Experience

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  San Francisco Chronicle

  • United States
  • Newspaper Publishing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Production Pre-Press

    • Feb 2010 - Present

    Create newspaper sections, place advertising, create classified ad pages, approve finished pages for press production

  • Ad Layout Supervisor

    • Jun 2006 - Present

    Responsible for day-to-day size of each newspaper product and section; directs a staff that places advertising on pages of the products; coordinates among department heads to ensure the product represents their goals; maintains a database of default templates for quick creation of daily products.

  • Editorial Production Editor

    • Jun 2003 - Jun 2006

    Created a work flow to put empty pages into a an Oracle database. Involved creating and maintaining an Access database to flow recurring items into a specialized Excel spreadsheet used to pass ad and editorial structure information into the Oracle database. Maintained and refined the process, and checked completed pages for integrity, then transported them to the presses.

  • Editorial Technology Coordinator

    • 1990 - Jun 2003

    Installed, updated, maintained and taught a rudimentary pagination system. Arranged for mobile filing of news stories, including satellite, when remote filing technology was in its infancy. Assisted editors and reporters with new technology during the transition from mainframe computing to network and internet communications. Wrote scripts automating tasks on the mainframe platform. Purchased and maintained a pool of laptop computers -- teaching staff how to employ them and introducing new laptop tools as they came along

  • Assistant News Editor, Copy Editor

    • Aug 1980 - 1990

    Copy chief -- supervised and worked with a group of 3 to 6 copy editors.Asst News Editor -- selected news, laid out pages, and oversaw completion of daily news pages including, occasionally, the front page.Late-night editor -- made changes to the paper late in the press run as current news changed or important new stories came to light.

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  Hearst

  • Chronicle press-press production

    • 2010 - Present

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  Sparks Newspapers

  • Assistant Managing Editor

    • 1978 - Aug 1980

    Ran news operation of four-newspaper chain (Hayward Daily Review, Fremont Argus, Livermore Herald, Tri-Valley News). Introduced new technology replacing typewriters and couriers. Completed year-long project assessing and restructuring deadlines in all departments ensuring on-time delivery of papers, which had been a major problem.

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  Hayward Daily Review

  • Assistant City Editor

    • 1971 - 1978

    Assisted the City Editor in planning, assigning and preparing news stories for the daily newspaper.

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  San Leandro Morning News

  • Sports Assistant

    • Sep 1964 - Feb 1967

    Took information over phone for local sports teams, laid out sports pages, wrote stories and headlines and wrote a weekly column.