Production Editor/Columnist at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hawaiian Islands
- Current
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- Production Editor/Columnist at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
- Past
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- Presentation Editor at The Bremerton Sun
- Page designer at The Star-News
- Copy editor at The Ledger
- Managing Editor at Columbian-Progress
- Education
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- University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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Curt Brandao’s Experience
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Production Editor/Columnist
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
(Publishing industry)
1998 — Present (11 years)
In charge of A section production and wire report, supervising 10 copy editors and page designers. Duties include budgeting news hole, hiring, training and scheduling as well as slotting the local and wire reports and designing A1. Special projects included creating new copy-flow procedures during the newsroom's transition from SII to Quark Publishing System file management. In 2002, began writing "Digital Slob," a humorous technology column now distributed by Universal Press Syndicate.
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Presentation Editor
The Bremerton Sun
(Publishing industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
As a senior newsroom manager, led a staff of 10 copy editors and page designers in the design and editing of all editorial content on a universal desk, guiding news coverage with other team leaders. Solved conflicts and copy-flow bugs during a transition to full ad pagination on a Quark-based system. Wrote columns for the newspaper's weekly Neighbors section. Previously served as a page designer, slotting and copy editing all sections for the Scripps Howard daily in Bremerton, Wash., chosen by the Society for Newspaper Design as one of the top 16 designed newspapers in the world in 1996, and winner of 13 regional SPJ awards in 1997.
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Page designer
The Star-News
(Publishing industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
Created award-winning Lifestyle fronts using Quark, Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop for the New York Times Co. daily in Wilmington, N.C. Other duties included producing special sections and organizing visual planning among reporters, photographers and artists. Occasionally created illustrations for NYTRNG feature packages.
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Copy editor
The Ledger
(Publishing industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Edited for the New York Times Co. daily in Lakeland, Fla. Designed fronts and served as night slot editor for A and B sections on deadline. Also designed special sections.
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Managing Editor
Columbian-Progress
(Publishing industry)
1992 — 1993 (1 year)
Led news operations for family-owned twice-weekly newspaper in Columbia, Miss. Edited news, designed fronts, took photos and reported on state and local events.
Curt Brandao’s Education
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University of Tennessee-Knoxville
1990 — 1992
Curt Brandao’s Contact Settings
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