Terry Talty

P.O. Box 2999          Breckenridge, Colorado 80424        e-mail: terry@unsafeArt

Work History/Accomplishments

Web Productiion   RealEstateSummitCounty.com                    Breckenridge, CO                2006-7

¥       Wrote and edited copy, information architecture, coordinated art and database development, and develop data specification.

Press Secretary    Colorado House of Representative, Majority Communications   Denver, CO                2006

¥       Edited copy, contributed content, web design, work with animators, developers and site and sold sponsorship.

Web editor              UnsafeArt.com                     Breckenridge, CO                2005

¥       Edited copy, contributed content, web design, work with animators, developers and site and sold sponsorship.

Reporter, News Editor        The Summit Times/Copper Cable            Frisco, CO 2002-2004

¥       Worked with general manager to develop an editorial strategy and specific content to compete with two daily newspapers circulating in a county of 25,000 residents with 1 million annual visitors.

¥       Met deadlines for two publications, researched and wrote news briefs, investigative news features, analysis, lifestyle features and a weekly political column -- approximately 5,000 words per week.

Writer            The Signal, Public Radio Newsletter       Breckenridge, CO    2004

¥       Added personality to this quarterly newsletter by providing interviews of interest to public radio listeners.

Reporter                                The Mountain Mail                          Salida, CO                2002

¥       For 5-day daily, I covered education, health, business and government down to the middle school student council.

¥      Updated my photography skills including the use of PhotoShop for newspaper applications.

 

Capitol Correspondent       Mountain Media Co-op                  Denver, CO               2000-2001

¥       Established a capitol bureau for a group of rural Colorado dailies in the third-floor pressroom.

¥       Developed stories tailored to local interest on subjects such as resort and ski business, the environment, recreation, transportation, technology and, of course, politics.

¥       Acquired additional skill in computer aided research.

Reporter/Section Editor                  Summit Daily News                                     Frisco, CO 1999-2000

¥       My evolving beat began with courts, town government, health and dog stories and turned into state and local government reporting, education and environment.

¥       Produced ten stories per week from idea through research and writing. Contributed a magazine-length feature periodically to the Sunday issue and wrote copy for supplements and guides.

¥       Promoted to entertainment section editor, I wrote A&E copy, edited contributing writers, collaborated with production designers for covers, made photo assignments, acquired AP copy, and send copy to web edition.

¥       Developed a natural talent for cropping photos and creatively used Quark to layout the 24-32 page weekly section.

¥       Created a two-page weekly food section with local content and transcribed original recipes from oral, contemporary and historical sources.

 

 

Communication/Marketing     Breckenridge Goldsmith Gallery          Breckenridge, CO

¥       Managing partner responsible for sales. Wrote ad copy, press releases and financial statements.

¥       Designed, developed content and wrote copy for a 50-page web catalogue.

¥       Produced nationally distributed marketing materials and acted as curator for several in-house and traveling exhibitions of artists working in metal.

 

Reporter                            Crested Butte Chronicle & Pilot        Crested Butte, CO

¥       Wrote features on skiing, forests, business, politics and recreation. Beats: education, local government

Education

University of Denver, Bachelors Degree            with honors                  Denver, CO

¥       News staff reporter for college newspaper and contributor to magazine.

¥       Alumni Scholarship: four-year academic scholarship.

Selected Volunteer Community Involvement

¥       Current Affairs Forum, Colorado Mountain College, board member

¥       Breckenridge Public Art Commission, Town of Breckenridge, chairman

¥       Shaping Our Summit, Healthy Communities Initiative, issues committee

¥       Odyssey of the Mind, Breckenridge Elementary, coach. Awards: Renatra Fusca.

¥       Breckenridge Festival of Film, publicity chairman

¥      Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce, Events Development Committee, publicity chairman.

Other Skills

¥       Computer: Word processing, Quark, PhotoShop, HTML, spreadsheet applications, database programs, web design assistants including Dreamweaver, Power Point, Internet research and some AutoCad.

¥       Versatile on PC or Mac.

¥       Language: Very proficient in French and some study of Russian, German, Spanish and Italian.