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Seattle, WA
jhadle@janehadley.net


Work Experience

Editorial
Reporter Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, Washington
Retired December 2005. Starting in 1979, covered a series of beats, including real estate, environment, higher education, courts, consumer affairs, transportation and general assignment.
Managing Editor Seattle Sun Seattle, Washington
Directed reporters, photographers, critics, graphic artists and production staff of weekly newspaper.
Reporter Kansas City Star Kansas City, Missouri
Intern general assignment reporter
Manuscript Editor Markham Publishing Co. Chicago, Illinois
Responsible for designing and editing college-level social science textbooks
Technical
Web Producer Firefly Productions Seattle, Washington
Created and hosted Web sites for a subscription farming business and for a rowing club.
Cold Fusion Developer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, Washington
Created searchable, browsable Web-based newspaper stylebook. Created searchable, browsable Web-based database of newsroom contacts.
Computer Trainer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, Washington
Trained reporters and newsroom editors on use of new newspaper computer system(CCI). Helped customize system. Designed curriculum, wrote instructional materials, taught classes, provided post-training support.

Skills

Writing on deadline
Editing
Research
Analysis
Teaching
French
HTML
JavaScript
PHP
MySQL
Cold Fusion
Visual Basic
Java
XML
Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access

Education

B.A. in history, University of Wisconsin at Madison
M.A. in political science, University of California at Los Angeles
Three years in Ph.D. program in political science, University of Washington, Seattle

Training

Certificates in Microsoft Word, Excel and Access
Class in beginning Java
Class in Java Servlets and Java Server Pages
Class in Beginning XML

Awards and Honors

C.B. Blethen Memorial Award for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting
First Place in Consumer Affairs. Cash award. Annual contest covers six U.S. northwestern states and two Canadian provinces.

Society of Professional Journalists' Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest
Three first-place awards in consumer reporting (most recent in 2002), second-place award in business reporting, third-place award in environmental reporting and third place award in business reporting.

William Jennings Bryan Prize
Best paper in political science (University of Wisconsin).

J.Allen Smith Fellowship
University of Washington