Wayne Lockwood
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* I most recently worked at the New York Daily News as the lead designer/news editor of the business section. I'm a one-stop art director, graphic designer, typographer and slot editor.
* I also covered jazz for the Daily News and The Miami Herald, writing about venerable pros and up-and-coming players at the center of the jazz universe and kept an eye (ear?) on the jazz record industry with a weekly Record Store Tuesday column.
* Overall, I have more than 20 years of experience in newspaper and book publishing as a writer, editor, designer and manager in highly competitive markets including New York City, Philadelphia and South Florida.
* For nearly four years, I was a syndicated features columnist writing about Generation X issues for the former Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service.
* Specialties: Book and newspaper design | News/feature writing | Editing | Coaching (writers and designers) -
Education
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n/a English and Comparative LiteratureFlorida Atlantic University1988 - 1993
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Experience
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News Editor and Jazz WriterNew York Daily NewsFeb 2008 - Jul 2014 (6 years 5 months)Was the lead designer/news editor for business pages and designed/coordinated editing efforts for news pages for this 516,000-circulation daily tabloid newspaper, the sixth-largest in the U.S. Worked closely with the business editor to choose play of stories. Also covered the city's professional jazz scene, coordinating with artists and publicists to produce feature stories while reporting on the goings-on of the jazz recording industry with a weekly Record Store Tuesday column. Highly proficient with several front-end editing programs by Atex and Harris, as well as design programs such as InDesign, Photoshop and Quark XPress.
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Universal Page Designer/Jazz WriterThe Miami HeraldFeb 2005 - Feb 2008 (3 years)Was responsible for booking and designing A-section, local section and business pages, as well as special opinion pages and sports pages in rotation for the Universal Presentation Desk of this 280,000-circulation Knight Ridder/McClatchy newspaper. Worked closely with section editors and other presentation desk editors, graphic designers and copy editors to decide play for stories, as well as coordinate workflow and ensure good deadline performance. Helped implement a massive expansion in suburban coverage for the Neighbors sections in 2005. Also covered a resurgence in the Miami jazz scene throughout 2006 and 2007.
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Copy ChiefMetro2002 - 2005 (3 years)Coordinated the consolidation of production for the three U.S. Metro commuter tabloid newspapers (in Philadelphia, New York and Boston) in a New York City hub in 2004 and created a pageflow and editing system from scratch. Managed a staff of 10 designer/copy editors and coordinated play and placement of stories for all three U.S. papers. Made key hires for the desk and led efforts to keep the department within its financial budget. Spearheaded effort to start a business section for Metro while in Philadelphia, and worked with Bloomberg News to create a specialized index for the newspaper. Also assisted in a redesign while in Philadelphia.
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Sports EditorThe Sun News2000 - 2002 (2 years)Directed a staff of 10 writers and copy editor/designers, as well as a double-digit group of freelancers for this 50,000-circulation Knight Ridder newspaper. Played a key role in the redesign of the section and the paper in 2000, which brought the sports section a pair of awards of excellence from the Society for News Design for sports section design and for our special daily Olympics wrap. Simultaneously acted as editor of Myrtle Beach Golf Magazine, and headed a redesign/retooling effort for the magazine that significantly increased revenue thanks to the reinvigorated original content. Led department to an honorable mention Sunday section award from the Associated Press Sports Editors.
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Sports DesignerYork Daily Record1998 - 2000 (2 years)Led the design efforts for the sports pages and spearheaded special-project efforts while helping to edit and oversee five staff writers for this 44,000-circulation Buckner newspaper, a top-10 APSE daily section for 1998. Helped coach writing staff to a top-5 APSE finish in enterprise reporting. Served as interim sports editor for several months in 1999.
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Writer/Columnist/Designer/Copy EditorBoca Raton News1991 - 1997 (6 years)Designed 1A and local fronts as well as inside pages for this 25,000-circulation Knight Ridder newspaper. Maestroed several special sections. Acted as sports editor one night per week in the editor's absence. Wrote a weekly column about Generation X issues for the paper as well as for Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service that moved in the weekly lifestyle package from 1994 to 1997. Worked on general assignment beat, as well as cops and courts beats for several years before taking over the county government beat in 1995. Helped repurpose and redesign a weekly recreational sports tabloid in mid-1991 in the months following Knight Ridder's 25-43 project rollout, an effort that focused on hooking younger readers.
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Awards
Book “Acid Indigestion Eyes” nominated for Pushcart Prize, 2011 | Honorable-mention Sunday section, APSE, 2001 | Award of Excellence, Special Section (Olympics), Society for News Design, 2000 | Award of Excellence, Sports Section, Society for News Design, 2000 | Top-10 daily section, Associated Press Sports Editors, 1998 | First place, Local Page Design, Florida Press Club, 1996.
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