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313 W. 55th St., Apt. 2F

New York, NY

Phone 212-307-5821

E-mail dpine@nyc.rr.com

Donald W. Pine

Professional experience

3/2001– Present                                                     New York, NY

Journalism Management Consultant

1.                Editor for investigation projects

2.                Training seminars in investigative and computer-assisted reporting, editing and diversity reporting

3.                Editorial and business management consulting

4.                Freelance reporting from Europe

2/2001– 3/2001              Parlo.com                                       New York, NY

Managing Editor

5.                Managed all editorial operations for language elearning site.

6.                Developed a permission e-mail model to create revenue.

7.                Edited travel and cultural newsletter products.

8.                Parlo dropped its content program in 3/2001.

8/2000 – 2/2001              New APB Inc.                  New York, NY

Director, News Operations

9.                Managed news operations for the new owner of APBnews.com.

11/1999 – 8/2000              APBnews.com                                        New York, NY

Manager, News Operations

1.                Built a content syndication system scalable for quick growth and focused on developing a content niche through editorial customer service.

2.                Managed staff syndicating content to online and newspaper partners.

3.                Developed an automated system for formatting content.

4.                Negotiated and implemented content partnerships with AOL, MSNBC, Yahoo, Lycos and others.

5.                Company closed 8/00

1996- 1999                         The Associated Press                             New York, NY

Director, News and Information Research Center

6.                Created a new department to provide 24-hour deadline research for the AP worldwide.

7.                Answered directly to the AP Executive Editor.

8.                Managed a $2 million budget.

9.                Developed an instant reference intranet for reporter desktop research.

10.             Developed a web-based real time research request system and database in Lotus Notes.

11.             Negotiated national online database vendor contracts.

12.             Managed the clean-up of the AP electronic archive.

1994 - 1995                        New Times                                                     Miami, FL

Reporter, Investigations

1992 - 1993                        Alameda Newspaper Group                      Oakland, CA

Oakland Tribune

Reporter, Investigations and Computer-Assisted Projects

Hayward Daily Review

Reporter, Investigations and Special Projects

1990 - 1992                        Easy Reader Newspaper                     Los Angeles, CA

Editor

13.             60,000 circulation weekly

 

1989 - 1990                        Easy Reader Newspaper                     Los Angeles, CA

Senior Writer

1986 - 1989                        Easy Reader Newspaper                     Los Angeles, CA

Reporter

1983 - 1986                        Freelance                                                                        

Writer/Photographer

14.             Contributed to trade journals and general interest newspapers and magazines

 

 

Other Professional Experience

 January 1999                       Poynter Institute                               St. Petersburg, FL

Guest faculty for research technology seminar

Education

1967 - 1971                        University of Southern California    Los Angeles, CA

BA English Literature

15.             Honors track program

16.             Urban Semester Program

Awards received

California Newspapers and publishers Assn. (CNPA) First Place, Public Service, 1992

Gerald Loeb Awards For Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, Finalist, 1992

Professional memberships

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)

Languages

French

References

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