Work

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York, N.Y.
Graphics chief (2010-present)
News editor (2007-2010)
•Manage a team of 25 visual journalists who produce graphics for online and print editions.
•Direct the content and design of information graphics.
•Participate in major news meetings where story decisions are made.

THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D.C.
National graphics editor (1999-2007)
•Art directed, edited, wrote and built information graphics for the National section.
•Worked with the Web edition to produce interactive online features.
•Contributed information graphics to three Pulitzer Prize-winning stories.
•Directed National graphics during the impeachment of President Clinton, the Sept. 11 attacks, two presidential elections, the Iraq War, the crash of Space Shuttle Columbia and many other major news events.
Copy editor and weekend copy desk manager (1996-99) •Wrote headlines for numerous front page stories.
•Edited National section stories, which included politics, science and top news from around the country.
•Managed a team of 10 copy editors for the Sunday editions.

MICROSOFT NETWORK NEWS, Redmond, Wash.
Assistant editor (1995)
•Edited multimedia news stories for online presentation. •Coordinated a presidential campaign feature, which included video, sound, text, photos, interactive graphics and Web links. (This work served as a graduate school professional project.)

ARUBA TODAY, Oranjestad, Aruba
Copy editor, reporter, designer, wire editor, photographer (1991-92)
•Learned the craft of newspapers at a 16-page tabloid with a five-member staff.

CAIRO TODAY, Cairo, Egypt
Music critic, feature writer (1990-91)
•Wrote stories on the arts in Cairo for a general-interest magazine.
•Wrote a monthly music column.

Education

University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo. (1994-95)
•Hired by Washington Post before completing dissertation. Currently in process of finishing degree.

California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles
•Bachelor’s degree in music (1990)

Continuing education coursework
•Corcoran College of Art and Design, Georgetown University, USDA Graduate School, Parson's School of Design