I’ve been at the heart of local news media, once chronicling lives literally from cradle to grave and helping reporters tell the stories in between clearly and creatively – and pushing the boundaries of innovative presentation.
Who I am …
- Creator and curator of the award-winning
- “Journotech” guy specializing in WordPress and other CMS administration and customization
- Journalist and instructor with extensive experience in production management, content creation and editing and design for digital, print and social media.
- Father, husband, gamer, blogger, educator, manager
Where I’m at …
IEM
- Public outreach specialist, February 2019-
- Content creator, Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office
- Creator and blogger, 2007-
- Owner, 2016-
- Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 accredited media
Pueblo Community College
- Adjunct faculty: web design instructor, 2013-
- October 2015 part-time faculty of the month
- Curriculum development: content management systems, 2017-
Southern Colorado Press Club
- Board member, 2015-17
- President, 2016-18
- Past-president/board member, 2018-19
- Webmaster, 2015-
What I’m making …
Where I’ve been …
Colorado Publishing House:
- Production manager, August 2018-February 2019
- Colorado Springs Business Journal
- Colorado Springs Independent
- Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group
- Peterson Space Observer
- Schriever Sentinel
- Fort Carson Mountaineer
- Pikes Peak Bulletin
- Southeast Express newspaper launch
Duties:
- Print section layout
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Digital ad design/management
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Website and digital subscription management
- Communicating with printers on quoting, scheduling and quality control
- Digital editor/media director, 2011-18
- 2018 SPJ Colorado Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Award, First Place, General Website Excellence, Chieftain.com
- 2017 Better Newspaper Contest recipient, Best Website-Daily
- 2017 second-place videos in multimedia and breaking news video categories
- 2015 Southern Colorado Press Club Media Excellence award for electronic media
- 2015 Knight-Cronkite Alumni Innovation Grant recipient
- Editor of Pueblo Events, 2014-18
- Curation, reverse publishing, pagination, supervising FTE and interns
- Webmaster, Best of Pueblo, Pueblo Pets, 2012-18, Pueblo Events, 2014-18
- Custom-designed, SSL-secured form submissions sub-site with media kit documents behind email capture (more info)
- Custom discount card order form
GeekDad
- Occasional contributor for the popular GeekDad website, 2010-11, 2017
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Adjunct faculty instructor of online media at Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix campus, 2010-11
East Valley Tribune
- Web editor, assistant news editor, copy editor, page designer, editorial assistant and proud obituary clerk at the Pulitzer Prize-winning suburban Phoenix, Ariz., newspaper, 1998-2011
Presentations
- Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 conference 2018, Denver: Incorporating HTML into reporting
- Southern Colorado Press Club, various dates: paid content, online calendars
Other past roles:
- Freelance features writer for State Press Magazine
- Crime and higher education reporter at ASU State Press
- Data conversion for United States Postal Service
Education
Arizona State University
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Bachelor of Arts degree, Journalism
Maricopa County Community College District (Arizona)
Phoenix College
- Associate of Arts degree, Classical Studies
