Jade Walker
e: jade@jadewalker.com
w: www.jadewalker.com
WORK HISTORY
2023 to present: Overnight editor/curator of local news, Apple News via Magnit Global
* Produced and curated breaking news, features and obits for 20 U.S. cities on Apple News overnight
* Promoted local news as a vital source of information and entertainment
* Collaborated with numerous teams, including Top Stories, Stocks, Weather, Newsletters and Sports
* Served as a point of contact for hundreds of publishers
2011-2022: Overnight editor, HuffPost
* Supervised HuffPost 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
* Created and updated slideshows for notable, entertainer and writer obituaries
* Handled story promotion using Twitter, Facebook, breaking news banners, e-mail newsletters and mobile alerts
2007-2011: Overnight editor/producer, Yahoo! News
* Supervised Yahoo! News 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 newsletter offering readers a snapshot of the news 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 NYTimes.com 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
* Editor of A Bit of Good News
* 30+ years of experience in journalism
* Internet bloodhound and social media maven
* Published poet and short story writer
* MMember 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 (Manchester, NH chapter)
SOCIAL MEDIA
* Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/jadewalker
* Threads – https://www.threads.net/@thejadewalker
* LinkedIn – http://www.linkedin.com/in/jadewalker
* Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/jadewalker