WORK EXPERIENCE

The Al Franken Show | Senior Producer
Dec. 2005 — Feb. 2007

Oversees booking for a daily political radio talk show

Consults with senior staff on hiring and programming decisions

The Al Franken Show | Research Director
March 2004 — April 2005

Researched political and media-related queries on tight daily deadlines

Booked and pre-interviewed guests

Wrote script elements including top-of-the-hour billboards

Briefed hosts on breaking news, original research, and upcoming guests

Created the quiz show segment "Wait, Wait... Don't Lie to Me"

The Christian Science Monitor | Middle East Editor
Jan. 2002 — Feb. 2004

Commissioned and edited international news stories

Helped shape coverage of hotspots including Iraq and Afghanistan

Traveled to Amman, Jerusalem, and the West Bank

Wrote book reviews and "briefing pages" on complex issues

Vetted story pitches and edited copy from staff and freelance writers stationed throughout the Middle East

The Christian Science Monitor | Online News Editor
2000 — Jan. 2002

Coordinated online coverage of the 2000 presidential election

Co-created the Terrorism and Security Daily Update

Commissioned, created, and edited value-adds for print edition stories

Made news judgments for the csmonitor.com frontpage

Created and wrote a semi-regular column called "The Digital Pilgrim"

The Daily Cardinal | Editor in Chief
May 1997 — May 1998

Supervised student staff of 12 editors and more than 50 writers

Initiated daily post-mortem of newspaper content, semi-annual personnel reviews and online classifieds

Transferred distribution duties from business to editorial staff to ensure reliable delivery

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Author of Saving General Washington
Tarcher/Penguin. New York, 2006.

Researched and wrote an upcoming non-fiction book that uses the lives and political ideas of the Founding Fathers to critique the policies of the Bush White House.

Flak Magazine | Founder and Editor
1998 — present

Created and co-edits a daily online magazine that has 200,000 unique monthly visitors. PC Magazine named Flak one of its Top 100 Undiscovered Sites, and the Detroit Free Press called it "a highly regarded Web site devoted to cultural criticism"

Author of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Advocate of Government by Consent
Rosen Publishing. New York, 2005.

Wrote a short intellectual biography of Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau for younger readers

The Christian Science Monitor | Online Debater

Debated former Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson for each night of the 2004 Republican and Democratic conventions and two of the three presidential debates

EDUCATION AND MISC.

Graduated in 1999 with a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Winner of the 2005 William Wesley Young Award from the Daily Cardinal Alumni Association

REFERENCES

Available upon request — email jim@flakmag.com