Experience

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (PETA) FOUNDATION

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Editor and Manager

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  I manage the workflow and personnel of the team that produces all public-facing content for the Laboratory Investigations Department, a heavily scientific division of PETA focused on ending animal experimentation. We translate often dense scientific information and transform it into salient and lively copy easily understood by a general audience, comprised of 9 million supporters worldwide. Our news releases, blog posts, email alerts and other materials move people to act.

• Science Writer

  • Dec 2018 - Jan 2023

  Turning complicated scientific information into salient, accessible language for public-facing material from the Laboratory Investigations Department of PETA. Write news releases, blog posts, email alerts and other material for both breaking news and long-term assignments.

• Media Relations Officer, Investigations unit

  • May 2017 - Dec 2018

  Working with reporters and editors of domestic and internationally based news publications to help them tell important stories about animals, animal rights and animal abuses. Facilitating expert interviews and opinions and assisting in fact gathering and story context.



Green Street News

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Writer

  • Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

  Covering the hedge fund industry for Hedge Fund Alert. Covering the hedge fund industry for Hedge Fund Alert.



The Times of Trenton

• Trenton, NJ

• Crime Reporter

  • May 2014 - May 2016

  Covering crime, punishment, cops and robbers in the greater Trenton area. Covering crime, punishment, cops and robbers in the greater Trenton area.



Huffington Post Media Group

• NJ Statehouse Reporter

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Covering state politics and news out of the Statehouse in Trenton of interest for all of Patch.com's New Jersey sites, as well as the march toward a possible 2016 presidential run for Gov. Chris Christie.

• Politics Reporter

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  Writing for Patch.com’s 76 sites throughout New Jersey, I cover statewide politics with an emphasis on the race for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. I provide daily copy to all NJ sites on the ins and outs of the race, which involves a field of six candidates, and write longer-range enterprise stories capturing the cadence and tenor of the campaign and its potential effect on the state’s residents.

• Editor

  • Nov 2010 - Jan 2014

  At Patch, I have been editor of several hyper-local news websites, producing high-quality, local, journalism with both long-range and daily content while under the immediate deadlines necessitated by the medium. I made daily use of Search Engine Optimization techniques and developed a deep understanding of social media through extensive use. Video production was essential to my daily experience developing and growing an audience of at least 90,000 residents on the Jersey Shore.



Asbury Park Press

• Newspaper Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Municipal reporter

  • Jan 2003 - Nov 2010

  Municipal reporter covering a population nearing 40,000 in four towns plus a critically important Army post. Provide daily copy under tight deadlines while also writing steady flow of longer-range enterprise and investigative stories for which I have won several awards, caused a Congressional hearing and two federal investigations, prompted federal, state and local legislation and made a national television appearance. Municipal reporter covering a population nearing 40,000 in four towns plus a critically important Army post. Provide daily copy under tight deadlines while also writing steady flow of longer-range enterprise and investigative stories for which I have won several awards, caused a Congressional hearing and two federal investigations, prompted federal, state and local legislation and made a national television appearance.



IMC

• Media Developer

  • Mar 2001 - Apr 2002

  Created new production procedures and educated print graphic artists on sound Web design standards for a fledgling New Media department in a staid print marketing company. Created Web sites, Compact Discs and other promotional multimedia material for MTV and the now- defunct WB Network, among other high-profile companies. Created new production procedures and educated print graphic artists on sound Web design standards for a fledgling New Media department in a staid print marketing company. Created Web sites, Compact Discs and other promotional multimedia material for MTV and the now- defunct WB Network, among other high-profile companies.



Concero Inc

• Creative Director

  • Jun 2000 - Jan 2001

  Client: News Digital Media Project: Foxnews.com Led a team of Foxnews.com designers, developers and production artists through a major site redesign that produced a streamlined, intuitive site while increasing ad space. Designed the User Interface for the Content Management Application, reducing the time news editors spend updating the site. Client: United Entertainment Media Project: Musicplayer.com Wrote a detailed analysis and redesign blueprint for the former musicplayer.com web site User Interface. After guiding the process of redesign, the resulting site retained more users, kept them on the site longer and expanded the company's overall user base. Show less



McClatchy

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Assistant Online Editor

  • Sep 1996 - Jun 2000

  From the ground up, I was one-half of a two-person team that designed, built, maintained and vastly expanded a 24-hour news destination for McClatchy's 85,000 daily circulation newspaper, The Modesto Bee. The site earned a Digital Edge Award for Best Newspaper Web site in June of 2000. From the ground up, I was one-half of a two-person team that designed, built, maintained and vastly expanded a 24-hour news destination for McClatchy's 85,000 daily circulation newspaper, The Modesto Bee. The site earned a Digital Edge Award for Best Newspaper Web site in June of 2000.



@Home Network

• Contractor

  • May 1996 - Aug 1996

  Worked with Time Magazine designer Roger Black creating sites for the cable modem service, and expanded editorial content offerings. Worked with Time Magazine designer Roger Black creating sites for the cable modem service, and expanded editorial content offerings.



San Francisco State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Feb 1996 - Apr 1996

  Wrote lesson plans, the course outline and the syllabus used in the first year of the first Multimedia Journalism program in the Western U.S. The course, based on the foundation started in those first years, has since become the most popular and arguably the most useful program in the school's Journalism department. Wrote lesson plans, the course outline and the syllabus used in the first year of the first Multimedia Journalism program in the Western U.S. The course, based on the foundation started in those first years, has since become the most popular and arguably the most useful program in the school's Journalism department.