Introduction and contact information
Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good whatever time you choose to honor.
My name is Clay McCuistion. I’m a writer, editor, designer, cartoonist, blogger, podcast personality and bon vivant. I love newspapers, but I also prance merrily in the fields of online media. This site collects some of my better work in one convenient location.
(Want a current resume? Okay, try this.)
At present, I work for the Concord Monitor in Concord, N.H. I do all of the things I just mentioned, as well as drink many a can of diet soda. I’m also available for freelance work (I’ve written for the trade magazine Presstime and contributed to other publications). You can send me e-mail at claymcc@gmail.com.
But don’t stop at e-mail. You can reach me in a multiplicity of ways.
- I’m present and accounted for on Facebook.
- I’m professionally networking on LinkedIn.
- I joined Myspace ages ago, but I mostly stay away for the sake of aesthetics.
- And I started Twittering last year.
For an extensive list of my other websites and the newspapers I’ve worked for, see the “Etc.” section of this site. You can also look at the bottom of each page for the lists of “my blogs and podcasts” and “my newspapers.”
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Honors and awards
New Hampshire Press Association (2009)
- Front page design, first place
- Features page design, second place
- Arts page design, third place
- Sunday Monitor, first place general excellence (with staff)
New England Newspaper Association (2007-2009)
Sunday Monitor, newspaper of the year (with staff)
New England Associated Press News Executives (2009)
Best newspaper design, third place Class II
New Hampshire Press Association (2008)
Concord Monitor and Sunday Monitor, first place general excellence (with staff)
National Press Photographers Association (2007)
Best use of photography, second quarter; second place multiple page
(with Dan Habib, Preston Gannaway, Vanessa Valdes and Dan Barrick)
Kansas Scholastic Press Association (1999 – 2002)
Judge for journalism contests
Kappa Tau Alpha (2002)
National journalism honor society
Mark of Excellence Journalism Award (2001)
First place in editorial cartooning for Region 7
Roy W. Howard National Reporting Competition (2000)
Honorable mention, in top 12
Kansas Journalism Scholarship (2000)
Awarded by the Kansas City Press Club
