Mount  Pleasant, Iowa-based journalist with writing, photo, web and video skills

Experience with: Adobe CS:  Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Acrobat; Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel,  Powerpoint; Intuit Quickbooks; Mac: iWeb, iPhoto, iMovie, Address Book and Mail; MailChimp; Constant Contact.

Career Experience

Freelance Writer                                                                Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, October 2014 - Present
Washington County correspondent, Corridor Business Journal, Coralville, Iowa. Also contribute to Morning Rush email blast and write business profiles for advertising projects. Freelance contributor to Des Moines Register, The Iowan magazine, The Waterways Journal, LATimes.com, Big River magazine.

Adjunct instructor, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa                               
• Public Relations, Writing for Modern Media, Fall 2014; Public Speaking, Spring 2015.
• Principles of Advertising, Extended Learning division, three semesters, 2006.

Editor & Publisher, River Hills Traveler  Magazine                   St. Clair, Missouri: 2006-2014
Adapted newspaper sales, editing and marketing skills to southeast Missouri outdoor recreation niche publications. Developed new skills in graphic design, web page creation, social media promotion and marketing via internet, email and direct mail.

Publisher, Mt. Pleasant News                                                       Mt. Pleasant, Iowa – 1995-2006
Owned by Inland Industries, Lenexa, Kansas
Led staff of 20 to produce quality five-day afternoon daily newspaper. Handled major advertising accounts, directed ad sales staff, developed promotions, coordinated sales and news coverage with other Golden Triangle publications.

Managing Editor, Cass County Democrat-Missourian       Harrisonville, Missouri: 1990-1995
Owned by Inland Industries, Lenexa, Kansas
Directed three-person news staff covering corruption trial of county supervisor and grand jury indictment of sheriff. Promoted to publisher of Mt. Pleasant News, another Inland-owned paper.
 
Education

Master of Business Administration
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa: May 2002
Statistics, marketing management, financial management, managerial accounting, operations management, ethical and social responsibility of business and Leadership Through People Skills. Classes were taken at night on the Southeastern Community College campus.
 
 
Bachelor of Journalism
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri: December 1972
Community Newspaper Management focus. Coursework included history and principles of journalism, advertising principles, news writing, editing, photography, advertising copywriting, newspaper organization and management, typography and general semantics.
 
Associate in Arts, Business Administration
Crowder College, Neosho, Missouri: May 1970
Accounting, economics, marketing, speech, general psychology, English composition, business communication and other basic undergraduate courses.
 
References

Don Corrigan, editor, Times Newspapers, journalism professor, Webster University
122 W.  Lockwood Ave., Webster Groves, MO 63119, phone 314-968-2699, email corrigan@timesnewspapers.com

Ed Raber, Director, Washington Economic Development Group
205 W. Main St., Washington, IA 52353, phone 319-653-3942, email wedg@washingtoniowa.org

John Freeland, retired mayor and school administrator
510 W. Vine St., Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641, phone 319-385-3774, email macfree@iowatelecom.net

Tamera Shull, Executive Director, Administration and Human Resources, Hawthorne Direct
300 N.16th St., Fairfield, IA 52556, phone 641-472-3800, email tshull@hawthornedirect.com          

Jeff Wilson, Former Publisher, Fairfield Daily Ledger, currently Club Coordinator, Community First Credit Union, 739 Pennsylvania Ave., Ottumwa, IA 52501 641—683-6423, jeff2@c1stcu.com