RESUME

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance writer, 1990-present
As an independent journalist, my primary client is Ohio University. I write for Ohio Today (alumni magazine), Perspectives (research magazine), Ohio University Medicine (medical college magazine) Ingenuity (College of Engineering magazine) and I report and write content for recruitment publications.

I also specialize in outdoor adventure and environmental reporting. My writing and/or photography has appeared in Backpacker, Earth First! Journal, Mountainfreak, Ohio Magazine, Orion Afield and other publications.

Author, Hiking Ohio and Hiking West Virginia (Globe Pequot Press), 2003-present
I am currently researching, hiking, writing and shooting all photography for the second editions of Hiking West Virginia (2013) and Hiking Ohio (2014). I wrote the first edition of Hiking Ohio (2003).

Publisher and editor, Get Out! magazine, 2007-2010
As publisher and editor, I was responsible for most aspects of producing this online magazine, including reporting, writing, editing; working with the webmaster, freelancer writers and interns; working with the ad sales rep, advertisers, contracts, payments and accounting; putting together the editorial calendar; and marketing the magazine/site through traditional and new media as well as outdoor industry events.

Editor, Martha’s Journal, 2003-2006
As Editor of Martha’s Journal, a publication of the Buckeye Forest Council, whose mission is to protect Ohio’s native forests and their inhabitants, my responsibilities included assigning and editing submissions, writing articles and working with the printer to get the quarterly journal out to the membership on deadline.

Ohio University News Services, 1988-1990
As a student employee, I wrote press releases and articles for university publications.

The Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio), Summers 1986-1988
As a public affairs reporter, I covered village and city councils, school boards, elections and the Lorain County Solid Waste Board.

EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Political Science, Ohio University, 1993

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, 1990.