Gerald Carroll

OVERALL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

REPORTER / ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR: 2006-Present, Visalia Times-Delta, Visalia, CA. Cover city hall, spot news, transportation and a variety of other beats. Also a sub-editor, called Assistant City Editor, or ACE, on p.m. shift.

MUSIC EDUCATOR: 2001-2006, in Fairfield, CA and Orosi, CA districts. Taught K-6 music, beginning musical instrument lessons, high school choir, junior high general music. Hold valid California teaching credential, expires in 2009.

WEEKEND NEWS EDITOR, 2000-2001: Vacaville Reporter, Vacaville, Calif. Editing, pagination, administration.

EDITOR/CONSULTANT, 1999-2000: Gold Country Media, regional headquarters Auburn, Calif. Managing editor, The Press-Tribune (Roseville, Calif.), Feb. 2000-present; Editor, Folsom Telegraph (1999). Reporting, editing, column writing, editorials, pagination.

MEDIA CONSULTANT, 1998-1999: CADSI Software Corp., part of LMS International (Belgium), marketing publications and online consulting, Iowa City, Iowa, 1999.

MAGAZINE CONSULTANT, 1998: Media Bypass magazine, Evansville, Ind. Editor, radio talk-show host, columnist.

PROFESSOR, PROGRAM ASSISTANT, 1993-1998: University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa City, Iowa. Editor, Iowa Journalist magazine, and instructor for magazine class, internship coordinator, department library administrator.

NEWS EDITOR, 1993: Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa. Early-morning manager, page layout, editing, staff coordination.

MANAGING EDITOR, 1990-1993: Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill. Daily news operation, editing, column writing, editorial page.

ASSISTANT PUBLISHER, 1990: Tompkinsville News, Monroe County Press, Tompkinsville, Ky. Work with uncle's printing shop and weekly newspaper.

REPORTER/EDITOR/COLUMNIST, 1979-1990: San Francisco Examiner. Beats included motor sports, East Bay Regional coverage, some college football/basketball. Page layout and staff coordination. Covered 1984 Olympics soccer at Stanford Stadium.

SPORTS EDITOR, 1977-1979: Vacaville Reporter, Vacaville, Calif.

SPORTS EDITOR, 1975-77: Daily Republic, Fairfield, Calif.

EDUCATION: B.A., 1976, California State University, Sacramento. A.A., 1974, Solano Community College, Rockville, Calif. High school: Graduated with honors, 1972, Vanden High School, Travis AFB, Calif.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

H.S. CHOIR / ELEMENTARY BAND TEACHER: 2005-06, Orosi High School, El Monte Junior High, Orosi CA.

MUSIC TEACHER: 2001-2005. Fairfield, CA, district. Primarily K-8, general music in classrooms, musical instrumental instruction.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER: Concurrent with Vacaville Reporter weekend news editor position. Teach at all grade levels, all subjects, including music and athletics, for Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District (Calif.).

UNIVERSITY ADJUNCT PROFESSOR / PROGRAM ASSISTANT: 1993-1998. University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Taught core magazine classes for nine consecutive semesters, college juniors and seniors. Coordinated professional internships program. Career-counseled students.

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER: 1992. Sterling and Rock Falls (Ill.) school districts. Taught fourth through 12th grade in all subject areas. Possess music degree along with journalism degree and substituted for music/arts teachers. Experienced coach in all sports, male and female, with 10
years' experience.

COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR: 1990. Western Kentucky University, Glasgow campus (Ky.). Basic journalism class. College freshmen and sophomores.

Currently government reporter and assistant city editor. Former educator and free-lance journalist, copy editor and reporter/columnist. Areas of expertise include terrorism, antigovernment activism, Japanese popular music and culture, sports (all levels) and music/arts. College journalism professor, four and one-half years. Instrumental musician. Four books published. Available for assignments on demand.

Top-flight reporter and editor with 33 years' experience. From reporting in the field to paginating on Quark XPress, I have full understanding of print media from concept to finished product.

Journalism School Faculty Member of the Year, U. of Iowa, 1994

Best Column, Second Place, Illinois Press Assocation, 1992

H.S.: Vanden High School, Travis AFB, with honors (1972).

A.A.: Major in Music, Solano Community College, Rockville, CA (1974).

B.A.: Major in Journalism, minor in Music, California State University-Sacramento (1976).

Teaching Credential: Chapman University (Fairfield, CA branch), 2002.

Microsoft Word
Quark XPress
Several photo programs
Powerpoint
Many others

Strong technical knowledge of online journalism and blogsites.

Blogger with international connections.

Just a decent chap looking for the right position.

California - Northern

Japanese
Spanish

AEJMC
APME