Jade Walker
801 Brattleboro Road, Hinsdale, N.H. 03451
(603) 336-3336
MaidenFate@aol.com
http://www.jadedwritings.com
WORK HISTORY
2007-present Yahoo! News, New York, N.Y.
Overnight Editor/Producer
* Produced thousands of breaking news stories, including the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the Myanmar revolt and cyclone, the 2008 presidential campaign, the earthquake in China, the California wildfires, the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the resignation of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
* Updated the news front, the Yahoo! homepage and the photo highlight.
* Created a database of advance obituaries, complete with articles, videos, slideshows, links and other multimedia elements.
2005-2007 The Associated Press, New York, N.Y.
Overnight Editor/Producer
* Produced thousands of breaking news stories, including the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the 2006 midterm elections, Hurricane Katrina and the 2006 Olympics in Torino.
* Produced the Homepage, U.S., Business, World, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, Politics, Science, Health and Odd News pages on Yahoo! News.
2000-2003, 2004-2005 The New York Times on the Web, New York, N.Y.
Overnight Editor/Producer
* Produced thousands of breaking news stories, including Sept. 11th and its one-year anniversary, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the 2000 Bush/Gore election, the space shuttle Columbia, dozens of suicide bombings in the Middle East, the sinking of the Russian sub Kursk, the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, the Rhode Island club fire, the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl, the Slobodan Milosevic war crimes trial, the release of the Central Park Jogger 5, the D.C. sniper case, the Catholic Church sex scandal, the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and various sports events.
* Produced the Homepage, Obituaries, Portraits of Grief, A Nation Challenged, The War in Iraq, Week in Review, The Olympics, Fashion/Styles, Weddings and Pictures of the Times.
* Member of the Web team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in the Public Service category for A Nation Challenged, a special section published online and in print after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
1997-2002 Inscriptions Magazine, New York, N.Y.
Editor-in-Chief
* Assignment editor for 50 freelance writers.
* Edited 70-page weekly magazine and produced Website.
* Wrote writing-related articles and book reviews.
1998 NBCi/Snap.com, San Francisco, Calif.
Writer/Reviewer
* Researched the best Websites on the Internet and reviewed them (approximately 500 sites per week).
1997-2000 Trader Publishing, Delray Beach, Fla.
Proofreader
* Proofread copy for 10 print magazines each week.
1997 Eye on the Web, Coral Springs, Fla.
Assistant Editor/Writer
* Assignment editor for 300 freelance writers.
* Edited copy and produced daily Website.
* Wrote articles on current events, entertainment and technology.
1995-1996 The Chronicle, Livingston, Calif.
General Assignment Reporter/Columnist/Film Critic
* Wrote articles on current events, entertainment and technology.
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
* Reporter (specialties include crime, politics, obituaries, culture, publishing, technology and education)
* Content editor and proofreader
* Opinion columnist/blogger/reviewer (books, movies, music)
* Author of several books, including "Sex, Death and Other..." (paperback, Metropolis Ink, 2002)
* Member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Online News Association, the NYC Writers Group and the South Florida Freelancers Group.
* Published poet and short story writer
* Internet bloodhound
CLIPS
* The Blog of Death
* Writers We've Lost
* Cooking for 2
* Eccentric Employment
* Conscious Choice Magazine
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