Paul Rutz

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About Paul Rutz

A highly experienced writer/editor with an exceptional eye for detail: clean, readable copy is one of my passions. My work combines the tight clarity of daily news writing with a zeal for accuracy in history and other academic research. I’m equally comfortable writing longform features and AP-style copy on tight deadline. I enjoy the puzzle of copy editing, and as a former Naval Officer, I love collaborating with other leaders toward a common goal. Bio:Paul Xavier Rutz graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001, earned a master’s degree eight months later, then served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kennedy. While in the Naval Reserve he danced ballet with a few small companies, using painting to examine the events and people he encountered. After working as a reporter/photographer for the Pentagon’s press service, he went back to school to study imagery in American culture, completing a Ph.D. dissertation on art and the Iraq war in spring 2011. He taught writing and film theory at Purdue and worked as Senior Copy Editor at the journal Modern Fiction Studies. His work can be found in the Huffington Post, Military.com, Military History magazine, in academic journals, and on the covers of several books. Paul paints and writes in Portland, Oregon.