Rossiter T. Drake
1 St. Francis Place, Apt. 6222 * San Francisco, CA 94107 * savefenway@aol.com * Further contact information available upon request.
Summary of Qualifications
* Published in various magazines and newspapers, including People Weekly, the
Oakland Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, SF Weekly, SFStation.com, the Detroit Metro Times, America Online,
CMJ New Music Monthly, Real Detroit Weekly and the San Francisco Examiner.
* Skilled at research, fact checking, and compiling information.
* Computer and Internet savvy; experienced with word processors and graphic design
programs.
Relevant Professional Experience
SF Weekly, San Francisco, CA 10/04 - Present
Music
Writer
* Produced story ideas, contributed feature articles and reviews
for an alt-weekly with a circulation of over 100,000.
SFStation.com, San Francisco, CA 09/04
- PresentMovie Writer
* Produced
story ideas, contributed interviews, features and reviews for a popular San Francisco-based website.
eBay
the Magazine, Pleasantville, NY 07/03 - 09/03
Writer/Researcher
* Produced story ideas,
contributed copy and performed fact-checking, researching and administrative duties for test version of new national magazine
with initial circulation of 10,000.
mediabistro.com, New
York, NY 05/03 - 08/03
Editorial Intern
* Composed and updated
online content for popular New York-based media Web site.
* Conducted and transcribed
interviews.
ANG Newspapers, Oakland,
CA 08/02 - Present
Freelance Entertainment Reporter
* Wrote music reviews,
concert reviews, film reviews, feature pieces and local living articles for Bay Area newspapers including the Oakland Tribune,
the Tri-Valley Herald, the Daily Review and The Argus, which boast a combined circulation of over 250,000.
ANG Newspapers, Oakland,
CA 09/01 - 12/02
Copy Editor/Paginator
* Edited news and local
sections for Bay Area newspapers including the Oakland Tribune, the Tri-Valley Herald, the Daily Review and
The Argus, which boast a combined circulation of over 250,000.
* Designed front and inside pages for news, local and editorial sections.
Detroit Metro Times, Detroit,
MI 03/02 - Present
Freelance Entertainment Reporter
* Wrote music reviews
for weekly newspaper with circulation of 80,000.
* Contributed features on artists including LL Cool J, the Allman Brothers Band
and Mike Patton.
America Online, San
Francisco, CA 02/01 - 11/01
Sports Reporter
* Wrote event previews
and feature pieces for Bay Area sports section of Americas largest Internet Service Provider.
Real Detroit Weekly, Detroit,
MI 11/00 - 03/01
Freelance Columnist
* Wrote weekly Internet
columns for newspaper with circulation of 50,000.
San Francisco Examiner, San
Francisco, CA 11/00 - 05/01
Sports Reporter/Copy Editor
* Wrote bi-weekly columns
for newspaper with 150 employees and circulation of 100,000.
* Generated awareness of newspaper through appearance on local sports talk shows.
* Performed editing, copy editing and pagination duties.
* Beat reporter covering the San Jose Sharks and the San Francisco Demons.
CMJ New Music Monthly, New
York, NY 09/00 - 03/01
Freelance Music Critic
* Contributed music
reviews to major music publication with circulation of 100,000.
Entertainment Weekly, New
York, NY 06/00 - 10/00
Intern/Editorial Assistant
* Contributed copy and performed research for weekly magazine with 800 employees.
* Wrote articles for Fall Music Preview.
* Conducted interviews for special issues with Master P, Eve and the Talking Heads.
* Performed fact checking and pagination duties, as well as various administrative
tasks.
Oberlin Review, Oberlin,
OH 05/99 - 05/00
Editor-in-Chief
* Planned and assigned
content for weekly newspaper with 40 employees.
* Generated creative
story ideas and oversaw newspaper and online staff.
* Redesigned Review
Web site to increase traffic and audience.
* Worked with human
resource department to hired skilled writers and designers.
* Wrote sports, news,
and arts and entertainment articles, as well as editorials.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, with minor in Film,
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Computer Skills
PC & Mac
Microsoft Word, Quark, Harris, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, VAX/VMS,
Telnet, Netscape, Internet Explorer, MS Office, Quicken, Appleworks, Simpletext, HTML
References
Cutler Durkee, Executive Editor, People Weekly
James Seymore, Managing Editor, eBay the Magazine
Annabel Bentley, Director of Research Services, Entertainment Weekly
Ben Hoffman, Editor/Designer, The New York Times
Jeremy Owens, Editor, SF Examiner
(Contact information available upon request.)