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Philosophy/Logic graduate from Occidental College. +17 years of writing and editing experience at USAToday.com, Time Out New York, Yahoo Internet Life and Computerworld, among others.
Headline:
Innocent Bystander
Skills:
Editing, Writing
Interested in:
Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities
Schools:
Occidental College
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Computerworld (IDG, computerworld.com)
Position:
Security channel editor
Time period:
December 2005 - August 2008
Description:
Ran security section of industry-leading computer news site; worked with both news and features writers. Won ASBPE (American Society of Business Publication Editors) 2007 Gold Award for state-by-state coverage of e-voting technologies
Employer:
PC World's Digital Duo (Incandescent Productions)
Position:
Executive producer
Time period:
January 2005 - December 2005
Description:
Co-writer and on-air presenter for syndicated tech show broadcast on 190+ public television stations, and Webcast at pcworld.com
Employer:
USAToday.com (Gannett, usatoday.com)
Position:
Tech editor / blogger
Time period:
May 2003 - July 2008
Description:
Ran technology section of major national news site, incorporating science coverage into the section; wrote Iran war blog (April 2005) and award-winning Tech_Space sci-tech blog
Employer:
Time Out New York (Time Out Publishing; timeoutny.com)
Position:
Tech editor
Time period:
March 2002 - April 2003
Description:
Weekly tech feature, front-of-book articles on surveillance, privacy, books, dining, local events; Ones and zeros (site mini-reviews)
Employer:
Yahoo Internet Life (Ziff-Davis Publishing; yil.com)
Position:
Contributing writer
Time period:
November 2000 - July 2002
Description:
Column (print): Net Ethics; ethics online
Features: Lord Of The Rings, Sites We Love, 5th anniversary self-congratulation, etc.
Column (print): Kiss My ASCII: tech and news articles (3/99-2/01 [section shutdown])
Weekly features in tech, music, film, news sections
Employer:
PC Magazine Extra (Ziff-Davis; pcmagextra.com)
Position:
Columnist
Time period:
April 1998 - December 1999
Description:
Columnist: daily and monthly downloads reviews (4/98-12/99 [site shutdown])
Employer:
Internet Computing (Ziff-Davis; www.icom.com)
Position:
Contributing editor
Time period:
July 1996 - December 1998
Description:
Column (print): Com.munity; industry issues, general humor
Employer:
Yahoo Internet Life (Ziff-Davis; yil.com)
Position:
Editor-at-large ("Web Doyenne")
Time period:
May 1995 - December 1998
Description:
Column (print): Dot.Dot.Dot.Com; trends, issues, vignettes (1/97-12/98)
Column (online): Web-O-Rama; New Media culture, issues, trends (10/95-3/97)
Features (print): clips include Gurl Talk (2/98), Your Town (6/97), Extremely Specialized (1/99)
Newsletter (online): Y-Life To Go, weekly, from startup to 100K+ readership (2/97-10/98)
Employer:
Computer Shopper (Ziff-Davis Publishing)
Position:
Contributing editor
Time period:
August 1994 - January 1996
Description:
Column (print): Online Grapevine; online services / Internet new sites and trends
Employer:
Home Office Computing (Scholastic)
Position:
Contributing editor
Time period:
August 1993 - March 1996
Description:
Features (print): articles on technology, small-business issues, and the Internet
Prodigy advisor (online): HOC "Answer Lady" on small-business message boards (1994-96)
Employer:
Factsheet Five (Factsheet Five)
Position:
Contributing editor ("BBS Goddess")
Time period:
April 1991 - December 1991
Description:
Column (print): BBS Beat (monthly); bulletin-board systems for alt-culture 'zine (4/91-12/91)
Employer:
Freelance venues
Position:
Work experience
Time period:
January 1989 - December 2008
Description:
Credits include Inc.,HNW, The Industry Standard, Alternet, Internet World, Family PC, Scholastic's Choices, LA Weekly, OC Weekly, Long Island Weekly, Village View (NY), New Directions For Women, Resident Publications (NY).
EDUCATION
University:
Occidental College
Degree:
Philosophy/Logic
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Ping! The Yahoo Messenger Guide To All Things IM (Sterling) 2005
Protect Your Digital Privacy! Skills For The Information Age, (Que Publishing) 2001 (contributor)
Poor Richard’s Email Publishing (Top Floor Publishing), 1999 (foreword)
The Internet Unleashed, Second Edition (Sams Publishing), 1995 (contributor)
Plug-n-Play Netscape (Sams Publishing), 1995 (with Joe Kraynak)
Plug-n-Play Mosaic (Sams Publishing), 1994
Taming the News Media (Next Century Publishing), 1993 (contributor)
INFORMATION
Awards:
National Merit Scholar, Carnation Scholar, Richter Fellow
