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VITA/CV: Densmore Associates 75 Water Street Williamstown MA 01267 Densmore@densmoreassociates.com VOICE:
413-458-8001 @infovalet / @densmore53 |
Teacher / leader at studying, defining the new
media ecosystem through event management and writing for Journalism That
Matters, RJI, and the Media Giraffe Project |
UMass Amherst, B.A., environmental policy and communications.
Teacher, entrepreneur, writer, editor, event planner and researcher on the
future and sustainability of journalism as a consulting fellow to the Reynolds
Journalism Institute working on the The Information Valet
Project. General coordinator of the
U.S. Slow Living
Summit at Brattleboro, Vt., May
30-June 1, 2012. Board member and lead conference organizer for Journalism That
Matters. Taught journalism at
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; lectured at UMass Amherst, Williams
College, Mount Holyoke College and Brandeis University. Board, member, New
England Newspaper & Press Association; director of the Media Giraffe Project at UMass
Amherst. EARLIER: Founded two
technology companies: Clickshare Service Corp. and CircLabs Inc. Owned and published The Advocate newsweeklies (Williamstown / Lenox),
1983-1992 . Associated Press reporter, editor, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco.
Interim director of Hancock Shaker Village. Board member: Action Coalition for
Media Education. Graduated: Phillips Exeter Academy. Born: Worcester,
Mass.
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OBJECTIVE |
Contribute
ideas and exceptional writing, outreach, writing, planning, presentation,
leadership, fund-raising, team-building and entrepreneurial skills to a mission-focused,
educational or policy-making institution.
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KEY COMPETENCE |
Two decades in journalism
publishing/research and info-tech business entrepreneurship. Networking,
promotion, writing, speaking, teaching, conference organizing and leadership;
knowledge of media-literacy and news-literacy policy issues; extensive
experience in broadcast, print and online media and ownership. Degree in
environmental policy and communications.
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EXPERIENCE |
6-2009 . present Densmore Associates Williamstown, Mass. |
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Densmoreassociates.com --
Densmore Associates provides project and event management services, writing,
research and market intelligence to companies, universities and individuals
concerned with the changing media ecosystem. Representative project
(2011-2012): Conceived, designed, shot videos, wrote copy and implemented
recruitment website for Ipswitch Inc., fast-growing Lexington, Mass.,
software company. See: http://careers.ipswitch.com/
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6/2009 . present |
University of Missouri |
Columbia, Mo. |
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Donald W. Reynolds Journalism
Institute, Consulting Fellow |
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Consultant to the Reynolds
Journalism Institute, researching the future and sustainability of
journalism. Overseeing the startup and development of CircLabs Inc., a news social network that
is one-third owned by RJI-Mizzou that addresses personalization, privacy,
advertising and network information commerce for newspapers and community
media organizations. Ongoing outreach, event organization, writing and
speaking, Information Valet
Project. |
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9/2011 . 5/2012 |
Strolling of the Heifers Inc. |
Brattleboro, Vt. |
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2nd Annual U.S. Slow
Living Summit, May 30-June 2, 2012 |
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Paid general coordinator for a
three-day, 300-participant regional summit conference on sustainability
communities, health, media, energy, agriculture and living topics. Lead
volunteers in executing eight-track gathering including more than 100
speakers and 50 separate sessions. Co-managed approx. $60,000 in
fund-raising. |
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6/2006 . present |
Journalism That Matters Inc. |
Seattle |
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Journalism That Matters |
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Member of the board of
directors, consultant and co-principal event organizer coordinator for a
501(c)3 which conducts training and conferences helping journalists
transition in the changing media ecosystem through connecting with
technologists, librarians, media-literacy educators and other new collaborators. Have organized and co-convened seven
conferences with over 1,600 alumni in Washington, D.C., Amherst, Mass., St.
