Freelance Journalist/Writer
1/01 to present
Duties include writing entertainment stories, celebrity interviews,
first-person columns, dog-themed articles, news stories, features,
movie reviews, DVD/video reviews, business pieces, public-relations
materials and trend pieces.
Publications include:
Dog's Life Magazine, Examiner.com, the Pasadena
Star-News, Dog Fancy Magazine, Orange Coast Magazine, Los Angeles Daily
News, Los Angeles Times' Campus Times, Video Store Magazine, All Movie
Guide, Veterinary Practice News, Pet Product News, Fullerton News
Tribune, WHERE Magazine, Preferred Destinations Magazine, The D
Newspaper, the Riverside Press-Enterprise, Popular Dogs Series, MyHero.com.
Highlights: –National columnist for Dog Fancy Magazine, spearheading the new "For the Love of Dogs" and "Star Power" columns;
—Contributing Editor for Dog Fancy Magazine;
—Doggie Diva and Creature Connection columnist for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group (ex: the Pasadena Star-News);
—"Dinner and a DVD" columnist for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group;
—Regular entertainment columnist for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group;
--Regular writer for Orange Coast Magazine's celebrity cover features;
—Spearhead Dog Fancy Magazine's annual, national search for Dogtown USA;
—Cover-story writer for various publications (Dog Fancy Magazine, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News);
—Fashion columnist/writer for Preferred Destinations Magazine;
—Entertainment columnist and writer for The D newspaper (part of the
Riverside Press-Enterprise) in Palm Springs as well as the Campus
Times, a publication of the Los Angeles Times.
Author
2/08 to present
Wrote Move Over Rover!, a nonfiction book for dog lovers. Published by Clarkson Potter , a division of Random House, in August 2009.
Journalism Professor
8/08 to present
Instructor for Journ. 101, teaching junior college students about journalism skills, from writing and reporting to sports writing and magazine features. Instructor for Journ. 108, teaching advanced feature- and freelance-writing skills.
Journalism Advisor
1/02 to present
Spearheading and creating a school-newspaper program for fourth- and fifth-graders at two elementary schools.
Creative Writing Advisor
9/05 to 6/06
Spearheading and creating an after-school fiction writing program for fourth- and fifth-graders.
Associate Editor-Video Store Magazine
10/99 to 6/01
Wrote weekly features, trend stories and business articles, designed
and wrote a weekly theatrical page, covered issues in the video and
home entertainment industries, wrote movie and DVD reviews. Special
sections editor (July 2000) and Web Content Provider.
Designer-Tustin Weekly newspaper
8/99 to 10/99
Used Adobe PhotoShop and Quark Express to design an award-winning, two-section, four-color weekly newspaper.
News Editor-The Orange Independent newspaper
11/97 to 10/99
Designed a four-color weekly newspaper using Quark Express and Adobe
Photoshop. Wrote a columns, news and feature pieces. Supervised a staff
of freelance writers and photographers.
Accomplishments: Three-time CNPA contest award winner for design and layout (first place two times)
Journalist-Tustin Weekly newspaper
11/97 to 10/99
Covered the Tustin Unified School District and reported on education
issues. Also found, developed and wrote feature stories, unsigned
editorials, columns and profiles. Designed sister publication, The
Tustin Weekender, a 24-page Los Angeles Times-affiliated newspaper.
Journalist-The Orange Independent newspaper
5/95 to 10/99
Found, developed and wrote features, news briefs, government stories, breaking news, cover stories and columns each week.
Accomplishments: Six-time award winner at The Best Reporter's Contest in Costa Mesa (three for first-person column writing)
Media Relations Spokesperson-American Red Cross
7/93 to 9/94
Wrote press releases, worked with media, co-spearheaded community
events, assisted with annual reports and neighborhood outreach.
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