Résumé

My mission is to assist businesses and organizations with how their websites are organized, what they do, and what they say.

Services

• Advanced website coding, design, usability/readability enhancement, and database integration
• Content strategy and management; writing and editing for web and print
• Managing writers, artists, designers, and programmers for web projects
• Managing web-project assets, including content, images, audio files, and databases
• Preparing text and illustrations for four-color printing

Technology/Software Skills

HTML, javascript/DHTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), open-source web servers (apache/php/MySQL), Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Helix (RealAudio) Producer, Mac OS X, FileMaker Pro

Education

Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism
Evanston, Ill.
Master's (June 1992) and bachelor's (June 1991) degrees in journalism
Cumulative G.P.A. 3.22; Dean's List winter quarter 1990

Experience

Doug Addison Web Productions
Austin, Texas
Owner, September 2000 to present

Hoover's Online
Austin, Texas
Companies Channel Editor, May 2000 to September 2000
Web Producer, August 1999 to May 2000

Responsibilities: Site programming, content acquisition, and feature production for leading business and financial information web site.

StarDate
Austin, Texas
Web-site consultant, July 1999 to present
Editor, February 1996 to July 1999

Responsibilities: Assigning and editing articles for and production of StarDate magazine, a 24-page, bimonthly popular astronomy magazine published by UT's McDonald Observatory. Designing and maintaining the StarDate Online web site.

Weatherwise magazine
Washington, D.C.
Associate and assistant editor, October 1992 to November 1995

Responsibilities: Reviewing query letters and acquiring articles from freelance writers; managing bimonthly production of 64-page four-color magazine with contract design firm.

The Miami Herald Broward County bureau
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Newsroom intern, March to June 1990