EXPERIENCE

December 2003 to the present
WRITER and JOURNALIST
Air America Radio
New York, NY (866) 303-2270
FOUNDING WRITER, VOICE TALENT, SEGMENT PRODUCER Air America Radio, 641 6th Ave., 4th floor, New York, NY (212) 352-4800 Helped in the initial development of the network, writing or performing for Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, Lizz Winstead, Rachel Maddow and Janeane Garofalo. I edited and performed a satirical news segment three to five times a week on “The Randi Rhodes Show” and wrote news summaries, jokes, talking points and topical sketches for Randi Rhodes, “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “Ring of Fire” with Mike Papantonio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I also performed voice work, including political impressions, and produced and edited audio segments. I am now freelancing.
For current work, contact Mauri Small at "Ring of Fire." For previous work, contact Lizz Winstead, Tom Johnson, Brendan McDonald, Carl Ginsberg

Nov. 2000 to November 2003
EDITORIAL WRITER/ OPINION PAGE EDITOR/ COLUMNIST
Courier-Post (circ. 90,000)
Cherry Hill, NJ (856) 663-6000
Wrote editorials and laid out pages with syndicated columnists and local opinion writers. Promoted to page editor in March 2003. Supervised the opinion page, overseeing two editorial writers and a part-time clerk. Set agenda for the editorial board and edited letters to the editor. Weekly column also ran in Asbury Park Press and Jewish World Review. Second place winner for commentary in Gannett’s national Well Done Awards, Division 1 newspapers, 4th quarter 2002. Second place winner for editorial comment, Philadelphia Press Association, 2002. Contact: Derek Osenenko.

1999 to 2000
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR/ COLUMNIST
Herald & News (circ. 45,000)
West Paterson, NJ (973) 569-7173
Edited stories, developed story ideas, helped oversee a staff of fifteen reporters, made sure stories got in by deadline, and addressed production problems related to local daily reporting. Wrote a weekly column. Contact: Dino Ciliberti

March 1999 to Sept. 1999
SENIOR WRITER/VOICE TALENT
"Snap Judgment," Court TV
New York, NY (212) 973-8938
Worked for a daily, prime-time cable comedy show. Scripted and produced television segments based on court cases. Also performed voice-overs. Promoted after two months from writer to senior writer, after which I also oversaw and edited news features, wrote and edited satirical editorials, fixed problems in overall show scripts and put together specials and compilation shows. Stayed until the show’s cancellation. Contact: Lizz Winstead, Lynne Kirby.

1997 to 1999
DAILY REPORTER
The Hour (circ. 19,000)
Norwalk, CT (203) 846-3281
Covered the suburbs, crime and courts. Contact: Bob Fredericks (914-694-5039).

FREELANCE WRITING

National Lampoon, Good Housekeeping, San Francisco Chronicle, SOMA, College Digest, POET, New Times (Orlando, FL), East Bay Express, Berkeley Systems (jokes for CD-ROM game)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1995 to 1996
Jewish Bulletin, San Francisco, CA (415) 263-7200
Correspondent covering the Jewish community in northern California

1995
Marin Scope Newspapers (415) 332-3778
General assignment reporter at a chain of community weeklies

1988
San Francisco Focus Magazine
Copy editor (Chicago style)

COMEDIAN and PERFORMER

TV
A&E's Evening at the Improv (two appearances), A&E’s Comedy on the Road (two appearances), Caroline's Comedy Hour, MTV’s Half-Hour Comedy Hour. Producer, writer, performer and video editor of a comedy sketch show on San Francisco public access television, 1993

SAMPLE OF STAND-UP COMEDY CLUBS
Improv, Los Angeles. Punchline, San Francisco. Stand-Up, New York City. Punchline, Atlanta. Spellbinders, Houston. Funny Bone, Little Rock. Joker’s, Oklahoma City. Comedy Underground, Seattle. Holy City Zoo, San Francisco.

STAGE
Comedy team Lank & Earl: 1985 to 1995
Studied long-form improvisation at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, New York City
Comedy Sportz comedy improvisation group, Philadelphia: 2001 to 2003

Head writer, F.I.S.H. theatrical comedy sketch group, San Francisco, circa 1992
Writer and performer for Bad Hair, theatrical comedy sketch group, Philadelphia, circa 2002

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