Resumé

Joseph R. Weber
3814 10th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20011
202-494-5466
weberumd@hotmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

The Washington Times,Washington, D.C.

Congressional reporter — April 2010
Continuous news editor — March 2009
Metro editor — February 2006
Deputy Metro editor — January 2004
Assistant Metro editor — October 2002

Write about national politics and the mid-term elections. As continuous news editor, was responsible for increasing trafﬁc to the Times’ website through such strategies as developing a breaking-news team and presenting stories on multiple platforms. Led the Metro desk's team of reporters through six state assemblies and such major stories as the Supreme Court case on D.C. handguns, the inauguration.

Promoted three times in seven years.

Gannett Co., McLean, Va.

City editor/Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times — September 1998 – October 2002
Editor/Ocean Pines Compass — August 1997 – August 1998

Ran the newsroom, from developing the daily report and young reporters to planning in-depth coverage and long-term market strategies.

CD Publications, Silver Spring, Md.

Reporter/editor — May 1996 – October 1996

Covered health-care issues on Capitol Hill, at the White House and in such federal agencies as the FDA and HUD.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park, Md., Bachelor of Arts, English literature, 1985
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., Masters in writing, 1990 —

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Correspondent: including the Baltimore Sun and the Raleigh News & Observer
Adjunct professor: Salisbury University and the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism
TV and radio: C-Span, Canal Plus, KUSI-TV9 and CBS News Radio

REFERENCES

Available upon request