JIM WELTE
1835 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 203-8261
jfwelte@yahoo.com
EXPERIENCE |
7/08-present
Freelance Writer, San Francisco, CA Write news and feature stories for print and online publications, including Paste, San Francisco, Crawdaddy, Bicycling, Here, Jambase, East Bay Express, Straight No Chaser, and The Onion A/V Club. 5/04-9/05, 6/09 -present Reporter, Marin Independent Journal,Novato, CA Cover business, real estate, the local economy and general assignment for the daily newspaper of Marin County. Write news features on a wide range of subjects, from religion and architecture to immigration and privatization. 9/05-7/08 Editor, MP3.com,San Francisco, CA Oversaw all editorial content at national music Web site, including news, features, blogs, and podcasts. Conducted video and audio interviews with artists, bands, and digital music thought leaders. Wrote an average of 15 news, features, and concert reviews a week. Worked with more than 75 record labels and marketing firms to acquire streams, downloads, and related content. 1/02-5/04 Staff Writer, Half Moon Bay Review,Half Moon Bay, CA Covered the city beat, including land use, the environment, education, open space trusts, transportation, the marine and agricultural industry issues and the police and fire departments for an award-winning weekly newspaper. 2/00-8/01 Staff Reporter, Business 2.0 Online,San Francisco, CA Covered digital music, advertising and marketing, Latin America and education for online news arm of national business magazine. Wrote an average of 8 news stories and 1-2 feature articles per week, and introduced the site's weekly Five Questions feature on evolving business strategies. 8/99-2/00 Correspondent, Reuters America,San Francisco, CA Covered advertising, marketing, public relations and the media industry beat for international wire service, on a part-time basis. Covered those industries for entire West Coast. 4/96-10/99 Senior Editor, The Bulldog Reporter,Emeryville, CA Assigned, wrote and edited an eight-page, twice-monthly media trade publication. 8/95-1/96 Staff Writer, Montgomery Newspapers,Fort Washington, PA Covered scholastic sports for award-winning newspaper group in suburban Philadelphia. 8/95-9/95 Correspondent, The Philadelphia Inquirer,Philadelphia, PA Wrote preseason scholastic sports previews for suburban editions of the largest daily newspaper in Pennsylvania. 7/94-5/95 Correspondent, The Post Standard,Syracuse, NY Covered college and scholastic athletics for daily newspaper with a circulation of 100,000. |
OTHER EXPERIENCE |
2/99-12/00
News editor, Inkblot Magazine, Fact Checker/Copy Editor, Forbes ASAP, Staff Intern, Congressman Thomas Foglietta, Research Assistant, Political Science Dept., Syracuse University |
EDUCATION |
Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Majors: Newspaper, African American Studies |