EDUCATION:

2009 August: TEFL International Teacher Training Certificate 100 hrs.; 40 hrs. of CELTA in-class training, HCMC Vietnam.

1996 M.A. University of Florida, Journalism/Mass Communication.

1991 B.A. University of Hawaii, Political Science/Economics.

1989 US Navy -- Print/Broadcast Journalism, Defense Information School.

TECH SKILLS: Quark, Pagemaker, Photoshop, A-Plus, Certified Internet Web Design (CIW) associate cert.

CERTIFIED IN: CSS, HTML, XML, MY SQL database, experienced with some CMS including Joomla and Wordpress, Macromedia Dreamweaver, some Adobe multimedia editing. 

AWARDS: California Newspaper Publishers Association winner 2006, for personal writing and second place, best newspaper in category (one of three reporters); 1993 Investigative Journalism Award (full-tuition scholarship, University of Florida College).

EXPERIENCE:

April 2010 to Present: Web designer, writer, San Francisco Bay Area, CA. and Los Angeles, CA.

Oct. 2009 to March 2010: Lecturer, Business English Department, Dien Bien Phu College, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

June 2007 - March 2009: News Editor, Pioneer Press Newspapers: Siskiyou County, CA and Klamath County, Oregon. (circ. 40k). Politics, government, business, crime, features, layout, photography, Web design and development. 

Oct. 2005 to Dec. 2006 Tracy Press/Manteca Sun Post/Lodi News Sentinel/San Joaquin News Service(circ. 100k) California: General Assignment: city, county, state government; features, hard news, business, environment. 

Feb. 2003 to Dec. 2003: Business Editor, Garden Island News, Pulitzer Publishing Co.(circ. 50k), Kauai, Hawaii.  Layout, staff management, writing, editing and photography. 

Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2003: Night Editor, Sierra Pacific Publishing, California (circ. 100k). City/county government, business, agribusiness, air pollution, water, environment; editing and newsroom management.

Jan 1997 - Jan 2002: Reporter, Honolulu Publishing, owners of Honolulu Magazine and Island Business (circ.200k) -- Monthly feature articles on statewide business and culture.

Nov. 1996 – 2000: Adjunct Communication Professor, Hawaii Pacific University and University of Hawaii.

Jan 1996 - Oct. 1996: English Instructor, South Korea -- ESL, American culture, government and journalism for undergrad/graduate students; traveler to Vietnam, Thailand.

June 1993-Jan 1994: Reporter, Cherokee Tribune and Marietta Daily Journal, Atlanta, Georgia (circ. 80k) -- County and municipal beats, cops and crime, politics and features.

June 1993-May 1995: Reporter, University of Florida, Gainesville -- Researched, wrote and edited stories on electrical, environmental, computer and civil engineering projects; all stories were published via the Associated Press in regional and national publications.

August 1985-August 1989: Navy Journalist, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) -- announcer, camera ops, studio ops, editing for radio and television projects broadcast via world-wide AFRTS system.

Also, various freelance for San Francisco Weekly, Pacific Business News, University of Hawaii Science Research Office.

Past Honors:

1993 Research Assistant to Dean, University of Florida.

1991 Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, Listing.

1990 Big Island Press Club Scholarship.

1990 American Journalists Association Scholarship, Hawai'i Chapter.

LANGUAGES: English, basic Spanish, some Japanese, some Korean, some Vietnamese