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ConvergentMediaCenter.org | 2010 – 2016 | Online News/Teaching Tool I initiated this website to be used as a teaching tool for the Journalism/Mass Communication program at Olivet College because I recognized the need for JMC students to have an experience with an online content management system. I coordinated with a graphic design student in the creation of the header. In coordination with Professor Joanne Williams, I created a PowerPoint presentation and handouts as training materials, and I provided training to students in Basic Reporting and JMC Seminar who posted stories to the site as a part of their grade. This project is currently offline.Read More →

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Hudsonville Congregational UCC, Hudsonville, MI | November 2006 – August 2008As the Outreach Director, I led a committee responsible for internal and external communications to promote events and build brand identity, based on focus group surveys and current events. Accomplishments: Established and managed podcast program Wrote press release resulting in earned media in the Advance, a local community newspaper. Can’t get to church? Plug Into Internet Podcast for Sermon Created the church website on WordPress with SEO, designed to reflect the color scheme of the new addition of the church. The version of the website I made is archived here. Utilized existing focus group researchRead More →

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PaleoRadio was a daily weekday 3-hour talk radio show politics, religion and culture with host, Jeremiah Bannister. I teamed up with Jeremiah to revive his talk radio show on WPRR. We were on the air at WPPR December 2011 – April 2013 Accomplishments: Live on-air production in a fast-paced environment Promoting the show to affiliate stations and securing rebroadcast agreement with WRFN-LP Recorded and edited show for rebroadcast on WPRR and WRFN-LP and station podcast using Sony SoundForge Identified, researched and scheduled guests for interviews Prepared questions and background information for interviews Created website for the show using WordPress Wrote and posted show notes content on websiteRead More →

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I began GreenActionNews in the Spring of 2013 out of my interest in environmental justice. I developed the website on the model described by Bill Moyer in Doing Democracy, so that the scope of the site is to broadly cover the work of grassroots activists, change agents and policy reformers. I established social media assets, logo, and tagline. I recruited and managed writers from around the world who contributed stories where they lived, including Italy, parts of Africa, Brazil, and parts of the United States, who were paid based on a mix of variables including per article, word count and performance metrics. Examples of myRead More →

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In 2004, I created KentCountyStar as the first online-only news publication in the Grand Rapids, MI area, covering local public affairs and small business news. The original design looked a bit like The Drudge Report and was coded in HTML with the FrontPage editing software. I upgraded to using a template service that was set up for news organizations. However, the design was counterintuitive and the template company charged too much for minor changes, so I shelved the project for awhile. In 2007, I discovered WordPress and revived KentCountyStar. In 2016, I renamed it to metroGRnews to better reflect community identity. The site is offline,Read More →