Who:
Jeff E
Durango Herald assistant news editor
Outdoor and Travel editor.
#1 job at Herald is back up news editor.
He is also on the copy desk, which is the 'last line' before everything makes it into the paper. Jeff also designs pages.
Where:
Grew up in Broomfeild, Colorado. Graduated from Broomfeild High School.
College:
-CSU 2 years
-Vail ski bum/ worked in ski shop.
-Alaska/ worked on crab boat
-hitch-hiked West Coast.
After, he went back to school at CSU for three years.
He got a degree in technical journalism, and a concentration degree in public relations.
After graduating from CSU, he worked at Sky-Hi news in Denver as a reporter and photographer.
Jeff also worked as a media relations coordinator in Gramby at the Silvercreek, Ski area. He did the marketing department, media relations, media relations, and was the representative of the ski area for Ski Country, USA.
Another neat thing that Jeff did was 'Ghost Writing' for Hank Cashama a pro skier that worked for Skier Magazine.
He was then the host of a cable T.V program 'Ski Talk', and wrote copy for the show.
Jeff also worked at Regis College for a about a year.
-Public affairs
-Publicity coordinator
-internal/ external
-News release
-launched fundraisers
-Anything media related.
Jeff then moved out to Paso-Robles, California. He worked as a Sports editor for 4 years at a newspaper.
He also worked in Palm Springs that the 'Desert Sun' as a sports copy editor.
Six years later worked as a copy editor at the news desk, designed front pages for a Gallete newspaper.
After that, Jeff went and worked at a Fort Collins Newspaper as a copy editor, assistant City editor, assistant news editor for 9 years.
Then Jeff found himself in Durango, Colorado working at the Durango Herald starting in November of 2008. He first started off as a Copy editor, then in the summer of 2011 he became the assistant city editor, and also took on the Travel section and Outdoor section.
What do you dislike about journalism?
" Love this business, don't like the schedule and late hours".
What do you like?
Seeing results of work every 24 hours everyday is rewarding.
The rhythm to it
busy
exciting
seeing stories as the happen
informed
on top of news
People who work in it, are all very similar
Energy- make it fun
lively
Advice?
Prepare for tough hours
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