Assistant metro editor at The Courier-Journal
Louisville, Kentucky Area
- Current
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- Assistant metro editor at The Courier-Journal
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- Reporter at Wilmington Star-News
- Reporter at Raleigh News & Observer
- Reporter at Durham Morning Herald / Chapel Hill Herald
- House dick, slimer and vagabond at The Plaza, The Park Lane, Kemp Fisheries, Pinkertons and more
- Education
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Boston University
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Mark Schaver’s Summary
I'm a journalist who specializes in the use of technology to produce in-depth investigative and general reporting of public affairs. I report, write and edit but also know how to code software, run a Web server, query a database and analyze data.
Mark Schaver’s Specialties:
Police and courts, education, politics, government, Web programming, scripting, GIS, data analysis
Mark Schaver’s Experience
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Assistant metro editor
The Courier-Journal
(Public Company; GCI; Newspapers industry)
December 1990 — Present (19 years )
I edit stories, supervise reporters and oversee the newspaper's computer-assisted reporting efforts.
Previously I was the newspaper's computer-assisted reporting director and a reporter.
As the CAR director, I worked with reporters and editors to obtain databases and analyze data for daily stories and long-term investigative projects; developed data and map applications for the newspaper's Web site and intranet; administered Windows and Linux servers; created maps for graphics and online; assisted with various news and technology projects; and trained staff on spreadsheets, databases and how to do Web research.
As a reporter, I covered 19 counties in far Western Kentucky, education, the Kentucky General Assembly, the Louisville police and the federal courts. -
Reporter
Wilmington Star-News
(Newspapers industry)
1989 — 1990 (1 year )
Beats included Columbus County, beaches and city hall.
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Reporter
Raleigh News & Observer
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)
1987 — 1988 (1 year )
Part-time night cops reporter for the N&O's Durham bureau while in graduate school.
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Reporter
Durham Morning Herald / Chapel Hill Herald
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
1987 — 1987 (less than a year)
Part-time for The Chapel Hill Herald while in graduate school.
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House dick, slimer and vagabond
The Plaza, The Park Lane, Kemp Fisheries, Pinkertons and more
(Fishery industry)
June 1982 — August 1986 (4 years 3 months)
Between undergraduate and graduate schools, I worked as a house officer in New York luxury hotels, a slimer and fork lift driver in Alaskan fish factories, a telemarketer for the Anchorage Daily News, a Pinkertons security guard, a convenience store clerk and at numerous other odd jobs. I also traveled in North and South America, Europe and Africa.
Mark Schaver’s Education
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master's , Journalism , 1986 — 1988
Left graduate school to work for Wilmington Star-News. Degree granted in 1993.
- Activities and Societies:
- Editor, JAFA News. Reporter, Daily Tar Heel.
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Boston University
Bachelor's , Economics and political science , 1979 — 1982
Completed double major in three years.
- Activities and Societies:
- Magna Cum Laude
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Mark Schaver’s Interests:
Journalism, writing, programming, data visualization, drawing, multimedia, investigative reporting, databases, data, politics, economics, research methods, travel
Mark Schaver’s Contact Settings
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- career opportunities
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
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- business deals
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