{"id":23,"date":"2015-10-17T23:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T23:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2021-07-21T19:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:19:25","slug":"career","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mprNewsLogo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-89\" src=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mprNewsLogo1.png\" alt=\"mprNewsLogo1\" width=\"140\" height=\"21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mprNewsLogo1.png 200w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mprNewsLogo1-100x15.png 100w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mprNewsLogo1-150x23.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m currently retired from full-time work, but I spent most of my career at Minnesota Public Radio, where I worked my way from the control room to the newsroom. Among other things, I have covered state politics, city halls, the environment, education and sports.<\/p>\n<p>My roles\u00a0there have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Senior editor<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Oct. 2009 &#8211; June 2021<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>News director<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Mar. 2005 &#8211; Oct. 2009<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Editor\/Deputy news director<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Mar. 1999 &#8211; Mar. 2005<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reporter<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Feb. 1990 &#8211; Sept. 1997<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Assistant producer\/<\/strong><strong>Technical director<\/strong> <em>June 1982 &#8211; Feb. 1990<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of my accomplishments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skilled at crafting award-winning stories from conception through production<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experienced at developing reporter skills<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managed newsroom of top-ranked news\/talk station in a top 20 market<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrated online and broadcast news operations for industry leading web site<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raised staff standards and improved accountability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transformed newsroom\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mindset from that of market follower to market leader<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improved newsroom productivity and story quality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fostered innovation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aplogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-93 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aplogo.png\" alt=\"aplogo\" width=\"138\" height=\"34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aplogo.png 248w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aplogo-100x25.png 100w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aplogo-150x37.png 150w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/aplogo-200x49.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a>In the middle of my career, I spent 18 months covering Minnesota politics for the Associated Press. The period included the extraordinary election of former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura to the governor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m currently retired from full-time work, but I spent most of my career at Minnesota Public Radio, where I worked my way from the control room to the newsroom. 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