Other Work Experience

Media Intern

Grand Prix du Mardi Gras
New Orleans, LA
June 1991 (Part-time)
Provided media and public relations assistance for the CART/IMSA grand prix race held in New Orleans. Access and responsibilities covered all areas of the event except trackside.

Freelance Producer, Director, Editor, Scriptwriter & Videographer

Wildfire, Inc.
Eldridge, ND
1990 (Project work, seasonal)
Producer, director, editor, scriptwriter and videographer for Wildfire, a start-up contract wilderness firefighting company based in North Dakota.

Student Video Engineer

Department of Communications, Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
1990-1991 (Part-time, academic year)
Provided technical support and assistance to students regarding the department's video production studios, editing facilities and field production equipment, and managed and maintained the computer graphics systems.

Producer, Director, Editor, Scriptwriter & Videographer

KCSI Television 32
Jamestown, ND
1989, 1990 (Full-time, seasonal)
Responsibilities included the development and production of commercials, the station's identity system, promotional programs, and contract news videography for various television networks within the state.

Ad Designer

The Prairie Post
Jamestown, ND
1989 (Full-time, seasonal)
Produced print advertisements for a weekly shopper newspaper using Macintosh systems, and performed paste-up and layout of the paper.

Television Production Intern

KHJ Television 9
Los Angeles, CA (New Orleans, LA)
August 1988 (Full-time)
Television production intern for the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. Assisted with the production of live remotes including breaking coverage of the announcement of the nominee for vice-preseident, and a segment with Chef Paul Prudhomme at K-Paul's Restaurant. KHJ is now known as KCAL, and a family station of CBS 2 Los Angeles.

InfoGraphic Designer & Macintosh Systems Administrator

Jamestown Sun
Jamestown, ND
1988 (Full-time, seasonal)
Designed informational graphics for the daily newspaper, typeset articles and advertising copy, and redesigned the section and subsection mastheads and identity system for the newspaper. Maintained Macintosh and mini-computer typesetting systems.

Lead Student Server & Network Administrator

Academic Computing Services, Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
1988-1990 (Part-time, academic year)
Developed Macintosh server security and management procedures, installed and supported six client-server model Macintosh student computing laboratories, and provided Macintosh-related technical support to campus. Implemented the client-server "Satellite Startup" floppy disk-based lab computer login system in MacOS 6.x and 7.x and AppleShare 3.x.

Programming Director & Live On-Air Announcer

WLDC-AM Radio, Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
1987-1990 (Part-time, academic year)
Scheduled on-air talent, managed traffic, and established the station's first major network program affiliation with the Westwood One Radio Networks. Developed Macintosh-based radio station traffic management software.

Student Assistant

Dept. of English, Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
1987-1988 (Part-time, academic year)
Departmental work-study student assistant and computer systems specialist for the departmental Apple II-based writing laboratory.