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Experience
Rocky Mountain News
February 2001 to present: Night police reporter
Reporting against the Denver Post for a 529,000 circulation daily paper
The Palm Beach Post
May 1999 to February 2001: Police reporter
Reported against the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel for 218,000 circulation daily paper
July 1999 to present: Freelance features writer
Writing two weekly cyber column and monthly features about the Internet
September 1998 to May 1999: State desk police reporter
Covered stories in three counties and central Florida for the State desk.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
June 1997 to September 1998: Night general assignment reporter
Reported on fast breaking, late news stories and pursued my own long-term enterprise projects for Arlington edition of a 325,000 circulation daily paper.
December 1995 to June 1997: Police reporter
Covered two cities in Tarrant County and assisted with court coverage.
ABC/Capital Cities Internship Program
January 1995 to December 1995: Intern
Covered police for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, general assignments for the Belleville News-Democrat and business and technology for the Albany Democrat-Herald during a year-long internship in three states
The University of Maryland Diamondback
August 1993 to December 1994: Reporter
Covered higher education, administration, courts and the gubernatorial race for 20,000 circulation independent daily newspaper.
Freelance
Geek.com
June 2001 to present: freelance writer
Writing daily news items about the computer gaming industry for Geek.com.
Gamezilla
May 2001 to present: freelance writer
Writing occasional game reviews for e-zine which averages over 7,000 visitors a day.
Extended Play
April 2001 to present: freelance writer
Writing occasional game reviews for a national cable show and its sister website.
Access Magazine
April 2000 to present: freelance writer
Writing occasional web page reviews for 10 million circulation weekly publication and website.
Jester.com
January 2000 to May 2001: PC gaming expert
Writing weekly column on the computer gaming industry, weekly game reviews and monthly feature stories for e-zine which averages 100,000 hits a day.
Education
University of Maryland at College Park
December 1994: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, News-Editorial sequence.
December 1994: Bachelor of Arts in English, American/British literature.
Anne Arundel Community College
May 1992: Associate of Arts
Skills
Attended NICAR bootcamp.
Computer assisted reporting skills including use of spreadsheets, word processors and databases.
Extensive experience in online research and the Internet.
Familiar with html.
Awards
Amon (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )
1998 First place for breaking news.
1997 Second place for community journalism. Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Awards
1998 Second place in Team Effort category for a Class AAAA newspaper. 1998 Honorable mention in Spot News category for a Class AAAA newspaper. Newspaper Association of America Minority Fellowship
1999 Fellow Best of Scripps
2001 Enterprise Specialty reporting
