Experience

cleveland.com

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entertainment Editor

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  Responsible for coordinating online entertainment coverage for Ohio's largest multimedia news operation, producing and managing entertainment coverage for cleveland.com, the daily Plain Dealer and the weekly Sun Newspapers in Northeast Ohio. Responsible for coordinating online entertainment coverage for Ohio's largest multimedia news operation, producing and managing entertainment coverage for cleveland.com, the daily Plain Dealer and the weekly Sun Newspapers in Northeast Ohio.



Plain Dealer Publishing Co.

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Online Arts and Entertainment Editor

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2013

  Responsible for coordinating the online arts-and-entertainment coverage for Ohio’s largest metropolitan daily newspaper in conjunction with the Features department and the paper’s affiliate website Cleveland.com. Duties include editing and posting stories and managing the content of a variety of entertainment blogs and web pages. I also write original stories, and create photo galleries, podcasts, videos and other multi-media. Other duties: I am the liaison between the online team and the newspaper’s Features editors and writers, train staffers on the use of the content-management system and provide technical support. In addition, I integrate our content into social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter. Show less

• Arts & Entertainment Editor

  • Jan 1999 - Jan 2007

  Responsible for coordinating the arts and entertainment coverage for Ohio’s largest metropolitan daily newspaper. Duties included planning and developing stories for daily and weekly sections, editing stories and managing a staff of 20 editors, critics and reporters.

• Popular Music Critic/Pop Music Editor

  • 1992 - 1999

  From 1992 to 1997, I was the main critic on the pop-music beat at The Plain Dealer, the daily newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. I wrote feature stories, concert reviews, album reviews and columns. Responsible for covering the Cleveland-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. From 1997 to 1999, I was the newspaper's Pop Music Editor. I coordinated the coverage of popular music for The Plain Dealer. I also wrote and edited music columns, reviews and feature stories. Managed the newspaper’s staff and freelance music writers. Helped launch a new, daily Arts & Entertainment section. Show less

• Friday Magazine Editor

  • 1991 - 1992

  Edited the newspaper’s weekly entertainment magazine.

• Reporter

  • 1989 - 1991

  Wrote feature stories and magazine pieces on topics ranging from crime to pop culture.



Freelance

• Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Writer/Producer

  • 1984 - 2012

  I have been an active freelance writer and producer since the 1980s. My writing has appeared on numerous print publications and websites, including the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. I also produced video music reviews for Sideways, an iPad magazine published in Cleveland in 2010. I was a regular contributor of reviews and features to First-Media.com, an internet music news and retail site based in Nashville. I have been an active freelance writer and producer since the 1980s. My writing has appeared on numerous print publications and websites, including the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. I also produced video music reviews for Sideways, an iPad magazine published in Cleveland in 2010. I was a regular contributor of reviews and features to First-Media.com, an internet music news and retail site based in Nashville.



Columbus Monthly Magazine

• Columbus, Ohio Area

• Staff writer

  • 1984 - 1989

  Columbus Monthly Magazine, Columbus, Ohio. 1984-89. Wrote magazine features on topics ranging from politics and crime to food and pop culture. Columbus Monthly Magazine, Columbus, Ohio. 1984-89. Wrote magazine features on topics ranging from politics and crime to food and pop culture.



The Columbus Dispatch

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Reporter

  • 1982 - 1984

  Covered the police and other beats for this daily newspaper Covered the police and other beats for this daily newspaper