April • 2020
First-class story, promptly delivered
St Paul, MN, USA
4 reviews$400 - $500 / Day
Request QuoteI have been a journalist for print and broadcast, a U.S. Senate press secretary, a college relations director, a journalism teacher and a freelance writer and consultant. I was an award-winning reporter at the Minneapolis Tribune from 1971-1981 covering everything from police to general assignment to legal affairs. I worked at WCCO-TV from 1981-1990 where I was assignment editor and then assistant news director and supervised the newsroom’s political coverage. I was the late Sen. Paul Wellstone’s first Washington, D.C., press secretary from 1991-1993. I was director of college relations at Macalester College from 1993-2008 where I worked on everything from promoting the visit of former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to campus to creation of a series of image advertisements in The New York Times to development of a lecture series in conjunction with Minnesota Public Radio to media relations work on behalf of faculty and staff. During that time, I also taught a journalism course every year. I am currently a communications and media consultant. A 1971 honors graduate of the University of Minnesota, I also spent a year at Stanford University on a journalism fellowship sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
April • 2020
First-class story, promptly delivered
I did the interviews and wrote this story about Father-Daughter in Minnesota who share a passion for skateboarding.
I served as field producer with videographer John Kaul. I arranged the interview, developed the questions and assisted in two different shoots.
Profile of a Minnesota small business owner who is struggling to survive financially during pandemic
At request of the Voice of America, I wrote this story (to be published soon) about a protest in Minnesota against stay-at-home orders issued by the governor
Production Support
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