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Chris Heisel
chris@heisel.org | www.heisel.org
Previous experience
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Director of Online Development / ajc.com - January 2007 to present
Managed a small team of developers, established development standards and processes for the group. Coordinated project planning and scheduling, continued Web software development.
Technology Manager / ajc.com - September 2005 to January 2007
Managed an additional developer, created custom Web-based applications and Web sites. Provided technology consultation and advice, managed vendor relationships.Assistant Operations Director / ajc.com - July. 2005 to September 2005
Created/maintained custom Web-based and desktop publishing applications.
Web producer / developer - Aug. 2003 to July 2005
Produced daily sections of the site and also created/maintained custom Web-based and desktop publishing applications.
Missouri School of Journalism
Adjunct faculty - May to Aug. 2003
Taught J310, the advanced copy editing and basic design course.
Columbia Missourian
The laboratory daily newspaper for the Missouri School of Journalism
Assistant News Editor - May 2001 to May 2003
Duties include reading copy before placement on page, designing pages as needed, supervising the work of the copy editors and designers, assisting the night news editor as needed.
Night News Editor - July 2001 to present
In charge of producing the Sunday edition for several weeks while the regular editor was on vacation. Responsible for the final product, supervised copy editors, designers and paginators. Worked with the city desk to meet deadlines. Have filled in as news editor when needed since August.
Page Designer - Aug. 2000 to May 2001
In charge of designing all local news pages for the Thursday paper. Responsible for maintaining copy flow to the desk. Later responsible for planning all content in the Taste section, designing the first three pages, including a four-color front page and managing a back-page designer.
Other positions: Copy editor, photo editor, technology columnist, reporter
The Indianapolis Star
The daily morning newspaper in central Indiana.
Dow Jones Online Editing Intern - May to August 2002
Selected to take part in the Dow Jones Internship program. Duties included designing Web pages for various special sections, working with databases, editing copy, posting news to the site and covering overnight crime news as a reporter.
The Maneater
The independent and official student newspaper at MU. (www.themaneater.com)
Managing Editor - Aug. 2000 to May 2001
Oversaw the entire staff of writers, designers, photographers and copy editors of the paper’s editorial department. Changed deadline system to a rolling schedule to facilitate earlier delivery. The paper won the Associated College Press Pacemaker award during this time.
Page Designer - Aug. 1999 to Aug. 2000
Designed and paginated pages for the tabloid-sized publication in Quark. Worked on news, arts and sports pages.
Online Production Manager - Aug. 1998 to May 1999
Was responsible for the design and timely delivery of the site. Had a staff of 12 production assistants and three feature designers. Completed a redesign of the site; created an e-mail NewsUpdate system and won the Missouri College Media Association Best of the Net award.
Other positions: Copy editor, senior staff writer, online feature designer
Christian Board of Publication
Medium-sized publishing house.
Online Intern - May to Aug. 1998
Completed a total redesign of the company’s site in conjunction with a CGI programmer. Also served as a freelance Web designer.
High Ground
An online newspaper produced by teenagers for teenagers. This was a former venture of Pulitzer, but is now offline.
News editor - May 1996 to May 1997
Responsible for assigning and editing stories as well as designing the news section.
Education
Missouri School of Journalism
Bachelor’s of Journalism - December 2001, News/Editorial sequence; emphasis on editing and design
Pursuing master’s degree - Media management sequence; expected graduation Aug. 2003
Honors/Awards - Dean’s list, Journalism Scholar, ACP Pacemaker, MCMA Best of the ’Net, Shawn Balthrop editing award
Scholarships - Bright Flight, St. Louis Press Club award, Beth Berkowitz journalism scholarship, Olive Coates journalism scholarship
References
For a PDF of my resume, including references, e-mail me.
References removed to protect their privacy.
Skills
Journalism - page design (news and feature), copy editing, wire editing, photo editing, paginating
Web - site design, feature design, PHP scripting, hand coding of HTML 4, XHTML 1, XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2
Disclaimer: I work at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The opinions expressed here are my own, and do not reflect those of the AJC, Cox Newspapers, Cox Enterprises nor any other party.
