Paul J. Williams

2250 Clarendon Blvd. Apt. 1802 · Arlington, VA 22201 · 571-331-9890 · paujwillatgmaildotcom

Experience

Scripps-McClatchy Western Service editor (1/03-present, Scripps Howard News Service)

Work with editors from Sacramento, Ventura, Orange County, San Francisco, Fresno, Riverside, Denver and Las Vegas to coordinate coverage of the western United States. Edit late-breaking national news and sports stories. Help design and administer public news Web site (www.scrippsnews.com). Pop music editor.

Arts copy editor (10/02- 12/02, Colorado Springs Gazette)

Designed and edited daily entertainment page. Edited and coordinated production of weekly entertainment section. Wrote arts and features stories.

Sports copy editor (4/01-10/02, South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Edited copy for length and style for 270,000-circulation daily. Wrote headlines, captions and other display copy. Coordinated community sports coverage for 14 zones, overseeing six freelancers. Designed sports pages.

Content manager (5/00-1-01, sportingarena.com)

Worked with creative and development teams to launch sportingarena.com. Served as primary editor responsible for maintaining and developing content for all aspects of the Web site. Designed page layouts and scoped content flow and functionality. Generated and produced special projects as needed. Responsible for assessing content needs and updating and placing content.

Feature writer (1/00-4/00, Vero Beach Press Journal)

Reporter for 40,000-circulation daily. Wrote profiles, human interest stories, enterprise features plus event coverage and previews. Night reporter twice a week. Wrote a minimum of seven stories a week.

Skills

Over the course of my career, I have supervised freelance writers, generated story and product ideas, managed projects and news sections and coordinated news coverage with editors across the country.

Freelance credits

Humor columnist for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. Published by Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Salon.com, DC Style, Capitol File, Mcsweeneys.net, Fametracker.com, New Times Broward/Palm Beach and In Pittsburgh Weekly.

Education

B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University. Managing editor of the Indiana Daily Student. Editor of Indiana's Lux magazine