DIGITAL NEWS PRODUCTION
While website management didn't always give me a byline, the work touched every part of digital journalism.
DATA VISUALIZATIONS
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Majority of Ventura County schools meet test-score goal
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More than half of Ventura County schools - 56 percent - have met the state's academic performance target, but they're still falling short of increasingly demanding federal standards.
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(Digital element was removed from the archived version. This map was originally part of a larger interactive presentation I created.)
INTERACTIVE CHARTS AND GRAPHS
Smuggling off the California coast
"It’s just been an ongoing evolution with respect to how far they’re willing to go." David Wales, an agent in ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations.
VIDEO
HOSTING, PRODUCING
Starting in 2008, I changed the Studio805.tv website to be only features. I shot, hosted and edited two three shows per week plus producing and editing two others from the studio.
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DAILY NEWSCAST
The Studio805 webcast was groundbreaking and widely discussed in the industry. It lasted about 18 months.
I did every part of this 5-day-per-week newscast. I wrote the script, worked the camera and editing the video.
VIDEO STORYTELLING
Created all parts of this video include motion graphics and music. I regularly reported on breaking news and features through video for Studio805 or the general VCStar.com site.
SABEW BEST IN BUSINESSÂ AWARD
Feb. 13, 2005
Part I: Cashing out
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PHOENIX — The view from coastal California is rather bleak.
A scorched city in the desert, the definition of suburban sprawl, full of over-air-conditioned strip malls and Midwestern retirees escaping the snow. Houses are cheap for a reason.
FEATURE WRITING
Sept 16, 2013
Facebook push shows changing role of animal rescue groups, shelters
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Ventura County has a few dozen new residents of the four-legged variety after local animal rescue groups and pet lovers responded to a call to move animals out of a Bakersfield shelter.
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