Jefferson Dodge

e-mail: jdodger71@gmail.com

Professional Experience

September 2009 to present	Managing Editor Boulder Weekly Boulder, Colorado	Managing freelancers, editing and writing for all sections, including Cuisine Expanded content to include local Cuisine stories, police blotter Edited and contributed content for special editions like Boulderganic Spearheaded new internship program with CU journalism school
June 2007 to July 2009	Editor Silver & Gold Record University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado	Managed seven employees spread across four campuses Oversaw budget of $580,000 in state funds and $50,000 in ad revenue Responsible for design, layout, editing and editorial decisions for print and online versions of weekly newspaper with a circulation of 8,500 Editorial writing on topics such as current changes in the newspaper industry Reported to independent editorial board of faculty/staff representatives
April 1998 to June 2007	Assistant Editor Silver & Gold Record University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado	Regularly served as acting editor Served as work leader for five employees As circulation manager for three years, hired and managed three delivery drivers Regularly laid out and edited pages using Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop As webmaster, created a new version of newspaper's original website in 2000, helped convert it to a full-text version, then continued to edit, improve and maintain it Assisted in conversion from print photos to digital format, edited digital photos for production, maintained digital photo archive Reporter and photographer, covering national CU-Boulder stories on the 2004 football scandal and the 2005 Ward Churchill controversy
November 1997 to April 1998	Denver Reporter Silver & Gold Record University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado	Experience as a reporter and photographer covering the state legislature, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and CU's Denver campus Promoted to assistant editor within six months
November 1996 to December 2000	Editor/Writer/Researcher The Evergreen Press Evergreen, Colorado	Co-authored book on behavioral interviewing for journalists Edited, wrote and researched for human resource training and development texts
September 1997 to November 1997	Assistant Editor GIS World Fort Collins, Colorado	Managed writers, wrote features, provided design assistance for geographic information systems trade journal while undergoing state application and interview process for CU's Silver & Gold Record reporter position
August 1997 to May 1998	Freelance Writer Boulder County Business Report Boulder, Colorado	Wrote local business-related feature stories on topics such as the music industry, banking innovations, backcountry skiing and the housing market
September 1996 to September 1997	Staff Writer Eagle/Summit Publishing Frisco, Colorado	Wrote for three publications (Summit Daily News, Breckenridge Journal, Great Divide magazine) Wrote and edited stories in a variety of areas, including opinion, news, business, features, entertainment, politics and real estate Assisted in design of daily newspaper layout using QuarkXpress and Adobe Photoshop Served as acting editor in editor's absence Content provider for daily newspaper website Won third-place award from Colorado Press Association for humorous column writing Hired as freelancer for The Denver Post, click here for July 1997 clip
January 1995 to September 1996	Reporter/Photographer The Clear Creek Courant Idaho Springs, Colorado	Wrote and edited news, entertainment, feature, business, sports, and opinion articles Served as photographer and darkroom technician Involved in layout, accounting, circulation, distribution and advertising Hired as freelancer for The Denver Post
September 1993 to May 1994	Entertainment Writer The Daily Texan University of Texas, Austin, Texas	Interviewed bands and musicians Wrote features and album reviews
September 1989 to May 1990	Arts and Leisure Writer The Catalyst The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado	Served as album critic Wrote concert reviews

Educational Background

August 1998 to 2002	University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado	Master of Arts in journalism degree, including courses in website development; 3.9 GPA (Click here for transcript); thesis on newspaper websites Elected to journalism honor society Kappa Tau Alpha Wrote HTML code to create online resume and a pilot website for Clear Creek Courant as electronic journalism class project
January 1993 to May 1994	University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas	Bachelor of Arts degree in English, minor in Spanish; 3.3 GPA
September 1989 to May 1991	The Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado	Historian and philanthropy chair of the Sigma Chi Fraternity; coursework toward B.A. degree with concentration in English, history and Spanish; 3.2 GPA
September 1985 to June 1989	Santa Fe Preparatory School Santa Fe, New Mexico	Graduated third in high school class; winner of annual Elrington Award; photography editor of yearbook; captain of varsity soccer team; electives in Spanish and photography; 3.3 GPA

Community Service

June 2000 to December 2001

Lashley Village Homeowners' Association
Longmont, Colorado

President of homeowners' association board of directors

References

Nancy Ciccone Silver & Gold Record Editorial Board Chair Chair, Department of English University of Colorado at Denver	Campus Box 175, P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 303.556.8395 303.870.1536 Nancy.Ciccone@ucdenver.edu
Robert Trager (graduate advisor for master's thesis) Associate Dean and Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Colorado at Boulder	Box 478 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 303.492.0502 303.485.5976 Trager@colorado.edu
Susan Barney Jones former Silver & Gold Record editor University of Colorado	625 Concord Ave. Boulder, CO 80304 303.442.8644 sbj@colorado.edu
Carol Wilcox Founder and former editor/publisher Clear Creek Courant	324 Country Lane Petersburg, VA 23805-2007 804.720.2391 303.567.4487 wilcoxstiff@yahoo.com
Alex Miller Managing Editor Summit Daily News	40 West Main St. Frisco, CO 80443 970.668.4618 amiller@summitdaily.com
Dennis DuBe (former Colorado Daily publisher and CU-Boulder journalism instructor) General Coordinator Longmont Free University	505 Main St. Longmont, CO 80501 303.702.1500 dennis.dube@LongmontFreeU.com
Don Slowik Publisher/President The Evergreen Press	P.O. Box 4181 Evergreen, CO 80437 303.670.3335 hrtrainers@msn.com
Bruce Henderson (member of master's thesis committee) Communications Director Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society University of Colorado at Boulder	Box 320 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 303.735.0899 bruce.henderson@colorado.edu