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J. JENNINGS MOSS • Journalism veteran who has worked for newspapers, magazines, television, and who made an early jump to web news. • Senior online editor at Portfolio.com, FOXNews.com, and ABCNews.com. • Newspaper reporter who specialized in political coverage from Washington, including stints chronicling the White House and Congress. • Writer contributing to Condé Nast Portfolio, The New York Times, People, Out, The Advocate and Mother Jones. • Creative visionary who knows how to create a converged product that incorporates print, video, audio and user interactivity. • First journalist to get a U.S. president, Bill Clinton, to answer detailed questions about gay rights. • First journalist to go public nationally with the disclosure that Rep. Mark Foley was hiding his sexual orientation, 10 years before the Foley scandal broke. • Well-traveled as a journalist, having visited nearly every state, Moscow, Kiev, Mexico City, Tokyo, and Buenos Aires on assignment. • Participant on several panels discussing journalism or politics for the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists’ Association, the Online News Association and other groups. • Guest on television and radio programs, including those on the FOX News Channel, CNNfn, C-Span, and America's Talking. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Portfolio.com, Deputy Editor. New York, N.Y. 2007-2009 • Edited all political content, including line editing Matthew Cooper's monthly column, coordinating 2008 convention and debate coverage, and writing an Obama 100-day blog. • Oversaw business travel content, including line editing Joe Brancatelli's weekly column, working with other Condé Nast titles, and creating a business travel blog. • Multi-media editor who chose and sized photographs, and selected videos for the site. • Assigning and line editor on selected stories, including political coverage for the 2008 presidential campaign.
FOXNews.com, Managing Editor. New York, N.Y. 2003-2005 • Guided breaking news coverage of national and international events. Managed coverage of Madrid and London terror attacks, 2004 presidential election, assorted hurricanes/natural disasters. • Edited original U.S., World and Politics content from staff reporters. • Developed convergence plan to integrate television and radio content into the Web. • Created new sections adding Science and Technology coverage to the site. • Positioned site to be leader in covering the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal. • Edited breaking news and developing stories. • Managed Sci/Tech section, reviewing story ideas and editing copy. • Handled all aspects of copy flow on the home page. • Part of senior management team guiding coverage for Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the 2000 presidential election and the military efforts against Iraq and Afghanistan. • Contributed to Out magazine: among first to zero in on topic of gays adopting kids. • Contributed to Mother Jones: wrote profile of Democratic money man Terry McAullife • Contributed to Scholastic Update: wrote news features and analysis for teen readers. • Got first in-depth interview with a sitting U.S. president on gay and lesbian issues. • Wrote controversial stories looking at the sexual orientation of members of Congress, including that of former Rep. Mark Foley. • Covered Capitol Hill and congressional elections from 1990-1994. • Covered federal bureaucracy issues 1989-1990. • Wrote about murder of 14-year-old girl that gripped community and then followed the path of a suspected serial killer accused of her murder. • Recipient of Donald Bowles Fellowship to spend a semester at the Arizona capitol covering state government for series of community newspapers. • Fellowship was a top honor given by University of Arizona Journalism Department. |
