
Editor & Director of Content, Tonic
San Francisco Bay Area

Editor & Director of Content, Tonic
San Francisco Bay Area
Online product management, production and editorial professional with over 10 years experience in media including online content development, newspaper and magazine editorial and production, and television production.
Web production, product management, project management, writing, editing, magazine, newspaper production, broadcast television writing, production.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Leading content strategy and editorial operations for Tonic News.
(Internet industry)
May 2004 — November 2008 (4 years 7 months)
Helped the world's number one news website grow and improve.
(Publishing industry)
August 1997 — May 2008 (10 years 10 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
October 1999 — May 2004 (4 years 8 months)
Managed News & Info group of network websites and team of web producers.
(Publishing industry)
September 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 2 months)
Supervised editorial staff, freelancers, designers, and budget, and teamed with publisher and advertising staff to launch, publicize, and build readership of magazine.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
December 1997 — September 1999 (1 year 10 months)
Wrote numerous articles for Silicon Valley Community Newspaper Group and assisted with special editions for Metro, Silicon Valley's alternative newsweekly.
BS , Journalism , 1994 — 1997
- 1999 California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) General Excellence award.
- Winner of two 1998 CNPA awards for Spot News coverage and Community Service journalism.
- Recipient of a "Laurel" from the Columbia Journalism Review for an investigative article exposing waste from Cal Poly agriculture programs and its impact on San Luis Obispo's watershed.
- President of the 1997 California Intercollegiate Press Association (CIPA). Organized annual CIPA convention, held in San Luis Obispo in April 1997 for 250 journalism students.