Jennifer Peebles

Jennifer Peebles

Deputy editor at Texas Watchdog

Houston, Texas Area

Current
  • Deputy editor at Texas Watchdog
Past
Education
  • Vanderbilt University
Connections
114 connections
Industry
Internet
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Jennifer Peebles’s Summary

I'm a journalist in the middle of relocating from Nashville, Tenn., to Houston.

Jennifer Peebles’s Specialties:

Freedom of information issues, government coverage, computer-assisted reporting, and I'm trying to learn computer mapping.


Jennifer Peebles’s Experience

  • Deputy editor

    Texas Watchdog

    (Online Media industry)

    September 2008Present (11 months)

  • Government editor

    The Tennessean

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

    2005September 2008 (3 years)

  • State editor

    The Tennessean

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

    20022005 (3 years)

  • Night regional editor, assistant state editor

    The Tennessean

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

    19992002 (3 years)

    Helped supervise the Local News department after-hours and on weekends and worked with the state editor supervising reporters covering the suburban and rural areas outside Nashville.

  • Reporter

    The Tennessean

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

    19951999 (4 years)

    Covered a suburban county for the newspaper, writing news and feature stories for both the main newspaper and a weekly zoned edition.


Jennifer Peebles’s Education

  • Vanderbilt University

    BA , History, concentration in American history , 19911995

    Activities and Societies:
    student newspaper, WRVU radio station, McGill Hall, McTyeire Hall.

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Jennifer Peebles’s Interests:

Work interests: government coverage, computer-assisted reporting, Freedom of Information issues, computer mapping.

Jennifer Peebles’s Groups:

Member of Society of Professional Journalists, now serving as immediate past president and Webmaster for the Middle Tennessee Pro Chapter (www.spj.org/nashville); member of Investigative Reporters and Editors.

  •    Investigative Reporters and Editors
  •    Vanderbilt Alumni Group
  •    Society of Professional Journalists

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