Tue 5 Sep 2006
Education
- The New School, New York, NY
Master of Arts: May, 2004 (Media Studies) - Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Bachelor of Arts: May, 1999 (Urban Studies/History)
Current Work
- Web developer, Science Museum of Minnesota
Developing interactive websites for the museum (2006- ) - Web designer and instructor, Phillips Community Television
After-school teaching (Flash, Scratch, Adobe CS) for a Minneapolis youth media organization (2005- ) - Freelance web developer (2004- )
(My work portfolio will aggregate here.) - Project Assistant, Z magazine
Assembling and editing the Zaps section of Z magazine (2001- )
Previous Positions
- Graphic Designer, Jola Publications
Graphic design and print layout for Jola, featuring Montessori publications and medical directories (2004-2006) - Web Designer/Webmaster, The Brooklyn Rail
Web design and maintenance for Brooklyn arts and politics paper (2002-2005) - Freelance Editor, The Newstandard
Editing and consulting for independent daily news web site (2005- ) - Freelance Writer
The Newstandard, Minnesota Women’s Press, The Brooklyn Rail, Utne magazine, LiP magazine, Clamor magazine
Freelance writing (1999- ) - Politics Co-editor, Clamor magazine
Soliciting and editing articles for the politics section of Clamor magazine (2003- 2005) - Production Assistant, New School University
Designing and producing advertising and promotional materials for all divisions of New School University (2002-04) - Managing Editor/Assistant Editor, Southside Pride/Pulse of the Twin Cities
Editing and page layout for a monthly South Minneapolis community newspaper and a weekly Twin Cities arts paper (2001-02)
Skills
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash and Dreamweaver; Quark Xpress; ProTools
- Skilled in word processing, advertising and promotional design, newspaper and magazine design, prepress for printing, database creation and maintenance, Web design and maintenance, audio and video editing
- XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript and Perl
- Drupal, Joomla and WordPress configuration and customization
- Web 2.0 and social media creation
Honors
- Project Censored
Article featured as #4 in Project Censored’s annual book of 25 most under-reported stories (2002)
Related Experience
- Audio Producer, Hole in the Wall
Produced and edited a radio documentary on ABC No Rio, a collectively-run Lower East Side arts and music space (2003 ) - Collective member, Arise! Bookstore (1998- )
Accounting for collectively run independent bookstore - Board member, FWD-MN (Federation of Workplace Democracy-MN) (2007- )