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Chris Seper chris@chrisseper.com Chrisseper.com/jobs WORK EXPERIENCE The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Online medical editor. Responsible for launching and maintaining a pair of online medical sections. Coordinate podcasts, blogs, video, databases and additional content for a patient-oriented section presenting hyperlocal information about the region's hospitals, as well as a business-oriented section for anyone with a vested interest in the region's medical community. (November 2007 to current) Sunday assistant metro editor. Coordinate coverage and edit stories for Monday’s metro section. (October 2005 to current) Assistant metro editor. Supervised six reporters and coordinated coverage of growing communities in the paper’s six-county circulation area. (January to November 2007) General assignment reporter. Responsible for breaking news and in-depth coverage. (March 2005 to January 2007) Technology reporter. Covered the local technology industry, national technology issues and some local public companies for the business section. I also wrote a weekly column on the local tech industry and published a blog. (March 2001 to February 2005) Metro reporter. Covered Cleveland’s near-west suburbs. (February 2000 to March 2001) Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor Freelance contributor. Provided features, breaking news and news analyses about Cambodia. (December 1997 to December 1999) The Cambodia Daily Foreign editor, copy desk chief. Led a four-member copy desk at this Phnom Penh-based daily newspaper and was responsible for foreign news in the weekday editions. Assisted in the design of the newspaper using QuarkXPress. (January to December 1999) Copy editor. Assisted in the design of the newspaper using QuarkXPress. (December 1997 to December 1998). The Philadelphia Inquirer Suburban reporter. Covered six communities and two school districts as part of the Inquirer’s two-year correspondent program. (June 1996 to November 1997) HONORS/AFFILIATIONS Renewable Natural Resources Foundation 2006 Excellence in Journalism Award for Crude Awakening series. Associated Press Society of Ohio First place, 2005 Best Enterprise Reporting, Crude Awakening series. National Press Foundation 2005 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Crude Awakening series. The Press Club of Cleveland Second place, Technology Writing, Open Print Division, 2004 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards. Second place, Technology Writing, Open Print Division, 2003 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards. First place, Technology Writing, Open Print Division, 2002 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards. Society of American Business Editors and Writers Co-winner, Best in Business Breaking News Among Papers With Circulation Over 375,001 for 2002. The Pookai Book Project Volunteer and co-founder. The project gathered funds and need-specific books for a Cambodian library to promote literacy, accelerate education, speed economic development and empower Cambodians to take their place on the world stage. (2001 to 2007) EDUCATION Cuyahoga Community College – Corporate College Javascript Introduction (April 2008) Introduction to CSS and XHTML (March 2008) Newspaper Next Attended their one-day conference in East Lansing, Mich. (June 2007). Eastern Illinois University Master's degree, political science. Concentration on political behavior, specifically voting behavior and presidential power. (June 1997) Bachelor's degree, journalism and political science. (August 1995) REFERENCES Available upon request.