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North Jersey News Reporter

North Jersey Media Group, part of the USA Today Network, is the leading provider of news and marketing services in northern New Jersey. The Record is an award-winning daily newspaper reaching more than half a million readers a day with local, investigative and enterprise reporting. Forty-nine community newspapers circulate to 778,000 households across Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Morris and Sussex counties. Together, the company s newspapers reach 98% of homes across Bergen and Passaic counties.

Award-winning reporter with a passion for breaking news, developing in-depth enterprise pieces and blogging. Thrives in 24/7 newsroom environment, writing for print and the Web. Achieved recognition and reputation for researching and interviewing skills at then-startup Crain’s New York Business, cable-industry bible Multichannel News and The Record, one of New Jersey’s largest dailies. Created well-trafficked local gossip column called “Say, What?” and a blog on the home shopping industry. A Gerald Loeb Award winner for “A Requiem for Fashion,” an analysis of the impact of AIDS on Seventh Avenue. In addition to The Homeshoppingista -- which covers the celebrities, programming and financial side of home shopping networks -- .blogged on brain injury for BrainIndex.com, named one of the "50 Best Blogs by Lawyers." Wrote breaking stories -- as many as 10 a day -- and blogged for the Web for Multichannel News, as page views rose to more than 700,000 a month. Self-starter who can develop and execute in-depth enterprise pieces for print. Won Gerald Loeb Award for a story on the impact of AIDS on the fashion industry while at Crain's New York Business. At Multichannel News, was recruited as part of team that established this weekly newspaper as dominant player covering the cable TV industry, putting two competitors out of business. Helped generate revenue, and was awarded bonuses, for spearheading special pull-out sections. Assigned, wrote and edited stories – and arranged art – for these financially successful supplements. Proposed and wrote a first-person story, as a northern New Jersey resident, on the finale of "The Sopranos" that accurately reported where the controversial final scene would take place. That story and its photo gallery helped drive Web traffic for Multichannel.