Print News Experience

1/99-present EDITOR & PUBLISHER, New York, N.Y. Senior Editor - Writing and editing news and feature stories about the newspaper industry for this weekly trade magazine and daily Web site (www.editorandpublisher.com). Average at least one 2,000- to 3,000-word cover story each month, as well as three to four weekly assignments and daily breaking web news. Daily blogging and twittering of events and opinion. Interviewed top media executives such as Rupert Murdoch, Warren Buffett, and Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. Appeared as media commentator for Fox News Channel, Bill O'Reilly radio show, MSNBC, Voice of America, Wisconsin Public Radio, ABC Radio Networks, and National Public Radio.

1/09-present      WEB EDITOR Editor and blogger for my own Web site, maplewoodian.com, which covers the town of Maplewood, N.J., where I have lived for nine years. Covered local issues, events and offered commentary and opinion. Web site has been featured in Newsweek, New Jersey Monthly and on Bloomberg News.

5/94-present      FREELANCE WRITER - Writing for several publications, including Salon.com, New Jersey Business Magazine, San Francisco, MediaWeek, Our Sunday Visitor, and New Jersey Monthly. Subjects of articles include San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, New Jersey minor league baseball, St. Regis High School of New York, and the killing of New Jersey teacher Christine Burns, whose murder was solved one month after the article appeared. Also the author of The City & County: A Novel of San Francisco Newsmakers (Dry Bones Press, 2001).

5/97-1/99            THE PRESS ENTERPRISE, Riverside, CA. - Reporter - Covered criminal courts and judicial issues, regularly reporting on death penalty cases, wrongful death suits, and the inner workings of local courts. Juggled an average of 30 to 35 local cases at a time, following each from arraignment to sentencing. Also reported on city government for this 180,000 circ. daily. Averaged four to five stories each week, as well as regular enterprise articles and breaking news.

1/93-5/97 THE INDEPENDENT, San Francisco, CA. - Reporter - Covered all aspects of San Francisco city government, including the mayor's office, Board of Supervisors, police issues, and gay community. Averaged nine to 10 stories each week, including regular coverage of local politics, neighborhood concerns, crime, and all City Hall legislation.

10/90-1/93 THE ARGUS, Fremont, CA. - Reporter - Covered education and city government beats for a 170,000 population city, plus crime, politics, and the environment for this 35,000 circ. daily newspaper. After covering three local school districts for two years, promoted to cover city government and local community college. Broke story of local schools superintendent resignation prior to announcement and revealed college business administrator forced from previous job.

4/88-10/90 THE DAILY JOURNAL, Elizabeth, N.J. - Reporter Covered city government and education beats of several suburban communities for this 32,000 circ. daily newspaper. After covering three smaller towns, promoted to top beat, Elizabeth City Hall. Reported on major school redistricting plan in Hillside, N.J., the trial of convicted Westfield, N.J. killer John List, and deadly barge explosion off of the Linden, N.J. waterfront. Also served as only Sunday reporter for entire time.

Broadcast News Experience

7/94-5/97 KPFA RADIO, Berkeley, CA. - Anchor/Reporter - Wrote and produced news segments for half-hour news program. Also anchored half of newscasts. Reported on national and international stories that included; Mexican national elections, U.S. involvement in Rwanda and Bosnia, and the deaths of former California Gov. Edmund "Pat" Brown and Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

1/93-5/97 TCI CABLEVISION, San Francisco, CA. Weekly Commentator- Regular participant on "City Desk," an award-winning weekly round-table discussion program focusing on city issues. Discussion spanned all San Francisco area issues.

Education
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bachelor of Science
Journalism, 1988

Summer Broadcast News Institute 1986

CNN, Washington, D.C.
Internship 1988

Awards
New Jersey Press Association:
Spot News Award, 1989 and 1990
Responsible Journalism Award, 1990

Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards:
Best Series of Articles, 2004, 2005
Best News Coverage, 2004, 2005, 2006

New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
Second Place, Magazine/Investigative Reporting, 2003

S.I. Newhouse School of Communications Mirror Awards
Finalist, 2007, 2008, 2009

Folio, Gold Medal, Regional Magazine, 2009