Resume

 

Jade Walker

e: jade@jadewalker.com
w: www.jadewalker.com

WORK HISTORY

2011-2022: Overnight editor, HuffPost
* Supervised the site overnight and produced the front page
* Assigned, edited and produced breaking news and viral features
* Managed an international team of writers and provided editorial guidance
* Handled story promotion using Twitter, Facebook, breaking news banners, e-mail newsletters and mobile alerts

2007-2011: Overnight editor/producer, Yahoo! News
* Supervised the site overnight and produced the front page
* Produced breaking news and viral features, mostly from wire services
* Created a database of advance obituaries, complete with multimedia elements
* Wrote The Starting Point, a daily column offering readers a snapshot of the news stories that occurred overnight

2005-2007: Overnight editor/producer, The Associated Press
* Produced breaking news stories and published on the national, business, sports and entertainment wires

2000-2003, 2004-2005: Overnight editor/producer, The New York Times on the Web
* Supervised the site overnight and produced the front page
* Produced breaking news stories and features, and updated Obituaries, Portraits of Grief, A Nation Challenged, The War in Iraq, Week in Review, The Olympics, Fashion/ Styles, Weddings and Pictures of the Times.
* Member of the Web team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in the Public Service category for A Nation Challenged, a special section published online and in print after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks

1997-2002: Editor-in-chief, Inscriptions Magazine
* Managed an international team of 50 freelance writers
* Edited 70-page weekly online magazine
* Produced website that was named one of the Best Websites for Writers by Writers Digest three years in a row

 

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

* 30+ years of experience in journalism
* Internet bloodhound and social media maven
* Published poet and short story writer
* Member of The Society of Professional Obituary Writers, Writers Guild of America – East, the Online News Association, the Authors Guild, PEN America, the New Hampshire Writers Guild and the Silent Book Club

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

* Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/jadewalker
* Post+ – https://post.news/@/jadewalker
* Spoutible – https://spoutible.com/jadewalker
* Threads – https://www.threads.net/@thejadewalker
* Tumblr – http://jadewalker.tumblr.com
* LinkedIn – http://www.linkedin.com/in/jadewalker
* Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/jadewalker
* YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/maidenfate

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