Résumé

1. Jeff Ballinger Resume, Page 1 of 2
Jeff Ballinger
5 Cité Dupetit Thouars, Paris, France 75003 • (805) 242-6994 • jeffLballinger@mac.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Self-Employed | October 2015 to present
Writer / Web Editor / Communications Professional / Teacher / Photographer
• http://awebsiteinaday.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jballinger/
Columbia Global Centers | October 2012 to September
2015 Associate Director of Communications
• Manage print projects such as newsletters, brochures, and other print pieces
• Serve as editor-in-chief for www.globalcenters.columbia.edu
• Manage and edit content on the nine websites and the centers’ staff who contribute to them
• Write, edit and post stories with video, photos and photo galleries to our websites and social networks
• Manage outside vendors creating video projects and website development
• Take photographs and edit them (using Photoshop) and create photo galleries
• Train staff in how to use the CMS (Drupal)
• Served as part-time Web Editor, Oct. 2012 to May 2013, creating the websites of the eight centers
Columbia Engineering School | 2008 to 2013
Associate Director of Web Communications | September 2008 to March 2013
• Served as editor-in-chief for www.engineering.columbia.edu
• Oversaw the nine department and program sites with the school and the web staff who ran them
• Oversaw the seven sites within the School’s Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering (IDSE)
• Wrote, edited and posted news stories with video, photos and photo galleries
• Edited photographs in Photoshop and created photo galleries, take photographs of events
• Posted stories, events, video and galleries to Facebook and Twitter
• Produced monthly e-newsletter for alumni, staff and other constituents
• Rewrote press releases for general audience of web readers
• Led five redesign projects—three for the School’s web site, one for the nine departments and programs,
and one for the IDSE—coordinating work of vendors who designed and developed the site
• Responsible for establishing the editorial voice of the site
• Trained web staff in how to use the CMS (Drupal)
Columbia University | May 2007 to September 2015
Member of Columbia University’s Web Advisory Committee
Columbia University Office of Communications and Public Affairs | 2007 to 2008
Webmaster | May 2007 to September 2008
• Served as editor for www.columbia.edu/cu/news and its secondary pages
• Edited and post news stories with video, photos and slideshows
• Edited photographs in Photoshop and created photo galleries
• Rewrote press releases for general audience of web readers
• Played a key role in the redesign of the site
• Responsible for establishing the editorial voice of the site
• Responsible for compiling home page photo gallery of images submitted by staff, students and the public
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA) | 1996 to 2007
Senior Web Producer | 2005 to 2007
• Served as editor for www.sanluisobispo.com, the website of a McClatchy-owned daily newspaper with a
readership then of 40,000 in print and 13,000 online.
• Posted breaking news stories—local and wire—including audio, video, photos and slideshows
• Edited photographs in Photoshop and created photo galleries
• Wrote and edited stories, multimedia packages and headlines
• Increased online readership by 10 percent; doubled daily page views within my first six months as producer
• Selected to the development team of a redesign of the paper and a new travel website

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Assistant City Editor | 2003 to 2006
• Worked 1-2 night shifts a week on city desk, overseeing final copy from reporters, proofing
pages, posting breaking news to the Web and making final editorial decisions for the next
day’s paper
• Led nightly editorial meeting to update stories slated for next morning’s paper
Senior Staff Writer/Education Writer | 1998 to 2005
• Wrote and reported on local, state and national topics and trends in education; covered 10 county school
districts, one state university and one community college
• Covered numerous political events and campaigns, including the 2000 Democratic National Convention and
Shadow Convention in Los Angeles
• Interviewed George W. Bush on the campaign trail in August, 2000; covered former President Bill Clinton’s
address at the 1996 National Governor’s Association meeting
• Led a writing workshop for young reporters starting in 2004 through 2007
• Created and wrote All-Around Top Seniors, the paper’s first one-day, double-truck package honoring more
than 50 outstanding local high school graduates, from 1999 to 2006
• Rode my bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles (seven days, 570 miles) with 2,500 riders 1997 California
AIDS Ride; filed two daily stories from the road, including features and a personal narrative
Staff Writer | 1996 to 1998
• General assignment reporter in the North County bureau, covered city government, schools and
crime
St. Albans Messenger (St. Albans, VT) | 1995 to 1996
Staff Writer | May 1995 to May 1996
• Wrote general assignment stories, features, columns, and photographed stories for a daily
newspaper
• Covered Howard Dean during a year of his tenure as governor of Vermont
SKILLS
• Photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Drupal interface, Wordpress interface, Keynote, Powerpoint
WRITING AWARDS
• 2004: First Place, Spot News Coverage (Associated Press News Executive Council for California and Nevada,
for newspapers between 25,000 and 74,999 circ.) for staff coverage of “Quake kills two”
• 2002: First Place, Attack Coverage (Associated Press News Executive Council for California and Nevada, for
newspapers between 25,000 and 74,999 circ.) for staff coverage of the 9/11 attacks
• 2002: Second Place, Opinion (Education Writers Association National Awards for Education Reporting,
newspapers under 100,000 circ.) for columns on school violence
• 2001: Scholar (Education Writers Association.) Received a scholarship as part of the EWA’s 2001 National
Fellowships in Education Reporting
• 2001: First Place, Investigative or Enterprise Reporting (Newspaper Publishers Association Better 2001
Awards, newspapers with circulation between 25,001 and 75,000.) for “Children of Divorce,” a three-day
series based on interviews with experts and families, with a survey of nearly 1,200 high school students that
explored the impact of divorce on children
• 2001: Finalist, Paul L. Myhre Series/Special Section (The Missouri School of Journalism Missouri Lifestyle
Journalism Awards 2001.) for “Children of Divorce”
TEACHING
La Center High School (La Center, WA) | English and Photography Teacher and Yearbook Adviser | 1993—1994
Lincoln High School (Portland, OR) | Language Arts Teacher | 1993
EDUCATION
University of California – Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) | Secondary Teaching Credential
California State University (Fresno, CA) | Bachelor of Arts in English