PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MARKETPLACE/AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA – Los Angeles, California 2004 – Present
Producer
* Selected by the largest business news program (four million listeners) in the country broadcasting on NPR stations to contribute to daily show production by managing same-day content, editing, reporting stories and assigning reporters.
* Launched first podcast produced by organization; broadened program audience to younger listeners and secured new funding sources by launching and producing podcast.
* Continually refine news judgment on foreign and international stories; cultivate and sustain productive working relationships with national and foreign reporters and bureaus as well as hosts and producers.
* First production staff member entrusted to field produce a major programming week (“New York Week”). Helped launch 'Freakonomics Radio' segment. Chosen to serve on Journalism and Ethics Committee.
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING – Bend, Ore. 2007 – 2009
Correspondent / Producer
First reporter hired to open and run the central Oregon bureau in Bend, one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
* Helped lead coverage of mental health series, including reporting feature stories on mental health parity and rural coverage of mental illness.
* Continued to file feature stories for NPR, Marketplace, and other national public radio shows.
BULLETIN NEWS NETWORK – Vienna, Virginia 2001 – 2005
Associate Editor
* Chosen by this sole provider of news summaries for President Bush and the White House to review as many as 40 newspapers nationwide, determine potential impact of stories, summarize key points and note variances in coverage.
* Worked tirelessly in months after 9/11 toward providing the government with full news coverage.
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