Experience

The Scranton Times-Tribune

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Metro Editor

  • Mar 2011 - Present

  Directs local news coverage of this 55,000-plus circulation daily newspaper and its growing digital product. Oversees staff of 31, including direct oversight of 16 staff writers and three assistant editors.I have taught workshops with NICAR/IRE, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and the University of Scranton/Times-Tribune’s boot camp for journalists. I have a master’s degree in print journalism from Boston University’s College of Communication.

• Business Editor/Columnist

  • Feb 2009 - Mar 2011

  Oversaw daily business coverage and the paper’s 150,000-plus circulation Sunday BusinessWeekly section. Managed staff of five business reporters. Produced newspaper’s annual award-winning Outlook special section on the local economy.

• Special Projects Editor

  • Apr 2008 - Feb 2009

  Produced and oversaw investigative projects, Sunday front-page packages and special sections. Trained staff on computer-assisted reporting skills, including Access, advanced Excel, mapping and creating databases.

• Bureau Chief / Staff Writer

  • Jul 1999 - Apr 2008

  Led investigative and computer-assisted reporting. Also covered education beat and municipal government. Headed the paper‘s Pittston and Wayne County bureaus.



Pocono Record

• Staff Writer / Reporter

  • Jul 1997 - Jul 1999

  Covered politics, education and municipal government beats for this 25,000-circulation daily newspaper in the Poconos. Won six statewide awards for coverage, including exposing hantavirus death. Covered politics, education and municipal government beats for this 25,000-circulation daily newspaper in the Poconos. Won six statewide awards for coverage, including exposing hantavirus death.



The Journal News and lohud.com

• Staff Writer / Reporter

  • Aug 1995 - Jul 1997

  Covered education, municipal, police and general assignment beats for this 250,000-plus circulation daily Gannett-owned newspaper, called The Reporter Dispatch at the time. Paper is now called The Journal News. Covered education, municipal, police and general assignment beats for this 250,000-plus circulation daily Gannett-owned newspaper, called The Reporter Dispatch at the time. Paper is now called The Journal News.