"Words Neatly Arranged": Who's Hiring?

Major revamp of my resume tonight... totally rethought presentation and formatting. Let's see if anyone bites (hint, hint).

CHUCK TAYLOR
CAREER
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE/BILLBOARD.COM, New York, 1995-2009.
Profiled more than 500 entertainers and music executives, including Elton John, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, Britney Spears, ABBA, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Carrie Underwood, Gloria Estefan, Luther Vandross, Olivia Newton-John… Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola, Ahmet Ertegun…

Senior Correspondent. Reported, wrote entrepreneurial music business trend stories, artist profiles, spot news, scoops for industry’s leading online/weekly print trade publication. 2003-2009.

Single Reviews Editor. Lead critic: Wrote, assigned, edited critiques of pop, urban/hip hop, country, rock, triple-A, dance, AC, Christian radio releases. 1998-2009.

Host Billboard Radio online countdown; 485,000 hits per week. 1999-2006.

Senior Editor Features/Music Editor. Writing, copy flow, deadlines, line editing, headlines, artwork, proofing, style/grammar; assisted managing editor with content direction; synergy between edit/copy desk/production; conceived and wrote BackBeat society page; news and feature reporting for multiple sections. 2001-2003.

Senior Writer. Conceived, reported, wrote feature-length page 1 enterprise stories on industry trends and personalities. Spot newswriting at deadline. Liaison on all coverage and voice of publication with Editor in Chief. 2000-2001.

Radio Editor/Columnist. Commandeered five-page section on radio programming’s impact on the music business; editing, production, newswriting for other sections; launched weekly “AirWaves” column, comprising artist profiles and industry perspective on hit records: third most-read column in the magazine. 1995-2000.

RADIO & RECORDS/R&R.COM, New York, 2006-2009.
Senior Editor, Features/Managing Editor Billboard Radio Monitor/billboardradiomonitor.com. Integral role in transitioning Billboard’s 2006 buyout of heritage radio industry weekly (R&R). Breaking news for 24/7 Web sites, in-depth coverage of broadcast issues, intensive line editing, proofing. Oversaw copy flow, enforced deadlines, staff tutorials in style, consistency and voice. 2004-2009.

AC Format Editor/Columnist. Feature coverage, industry ambassador for nation’s leading adult contemporary radio programmers and personalities. 2006-2007.

RADIO WORLD NEWSPAPERS, Washington, D.C., 1988-1995.
Editor Tuned In magazine. Conceived content, timbre of radio management/programming monthly. All editing, production, budget, editor’s column. A one-man show. 1994-1995. Managing Editor Radio World International (RWI). Direction of management/technology bi-weekly, editing, production, design. Columnist of “USAirplay” on stateside radio programming trends in RWI and Radio World (RW). Reporter RWI/RW. Coverage of FCC, business, technology, industry trends.

WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, Arlington, Va., 1985-1988.
Sections Editor/Reporter. Wrote, edited, designed weekly focus sections on regional industries, from media and finance to real estate; media and regional business news.

FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES, Washington, D.C., 1984-1985.
Director American Political Journalism Conference, Faculty/Director Institute on Political Journalism. Lined up Washington media elite as speakers, recruited 100 students for Georgetown University-affiliated programs.

ON-AIR RADIO PERSONALITY, Lynchburg, Va. 1980-1983.
The market’s top-rated country WWOD-AM and sister AC WKZZ-FM.

RELATED
Voting member NARAS (Grammy Awards).
Active on Facebook, Twitter, blogging (“The Smoking Nun”:
chucktaylorblog.blogspot.com).
Media commentator on ABC’s “20/20” (‘N Sync), CNN (Radio technology), “CBS
Evening News” (Michael Jackson), A&E’s “Biography” (Donny & Marie Osmond,
Wahlberg Brothers, Celine Dion, Vanilla Ice, Shaun Cassidy), VH1’s “Behind the
Music” (Celine Dion), “E! True Hollywood Story” (Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Nelly
Furtado), MTV, BBC, NPR, many more.
Quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, Time, London Observer, Boston Globe,
Christian Science Monitor, Parade, TV Guide, Seventeen, People, Us, Chicago
Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, many more.
Published songwriter, affiliated with Young Pals Music/BMI.
Authored liner notes for 2008 reissue of Celine Dion’s “A New Day Has Come,”
2007 “These Are Special Times,” 2005 “N Sync Greatest Hits,” two dozen Time-Life
compilations. Wrote foreword for Celine Dion biography Passion Celine (2002).
Participation in charity music event for New York’s Ronald McDonald House.
Entertainment correspondent BBC Radio (2002-2004).
Editor In Chief, initiating all editorial content for Web start-up WeLoveFreeMusic.com.
Full chapter interview in How to Get a Job in the Music Industry, by Keith Hatschek/
Berklee College of Music, second edition (2007).
Contributor Musichound Lounge—The Essential Album Guide (1998).
“Single Slice” columnist Pro Audio Review magazine (2001-2005).
News, feature reporter for Lynchburg, Va., News & Daily Advance (1983-1984).
Society of Professional Journalists award for spot news reporting.
Proficiency in Quark (QPS), Teamsite Web posting, intimate knowledge of AP Style.
No relation to Converse All-Star sneakers: “I’m the other Chuck Taylor.”
Clips and bio available: wordsneatlyarranged.blogspot.com.

EDUCATION
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., Bachelor’s degree in journalism/speech, English minor, cum laude.