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Summary

Digital storyteller directing youth-centered, social change-oriented media projects. Former photojournalist at the San Jose Mercury News for five years and later pursued citizen journalism through syndicated blog distributed via LexisNexis services.

 

Some key qualifications and strengths I offer include:

 

  • High Impact Storytelling:  During my tenure at the San Jose Mercury News, I helped craft an innovative online storytelling strategy as a staff photojournalist and picture editor. For me, this involved both capturing news in multimedia form in the field as well as editing video, audio and still picture footage.
  • Content Manager with Solid News Judgment:  As a social entrepreneur, I returned to citizen media in 2008 to build an online community devoted to watchdog journalism – a form of activism aimed at holding accountable public personalities and institutions whose functions impact political life.
  • A Proven Track Record of Achievement:  Some of the honors I have received at the San Jose Mercury News include the 2003 Executive Editor’s Award for teamwork in launching five community news weeklies and the 2005 Executive Editor’s Award for Hurricane Katrina coverage. 

Education

Stanford University - Undergraduate

Stanford, CA, United States
Aug 1995 - Jun 2000
B.A., B.A., Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (Honors) and Art & Art History
  • Won the Louis Sudler Prize in the Humanities and Creative Arts (2000)

Specialties

Web Design and Technology

(Advanced)
<1 Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
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  • Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop), Final Cut Pro Studio 6 (SoundTrack Pro, Compressor), HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL. Able to master new systems with ease.

Work History

League of Women Voters Education Fund

South San Mateo County, CA, United States
Aug 2008 - Present
Project Manager 
  • Secured 60 percent of $35,000 operating budget.
  • Crafted in-school curriculum on video production. Produced student films for video sharing sites and Community Access Cable TV.

KTLA-TV

Los Angeles, CA, United States
Mar 2007 - May 2007
Multimedia Producer 
  • Produced daily traffic logs for KTLA-TV, a Tribune Broadcasting station, and maintained programming data for Sales and Promotion Departments.
  • Analyzed outbound marketing campaign performance to identify, prioritize and execute on opportunities for improvement in marketing effectiveness.
  • Provided expert advice in the areas of collaborative journalism, online community building and social media optimization for KTLA.com.
  • Developed press releases, articles, case studies, product launch plans, and timelines.

KIPP Heartwood Academy

San Jose, CA, United States
2004 - 2006
Project Director 
  • Launched a Literacy Through Photography Program for ESL fifth and sixth grade students at KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Heartwood Academy (a charter school) incorporating youth development model.
  • Fund-raised for program operation including online community, public exhibition and live auction.  Secured camera donations from Kodak plus $20,000 in donations and $2,500 in grants.
  • Solicited voluntary involvement of professional journalists from San Francisco Bay Area media organizations. Five college interns instructed 100 students while 20 professionals served as mentors.

San Jose Mercury News, Inc.

San Jose, CA, United States
2002 - 2007
Staff Photojournalist & Picture Editor 
  • Reported on stories and produced audio, video and photo content for the newspaper and its website.

  • Edited use of photography for international, national, and local news in the paper's front section.

  • Awarded second team prize for “Best Use, Interactive Publication/Media” and shared Honorable Mention in “Picture Editor of the Year” category in 2005 National Press Photographers’ Best of Photojournalism contest.

  • Shared 2005 Executive Editor’s Award for Hurricane Katrina coverage including on-the-ground reporting; embedded with the California National Guard.

  • Photography instructor and 1994 graduate: Mosaic, a Mercury News workshop at San Jose State University for minority high school students.

Grants

Palo Alto Community Fund grant recipient for outreach project of the Leagues of Women Voters of Palo Alto and South San Mateo County.

 

Awards

SJMN

Placed second in 2006 Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition in newspaper editing division for multiple page feature story. 

Audio Slideshow (06:40)

A United Front

Demonstrations to help immigrants on May 1, 2006 give diverse citizens common cause.

Multimedia

Multimedia

The Mercury News reviewed more than 700 court cases in Santa Clara County. Our study found questionable conduct in more than a third. In the worst cases, defendants were wrongly convicted, including four men whose stories are told here.

 

Reference

Mike Frankel

(Superior)
Deputy Metro Editor San Jose Mercury News

Bland, obedient, stationary ... three words you won't hear connected to Anne-Marie. Self-reliant, can-do, life-affirming? Yes. Trouble-shooter, vivacious, fearless ... yep, again. Whether it's starting a nonprofit from scratch to inspire young photojournalists or performing magic at crunch-time to create the perfect image to showcase a section front in tomorrow's paper, Anne-Marie always sees the potential, always raises the expectations, always defies convention – with a smile and the zest to do it again tomorrow. Risk-taker, barrier-breaker – again, Anne-Marie.