Louis, Minneapolis, Silicon Valley, Cambridge, Mass.-MIT, Greensboro, N.C.,
and elsewhere. |
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9/2008 . 6-2009 |
University of Missouri |
Columbia, Mo. |
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Donald W. Reynolds Journalism
Institute Fellow, 2008-2009 |
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Named to an academic-year
research fellowship at the Missouri School of Journalism to develop the Information Valet Project, an effort to
build an information-industry consortium that would operate a shared-user
network for commerce, advertising and privacy-protected demographic
management. |
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3/2005 . 8/2008 |
University of Massachusetts |
Amherst MA |
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Director, The Media Giraffe Project
/ New England News Forum |
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Raised more than $300,000 to
seed and operate two grant-funded research efforts in the journalism program
at UMass Amherst to find and spotlight individuals making innovative use of
media to foster participatory democracy and community. Position was a
contractual consultancy to Densmore Associates. |
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8/2004 . 2/2005 |
Hancock Shaker Village Inc. |
Pittsfield MA |
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Interim Director |
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Hired for a contractual
six-month period as CEO/director of a living-history museum of the Shaker
faith; responsible for fund-raising, day-to-day operations of an
approximately 10-person staff and managing the search and hiring of a
permanent director. Reported to Board of Trustees. |
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4/2002 . 8-2004 |
MediaNews Group Inc. |
North Adams MA |
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Advertising Director, The North
Adams Transcript |
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Directed all phases of the
advertising sales operation, both print and online, of a 6,800-circulation,
six-day daily newspaper in northern Berkshire County, owned by MediaNews
Group Inc. of Denver. |
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4/1997 - 4/2002 |
Clickshare Service Corp. |
Williamstown MA |
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Founder/Chair/CEO/VP &
Treasurer / Consultant |
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Founded and led high-tech
startup in network user-identity and transaction management; served as
chairman and CEO; raised $3.5 million in financing as treasurer; exiting
company after recruiting senior management, licensing of The Clickshare
Service. to partners and a planned recapitalization. http://www.clickshare.com/. Named
inventor on Patent No. 7,324,972 granted Jan. 29, 2008. |
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11/1994 . Present |
Newshare Corp. |
Williamstown MA |
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President / Founder |
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Consultants and advisors on
new-media convergence. Founded in 1994 to assist newspapers to enhance
and exchange customer relationships and get paid for content. Original
owner/developer of Clickshare technology.
Holding company for NewshareŽ intellectual property. |
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4/1993 . 11/1994 |
Turley Publications Inc. |
Palmer MA |
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Editorial Director |
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Management
of 15-person editorial staff at large web-offset commercial printer and
publisher of seven weeklies and two specialty monthlies. |
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11/1983 . 12/1992 |
Williamstown Advocate Inc. |
Williamstown MA |
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President and co-Publisher |
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Owned and published weekly
newspapers in Berkshire County, Mass., from 1983-1992. Built circulation from
7,000 to 22,000 copies and revenues from $150,000 to $560,000 in five years.
