional leadership, editorial,
communication and entrepreneurial skills. Strong background in overall
product management, editorial management, design and interactive
technology. Experience in magazines, newspapers, Internet and broadcast
media.
Mark Miller’s Specialties:
Magazine publishing, editorial content development and management, radio broadcasting, website development.
Mark Miller’s Experience
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Principal
NPOpen LLC
(Internet industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
NPOpen is an interactive consultancy focused on the non-profit sector. Our name references our strong belief in the important benefits of open source software solutions for non-profits, including cost, search engine optimization, Web 2.0 functionality, easy content authoring, frequent version updates and stability.
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Publisher/Editor
RetirementRevised
(Internet industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
RetirementRevised is the companion website to Retire Smart, my syndicated newspaper column. The site showcases the column, breaking news related to retirement, and video interviews with experts in the field.
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Columnist - Retire Smart
Tribune Media Services
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Publishing industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Retire Smart is a weekly column appearing in more than 30 newspapers with combined circulation of more than 2.2 million. The column also appears online. For millions of Baby Boomers, retirement is an opportunity for reinvention, rather than taking it easy. The column is a playbook for the new professional and personal pursuits of the Baby Boomer generation, covering news and trends about careers, personal finance, family, travel, health, real estate, volunteering and education.
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President
50+Digital LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
50+Digital LLC develops multimedia focused on 50-plus Americans. We do consulting work for interactive and print clients and do start-up work in interactive, print and broadcast media. I write a column on 50+Lifestyles for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Publisher/Editorial Director
Satisfaction Magazine
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Publishing industry)
September 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Created and ran pioneering lifestyle magazine and website targeting the affluent Baby Boomer market. Responsible for all aspects of the multimedia brand, including editorial, sales, marketing, circulation and website development.
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Editorial Director
FluentMedia
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Online Media industry)
October 2000 — September 2005 (5 years )
Oversaw editorial content development and licensing for interactive content licensing division of Tribune Media Services. FluentMedia licensed custom news feeds to corporate intranets and extranets.
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Director-Internet Marketing
Arthur Andersen
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 8 months)
Directed public website and client-related extranet sites for one of the world's largest professional services organizations.
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Executive Editor
KnowledgeSpace
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 7 months)
Editorial director for pioneering client extranet site developed by Arthur Andersen. Included development of customized news feeds for clients, online community, multimedia presentations and best practices database for use by Andersen clients.
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Communications consultant
Independent
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 1996 — March 1997 (1 year 2 months)
Independent consultant on strategic communications issues, website
development and Internet training. Clients included John D. and Catherine
T. Macarthur Foundation, Arthur Andersen, Metropolitan Planning
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Deputy Managing Editor
Chicago Sun-Times
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 1993 — January 1996 (2 years 6 months)
Editor in charge of Sunday edition of Chicago's second-largest newspaper. Also oversaw editorial for all business and consumer sections of the daily and Sunday newspaper.
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Business Contributor
WBEZ-FM
(Writing and Editing industry)
1985 — 1993 (8 years )
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Editor/Managing Editor
Crain's Chicago Business
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 1982 — August 1993 (11 years 1 month)
Lead newsroom of nation’s top regional business weekly. Determine
strategy, content. Manage newsroom of 25 editors and reporters; lead staff
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Editor
Crain Communications
(Writing and Editing industry)
1981 — 1993 (12 years )
Mark Miller’s Education
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Grinnell College
1973 — 1976
Additional Information
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Mark Miller’s Interests:
Environment, global warming, affordable housing,
Mark Miller’s Groups:
Director, Housing Opportunity Development Corp.
Former director, Evanston Community Foundation
Former director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
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Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest
Mark Miller’s Honors:
Jakob Nielsen 2001 Best Intranet application award.
Peter Lisagor Award. Excellence in editorial writing, Chicago Headline Club
(Sigma Delta Chi), 1992 and 1993.
General Excellence in regional business journalism. Led Crain's Chicago
Business to eight consecutive honors as the nation's best weekly tabloid in
annual competition of the Assn. of Area Business Publications.
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