Colin P.

Background

About Colin P.

I still believe in the dream of print newspaper.I have worked in newspapers for nearly two decades, including time in management roles, at a smaller paper, a mid-size daily and with a couple of big-city papers. I have worked on the content side — with writing experience and as an assignment editor working with a team of staff reporters, freelancers and clerks — and on the production side. I have designed pages, written headlines, edited copy for grammar and style, selected and edited stories from news wires, booked sections and overseen a universal copy and design desk. I also worked on an early-morning online team (and you know how hard it is for us print people to get up early).Specialties: • My specialty is putting together a complete news or features package — making both words and visuals work together. I can pick wire stories for a page, edit them, write headlines, pick photos and lay out that page.• Working with entertainment, pop culture and food coverage.• Putting together exciting front pages, whether breaking news on deadline (I put together my first newspaper's covers for 9/11 and the Iraq invasion, among other big stories) or special projects.