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Defense Media ActivityWriter
Dec. 2023 - Apr. 2025Maryland, United States
Smoky Mountain Living magazineEditor
Aug. 2017I am editor of a magazine that gets this kind of reaction from readers: "This is the best magazine on the market today. I literally read it cover to cover every 2 months. My wife and I live in Statesville (North Carolina) and I purchase it at our local Ingles. Please keep up with the great work."
It is hard to beat that review.
Virgin Islands Daily Newsreporter
Apr. 2015 - Aug. 2017St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands"The Virgin Islands Daily News has been relentless and unflinching in uncovering records and reporting on the governor’s excessive spending habits. The governor’s campaign promises for transparency haven’t matched his actions. The work by reporter Jonathan Austin and the Daily News team uncovered internal documents that had been rewritten and falsified, and changed the tide of discussion among lawmakers and voters. This is classic understanding of how pursuing public access and records can change public policies." - APME awards judges
Yancey County Newsowner/editor
Jan. 2011 - Jun. 2014Burnsville, North CarolinaThe smallest American newspaper to ever win the E.W. Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment.
News-Record & SentinelEditor
Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2010
Statesville Record & Landmarkwriter/editor
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2007edited and wrote for daily newspaper
CNN.comSenior Producer, Books Editor, Copy Editor
Nov. 1996 - Dec. 2001
New York Times Regional Media Groupwriter, copy editor, news editor at two regional newspapers
Jan. 1984 - Nov. 1996Journalist in a variety of writing and management positions with The Hendersonville Times-News in North Carolina and the Tuscaloosa News in Alabama.
U.S. Army Reservenon-commissioned officer
Sep. 1982 - Dec. 2000enlisted as combat medic; rose to staff sergeant and drill sergeant with 108th Div. (TNG); editor of journal with 81st Regional Readiness Command in Birmingham, Ala. Acting first sergeant with an Army Reserve Public Affairs unit.
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