Marc Valles

Status

Currently employed in Southern California.

Experience

12/2002 - 10/5/2004           San Bernardino Sun            San Bernardino, CA

Wire editor/page designer

§     Compiled up to three wire budgets daily; designed wire news and business pages; monitored news stories; published column.

11/2001 – 6/2002           San Francisco Examiner       San Francisco, CA

Page designer/editor

§     Designed and edited business and wire news pages; worked under Mario Garcia on tabloid conversion project; published columns.

9/2000 – 10/2001           ANG Newspapers                     Pleasanton, CA

Copy editor/page designer

§     Designed local and wire news pages; edited wire and local stories for style, content; trained new staffers in design, editing; wrote editorials.

6/1997 – 6/1998             Daily Nexus                         Santa Barbara, CA

Editor in chief

§     Hired, trained and supervised daily staff of 100+; regularly fielded concerns from local, state and national officials, media and public.

6/1996 – 6/1997             Daily Nexus                         Santa Barbara, CA

Opinion editor

§     Assembled and edited daily 2-4 page opinion section; ran meetings of the editorial board, writing up to 10 editorials weekly; ran endorsement interviews with candidates for office ranging from student body council to U.S. Senate.

 

Education

 

1995 - 2000                   University of California           Santa Barbara, CA

§     Worked toward B.A., English.

 

Computer skills

 

Fluent in Harris, Quark Xpress, Pagemaker, Word; familiar with Freehand, Photoshop, HTML.