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| EXPERIENCE |
Investigative reporter
- Generated significant database stories, including investigations into improper property tax breaks, non-collection of city parking tickets and poor maintenance of city streets
- Covered 2004 presidential campaign in Ohio for the Enquirer and Gannett News Service, traveling with candidates and writing voter-oriented local stories
- Broke news during four-year stint as City Hall reporter, during turbulent post-riot period that included a Justice Department investigation and racial profiling lawsuit
- Wrote popular “Inside City Hall” column and blog, with analysis and notes on politics
- Covered two highly competitive mayoral election campaigns under Cincinnati’s new stronger-mayor system of government
City hall and downtown development reporter
- Covered dynamic, press-hating mayor for four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Knight Ridder paper, circulation 140,000 daily
- Wrote prolifically, producing 300-plus stories a year, with more than 50 on page one
- Investigated ‘‘property-flipping’’ scam, resulting in indictment and convictions
Business editor
- Directed and reported intensive coverage of auto plant closing with 1,500 layoffs for an aggressive 43,000-circulation daily in a rust belt town
- Led reporting teams on special projects, including Pulitzer Prize-nominated series, “Generation Rx: The Rise of Ritalin” in 1995
Washington Bureau reporter
- Produced an intern-record 42 stories (four on page one) during 16-week internship
- Filled in on Capitol Hill beat during NAFTA and health care debates for reporter on leave
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| EDUCATION |
Bachelor of Science in Journalism
- Graduated cum laude in news writing from E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
- Majored in international relations with course work in history, English and German
- Completed certificate program in political communication
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