William E.

McGuinness
25 Hemlock Street, Fall River, Mass. 02720 774-319-8917 wmcguinn@gmail.com

Career Objective: Desire to contribute positively to the profession and practice of journalism by advocating, innovating and creating it. Education: Bachelor of Arts, journalism, English minor; University of Massachusetts, Amherst May, 2010 Experience: Chief of Digital Operations, The Herald News, The Taunton Gazette, Fall River, Mass. Aug 2010- p
Chief digital/mobile administrator for two daily newspapers and their affiliated town websites Lead two newsrooms in establishing web-first operations in news, sports and lifestyle content Introduced user-generated content platforms, grew social platforms and lead community interaction. Grew mobile usage and products. Restructured operations to encourage greater cooperation and enterprise coverage Brought properties to best of Gatehouse status Lead content sharing initiative that includes New England daily Gatehouse newspapers and Wicked Local websites; sit on Gatehouse New England web operations working group

Contributing Editor Consultant

The Advocate and associated properties CampusLIVE, Inc., Boston, MA

January 2011-p April 2010 - p

Cover emerging treatment and technology for minority populations with HIV/AIDS Worked with CEO on products, content and promotion that engages college audiences through gamified phpbased promotions and services. Worked with innovative advertising models not dealing with CPM/banner events.

Fellow Editor in Chief

Dow Jones News Fund, New York, NY The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Amherst, Mass.

May - August 2010 April, 2009 May 2010

Wrote business features and articles for The Cape Cod Times and NewsCorp properties Chief editorial and business administrator for New Englands largest college daily newspaper Pulled paper out of debt to a $30,000 profit in nine months Established an independent, profitable web product. Increased traffic 400+ percent

Freelance Writer: Internships:

September, 2004 - p

Publishing credits include The Boston Globe; Boston.com; StyleSectionLA..com , The Herald News, Fall River, MA; Yesterdays Island, Nantucket, MA; Collegebizjournalism.com, The Advocate and associated magazines The Advocate Los Angeles, California May, 2009 September, 2009 General assignment reporter for the web and wrote features for the magazine The Daily Hampshire Gazette Northampton, Massachusetts January, 2008 May, 2008 Wrote news articles on town government and higher education, spot crime reporter. The Giraffe Media Project Amherst, Massachusetts September, 2007 December, 2007 Highlighted and catalogued innovations in the packaging and presentation of media in an online world The Herald News Fall River, Massachusetts June, 2007 September, 2007 Wrote feature, hard news and real estate pieces on deadline for publication Columnist, The Herald News Fall River, Massachusetts September, 2007 June, 2008 Wrote weekly automotive column highlighting local business conditions

Computer Proficiency: Editing: Photoshop, FinalCut, inDesign, Quark, Soundslides, Garageband, Audacity and
others. Web: Data visualizations, CMS, CSS, mapping software, mobile technologies and publication. Social: fluent in current and emerging social networks from a developers perspective Awards / Interests: Scott J. Bacherman Journalism scholarship recipient; The Observer Award for Excellence in Community Journalism from Bristol Community College; online journalist groups; ONAvolunteer; #wjchat