| Awards
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:: Advanced Illustrator
class
:: Online Flash class
:: Online Illustrator class
:: Advanced Photoshop class
:: Corel Painter 9 class
:: Knight fellowship for Multimedia Storytelling at U.C. Berkeley
:: Intensive Macromedia MX Workshop
:: Final Cut Pro class
:: Editor and Publisher's EPpy Award, Best online entertainment
site, 2000
:: College Photographer of the Year Contest, 1st place Pictorial,
1997.
:: Oliver Scholarship, 1995-1996 and 1996-1997.
:: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, travel photo contest, 4th place, 1996.
:: Islands magazine, travel photo contest, honorable mention, 1995.
:: Islands magazine, travel photo contest, 1st place Landscape,
honorable mention, 1994.
:: Dick Leary Award, Best youth hostel newsletter, 1994.
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About Me |
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backpacked through the South Pacific islands and also have traveled
in Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Served as Vice-President,
Program Director and Newsletter Editor for Texas Youth Hostels. Like
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M.A. in Journalism,
University of Missouri-Columbia, (1997)
B.A. in Applied Design and Visual Art, University of Houston-Clear
Lake, (1986)
A.A.S. in Computer Technology and Programming, Alvin Community College,
(1983) |
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| Online Arts
& Entertainment Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (5/97 - present) |
- Coordinate
daily coverage and produce content for STLtoday.com's entertainment
section.
- Won Editor
and Publisher award for best online entertainment section in 2000.
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| "Dostal"
CD Director,
Master's Project (9/96-5/97) |
- Photographed,
narrated, designed and programmed a documentary CD.
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| Web Researcher,
MSNBC (9/95-6/96) |
- Located and
evaluated Web sites and maintained coverage calendar.
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| Assistant
Director, "Pictures of the Year
1994" CD (2/95-2/96) |
- Enhanced
winning photographs.
- Recorded
and edited judges and winning photographers.
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| Photography Intern, South Dakota Department of
Tourism (6/96-9/96) |
- Traveled
throughout South Dakota photographing festivals and attractions.
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| Staff
Photographer, Columbia Missourian (1/96-5/96) |
- Covered sports,
general news, spot news and features.
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| Continuing
Education Instructor, College of the Mainland (1/94-3/94) |
- Taught "Travel Photography"
and "Introduction to Photography" courses.
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| Computer-Aided Designer,
Northrup-Grumman Corporation (3/93-1/95) |
- Produced
configuration drawings for NASA communications network.
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| Visual
Status System Planner, Computer Sciences Corporation (9/91-1/93) |
- Designed logos and
icons for network monitoring system.
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| Network
Technical Support, Computer Sciences Corporation (10/82-9/90) |
- Monitored
computer network operations at the Johnson Space Center.
- Worked as
Data Base Manager, Help Desk Consultant and Programmer.
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Jan
Paul, Former Editor at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Virgil
Tipton, Chief Technology Officer at Newsengin
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Rees, Journalism Professor at