Destination: Newsroom

Laura Vecsey

2911 W. Boston St.

Seattle, Washington 98199

Phone: (206) 213-0749

Email: lauravecsey@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE: To rejoin a newspaper that is equally committed "old-school" journalism & new-world technology.

QUALIFICATIONS:

I am passionate about journalism and local news coverage. I am a self-starter and an analytically- astute and creative thinker. I began my career in Albany, where I served as copy editor, reporter and columnist before moving to larger market newspapers in Seattle and Baltimore. I would like to dedicate my reporting, thinking and writing services again to a newspaper committed to serving its community and to utilizing its technological resources in the brave new world of daily journalism.

EDUCATION

1979-1983 B.A. Sarah Lawrence College

2007-Present University of Washington (MFA candidate)

EMPLOYMENT

2008 -Present -- Local Content Director, Seattle

Examiner.com

Examiner.com is a new website that is building local knowledge networks in cities across the U.S. My main responsibilities include recruiting and managing local experts in Seattle to deliver timely posts in their key areas of expertise.

2005-Present Author, freelance writer, MFA candidate University of Washington

2002-2005 Sports columnist, The Baltimore Sun

Main columnist for major metro daily with circulation of 350,000 and 480,000 Sundays.

As the “voice” of the sports section, I chose topics according to breaking news, trends, personalities and game-day events for all major sports, including NFL, major league baseball, collegiate athletics, Olympics and NBA.

1994-2002 Sports columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Main sports columnist for 200,000 circulation daily newspaper.

1986-1994 Journalist, Albany (NY) Times Union

Copy editor, reporter and sports columnist for this 100,000 circulation daily. Edited news articles for all sections of the newspaper. Beat reporter and award-winning writer on several municipal beats.