Experience

The Whiskey Wash

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Self-employed

• North Texas

• Publishing and Marketing Consultant / Writer

  • Jun 2013 - Present



Vancouver First United Methodist Church

• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program and Facilities Director

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2023



Austin College

• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Development Communications Coordinator

  • Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

  Write, coordinate, manage projects. Write, coordinate, manage projects.



Texoma Living Magazine

• Editor-in-Chief

  • 2009 - 2010

  Write, photograph, manage, etc. Write, photograph, manage, etc.



KTEN Television

• Assignment Editor

  • 2009 - 2010

  Converted to the video world for a new challenge in my journalistic career. Learned several new formats and ways of doing journalism while still serving the same market with news. Converted to the video world for a new challenge in my journalistic career. Learned several new formats and ways of doing journalism while still serving the same market with news.



Herald Democrat

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• City Editor / Managing Editor

  • May 2001 - Dec 2009

  Served first in a city editor role morphing into a managing editor role. Very good times, learned a lot, did some of my best work, made lifelong friendships.

• Reporter / Photographer

  • Dec 1994 - May 2001

  Seven years of soul-satisfying work, plying the craft I had wanted to do since I was 9 years old. It led me to my work as an editor.



Little Elm Journal

• Little Elm, Texas

• Editor / Reporter / Photographer / Designer / Advertising

  • Dec 1993 - Nov 1994

  Served as a one-man band at a start-up newspaper in what was once a small town of Little Elm, Texas. I quickly learned the entire process of making a newspaper, from nose to tail, as this also served as my senior internship for my journalism degree from the University of North Texas. Served as a one-man band at a start-up newspaper in what was once a small town of Little Elm, Texas. I quickly learned the entire process of making a newspaper, from nose to tail, as this also served as my senior internship for my journalism degree from the University of North Texas.