1. Thomas G. Gibbons
3341 S. Terrace Road
Tempe, Ariz.
82582
Phone: 480-600-6702
Email: dezbiz57@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2008 to present: Copy editor, production assistant, Pearson Digital Learning.
Assemble flash files for an interactive high school biology product. Troubleshoot flash
files an interactive elementary school Spanish math product. Edited multimedia scripts
for a reading program for middle school students.
August 2007 to present: Freelancer. Write and edit business, sports and general news
stories for such publications as the East Valley Tribune, AZ Business, Venues Today,
Knowledge@W. P. Carey, Capitol Times, The Goldwater Institute and The New York
Daily News.
August 2004 to present: Adjunct instructor at Cronkite School. I teach beginning
news writing.
November 2002 to August 2007: Business editor, Tribune Newspapers. Edited daily
business section and wrote an opinion column for 95,000-circulation daily based in Mesa.
Redesigned stock pages and designed a weekly, real estate page. Worked with web site
team to add content and features to www.evtrib.com.
August 2001 to November 2002: Assistant business editor, Tribune Newspapers.
Helped edit the business section, covered sports business and developed a career
education beat, covering Apollo Group and similar companies.
August 2000 to August 2001: Assistant sports editor, Tribune Newspapers.
Supervised high school sports coverage, worked the copy desk and wrote a column on
local sports. Started an internship for high school students. Expanded network of
freelancers to cover high schools and other community sports. Helped develop Varsity
Xtra, a popular weekly high school football tabloid section.
March 2000 to August 2000: Copy editor, Los Angeles Times. Edited news and sports
copy for a six-day-a-week local section for 1-million circulation daily.
January 1998 to March 2000: Sports editor, The Desert Sun. Supervised seven
staffers in producing an Associated Press Sports Editors national award-winning sports
section for 49,000-circulation paper in Palm Springs, Calif. Served as the lead reporter
2. and writer on award-winning coverage of a shooting at City Hall in Riverside, Calif.
August 1993 to January 1998: Assistant sports editor, The Press-Enterprise.
Supervised eight full-time writers covering pro and major colleges, and four full-timers
and seven part-timers covering small colleges, minor-league baseball and high schools.
Helped coordinate graphics and photos for the section for 170,000 circulation daily in
Riverside, Calif.
May 1990 to August 1993: Copy editor, The Press-Enterprise. Served on the paper’s
style committee.
October 1987 to May 1990: Assistant sports editor, The Arizona Daily Star. In
charge of the copy desk and, for the final year, the high school coverage for a 90,000-
circulation daily in Tucson, Ariz.
April 1985 to October 1987: Sports copy editor, The Arizona Daily Star.
August 1983 to April 1985: Sports reporter, The Arizona Republic. I began as a part-
timer and worked my way to a full-time position, helping putting out five weekly, zoned
sections for 300,000-circulation daily in Phoenix.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
August 2004 to May 2006 and August 2007 to present: Adjunct faculty instructor,
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University. Teach beginning
news writing and intermediate reporting. Class size is usually 20 students.
EDUCATION
Attended Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., 1975-79 and 1982-83.
Attended Tempe Union High School, Tempe, Ariz., 1971-75.
REFERENCES
Patricia Barnes
Former editor
Inland Valley Our Times
Ontario, Calif.
951-784-8066
Mike Sansone
Assistant sports editor
Chicago Tribune
