Journalism work
- 2013-2015: Engagement producer and local network editor at Indy Star Media, Gannett
Work as "@heycori"
- Engage an audience on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media platforms as a personality for IndyStar.com;
- Compile the Cheat Sheet utility column each morning that summarizes the top news links for busy readers;
- Find and aggregate photos, videos and trends on social media as a blogger for IndyStar.com;
- Advocate for The Star's journalism and promote the value of a digital subscription.
Work as "@indystar"
- On Twitter, write 4-5 posts per hour to the main @indystar brand account, as well as follow up with tweeted questions and complaints;
- On Facebook, write 1-2 posts per hour to generate audience engagement and promote the Star's articles, photos and videos;
- Help identify trends using analytics and observation to increase clickthrough and build followers;
- Advise the newsroom on best practices for social media, such as the use of current hashtags, effective strategies for promotion of their work and how to sharpen their voices online.
Examples of my posts
- Cheat Sheet site: http://www.indystar.com/cheatsheet;
- MuckRack portfolio: http://muckrack.com/heycori/portfolio;
- 1998-2013: Page designer and CCI superuser at the Indianapolis Star Media Group, Gannett
Design responsibilities
- Produce a "magazine"-style sophistication on covers and key inside pages;
- Design clean, easily read pages even with the most challenging newshole;
- Translate the editors' perspectives and judgment into the print layout;
- Manage time to enable production of a large volume of work.
Programming responsibilities
- Keep the user interface simple and stable to enable users to produce a large volume of work quickly;
- Stay on top of needed tweaks and changes;
- Help troubleshoot user issues and production problems;
- Train computer system users who are new and also who would benefit from additional knowledge;
- Design improved ways to get work done.
Recent projects
- 2008: Helped install a new version of our CCI NewsDesk content management system
- 1997: Copy editor at The Indianapolis Star (following a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund copy editing internship here in 1995)
- 1996: Correspondent at The Peoria Journal-Star (following a 1994 internship)
- 1992-1995: Opinions editor, columnist, copy editor, reporter for The Daily Illini at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A. in Journalism, News-Editorial sequence)
Software + scripting: Familiarity with ...
- Adobe Photoshop (and some Illustrator), Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign
- Quark XPress
- CCI newspaper content management and production system
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
- Unix, Java, Python
- HTML/XTML/XML/CSS
- Some JavaScript, J Query
- GIS: Maptitude, ArcMap, TransCAD, Quantum GIS, GRASS
Work as "@heycori"
- Engage an audience on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media platforms as a personality for IndyStar.com;
- Compile the Cheat Sheet utility column each morning that summarizes the top news links for busy readers;
- Find and aggregate photos, videos and trends on social media as a blogger for IndyStar.com;
- Advocate for The Star's journalism and promote the value of a digital subscription.
Work as "@indystar"
- On Twitter, write 4-5 posts per hour to the main @indystar brand account, as well as follow up with tweeted questions and complaints;
- On Facebook, write 1-2 posts per hour to generate audience engagement and promote the Star's articles, photos and videos;
- Help identify trends using analytics and observation to increase clickthrough and build followers;
- Advise the newsroom on best practices for social media, such as the use of current hashtags, effective strategies for promotion of their work and how to sharpen their voices online.
Examples of my posts
- Cheat Sheet site: http://www.indystar.com/cheatsheet;
- MuckRack portfolio: http://muckrack.com/heycori/portfolio;
Design responsibilities
- Produce a "magazine"-style sophistication on covers and key inside pages;
- Design clean, easily read pages even with the most challenging newshole;
- Translate the editors' perspectives and judgment into the print layout;
- Manage time to enable production of a large volume of work.
Programming responsibilities
- Keep the user interface simple and stable to enable users to produce a large volume of work quickly;
- Stay on top of needed tweaks and changes;
- Help troubleshoot user issues and production problems;
- Train computer system users who are new and also who would benefit from additional knowledge;
- Design improved ways to get work done.
Recent projects
- 2008: Helped install a new version of our CCI NewsDesk content management system