Highlights of current and past experience:
- More than 10 years of journalism experience; currently self-employed full-time
- Staff or contributing writer: Kitsap Business Journal, Kitsap Sun, Peninsula Gateway, WestSound Home & Garden Magazine
- Staff or contributing editor: Key Peninsula News (executive editor), North Mason Life , Port Orchard Life, Seattle News Fax, WestSound Home & Garden Magazine
- Freelance articles and essays (samples in portfolio): Alaska Coast Magazine, Alaska Star, Anchorage Daily News, Classical Singer Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Gig Harbor Life, High Country News, Insider’s Guide to Anchorage, Peninsula Gateway, True North, New York Times Corp. for weather.com
- Other journalism and PR experience: “Celebrate Key Peninsula” coffee table photography book (executive editor and co-author); MSNBC/KTUU-TV, Anchorage, Alaska (website writer/producer); print and online marketing and communication materials for public and private clients
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Communications cum laude with leadership honors and Golden Key National Honor Society honors, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2000
Professional Awards and Other Honors:
- 2008 Citizen of the Year nominee, Key Peninsula Lions Club
- 40 Under Forty, Class of 2007, Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
- Media Awareness award, 2005 Tacoma Pierce County DUI and Traffic Safety Awards
- Second place, nondaily newspapers (2007); honorable mention (2006), nondaily newspapers, Western Washington Society of Professional Journalists
- Best Technology Story (first place), Best Business Story (first place), Best Breaking News Story (third place), Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 2001 Better Newspaper Contest
- Outstanding Journalism Graduate of the Year, University of Alaska Anchorage Journalism and Public Communications Department
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