Seven selections
Most of my work in newspapers from 2001 to 2005 was as a copy editor. Few go into journalism with dreams of punctuating others’ writing, but I found great satisfaction in the work. Once I moved to the Concord Monitor in early 2005, my duties shifted. I still edit text, but I also design pages, work one-on-one with reporters and wrangle online projects.
Distant hope
This special section, written by reporter Chelsea Conaboy, followed a family from Nepal to Concord. I edited, designed and wrote display type. Here’s the online version.
(Concord Monitor, 05/30/09)
New Hampshire primary A1
I oversaw the creation of the Monitor’s front page on primary night. I helped write the headlines, edit the stories and design the cover.
(Concord Monitor, 01/09/08)
“Plodding into the distance”
This draft of a history column includes my initial edits and questions. Here’s the column as finally published.
(The Tampa Tribune, 01/23/05)
“The price of their redemption”
I copy-edited this three-day series for the Tribune, collaborating with reporters and assigning editors. Here are samples of day two and day three.
(The Tampa Tribune, 09/21-09/23/03)
“Hawk carves the air”
I closely edited this short feature about skateboarding legend Tony Hawk; my edits are included. Here’s the piece as printed.
(St. Petersburg Times, 11/17/02)
Sinkhole headlines
A sequence of display type describing a distinctly Floridian problem.
(St. Petersburg Times, summer 2002)
“A.C. tunnel bears a human cost”
(Page two) (Page three)
(Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/22/01)
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Other edits
Tribune headlines
Examples of my work as headline writer for the Tribune.
(The Tampa Tribune, 03/02/03, 01/24/04)