Sold business to a new owner; papers continue to thrive after January, 2002
sale to a third party. |
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9/1981 - 11/1983 |
Crain Communications Inc. |
New York / Chicago |
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New York Bureau Chief/Editor |
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New York bureau chief, Business
Insurance magazine (Crain Communications Inc.), Jan. 1982-Nov. 1983. Trade
magazine circulated to 40,000 corporate risk managers, insurance managers,
financial executives, insurers, brokers and attorneys. Financial analysis of
insurance industry, product and professional liability litigation, employee
benefits and pensions. Covered DC-10 crash, Hyatt skywalks and
Tylenol-tampering product-liability litigation. |
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1/1981 - 1/1982 |
Chicago Lawyer Magazine |
Chicago IL |
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Associate Editor |
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Responsible for business
management, writing of media-and-law items, general writing and editing
duties on monthly tabloid circulated to Chicago's 19,000-member legal
community. |
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6/1976 - 1/1981 Newsperson
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The Associated Press |
Boston/Chicago/ San Francisco |
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National reporter and desk
editor in three key bureaus, supervising editor of U.S./international wire
serving 700 small newspapers. Political coverage in Springfield, Ill., Other
major story coverage: Nation.s worst air disaster: American Airlines DC-10 in
Chicago; Peoples Temple mass-suicide-assassination; San Francisco mayoral
assassination; NASA probes of Venus and Saturn; court-ordered Boston school
desegregation. |
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EDUCATION |
6/1975 |
University of Massachusetts |
Amherst MA |
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Bachelor's Degree |
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B.A., Environmental Policy & Communications |
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6/1971 |
Phillips Exeter Academy |
Exeter NH |
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High School Diploma |
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6/1968 |
Public Schools , K-9 |
Worcester MA |
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AFFILIATIONS (RECENT) |
7-2006 . present 7/2008 . present 5/2008 . president 2/2008 . present 5/2005 . 05/2008 |
Journalism That Matters Media Bloggers Association Shires Media Partners Inc. New England Newspaper & Press Association Action Coalition for Media Education |
Director, Principal collaborator Member, Board of Directors Member, Board of Directors Member, Board of Directors Member, Board of Directors |
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AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS |
Donald W. Reynolds Fellow,
Reynolds Journalism Institute, 2008-2009. New England Press Association
first-place award for editorial writing, February 1993. NEPA first-place
award for headline writing, February 1994. Boston Globe summer reporting
intern (paid), 1974 National Merit Scholarship,
Letter of Commendation, 1970. |
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OTHER ASSIGNMENTS |
12/.97-03-1998 |
Berkshire Capital Corp. |
New York NY |
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Researched, prepared and
presented strategic analysis of the information-technology/Internet
marketplace for boutique mergers-and-acquisitions advisory service to the
financial-services industry. |
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1/1998-7/1998 |
Koz Inc. |
Durham NC |
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Advised on development of
customer-support and PR strategy for provider of new-media technologies for
community, group and enterprise Internet publishing. Conceived, wrote and
produced video showing onsite community use in Skowhegan, Maine. Koz now known as MediaSpanGroup.COM |
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LINKS TO WRITING AND PRESENTATIONS
.From
Paper to Persona: Sustaining Journalism in an Attention Age,. the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute,
(Bill Densmore, author). http://www.papertoperson.org
OTHER
WORK AT REYNOLDS JOURNALISM INSTITUTE:
http://www.rjionline.org/fellows-program/densmore-b/index.php
PRESENTATION: .From Paper to Persona: Finding new public squares / Jouranlism.s evolving role in civil society.. Speech and presentation to the U.S. Russian Civil Society Partnership Program, Nov. 14, 2011, Moscow, Russian Federation. http://www.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Russia-cspp
PRESENTATION: .From Paper to Persona: Managing
Privacy and Information Overload; Sustaining Journalism in an Attention
Age,. to the Newspaper Association
Managers national convention, Branson, Mo., Aug. 4, 2011. http://newshare.com/branson.pdf
SPEECH: "The Four Phases of Editorial Voice:
Engagement in the 21st Century"
http://www.mediagiraffe.org/voice
SPEECH: .How Newspapers Can Prosper in a Free Market for Digital Information.:
http://www.newshare.com/pnpa/speech.html
SPEECH: .Securing the User Relationship.:
http://www.newshare.com/interactive/
CONFERENCE REPORT: 2005 Annenberg Commission on
Press/Democracy:
http://newshare.typepad.com/newshare/2005/06/forty_authors_s.html
CONFERENCE REPORT: 2004 Shorenstein Center
"Media & American Democracy" seminar
http://www.newshare.com/media/shorenstein_wrap.pdf
ESSAY (2006): Newspapers must become information
valets and gateways, not silos
http://newshare.typepad.com/newshare/2006/01/newspapers_must.html
BOOK REVIEW: Dee Hock on the birth of Visa:
http://www.globalhome.com/news/chaordic/bookreview.html
Why the need for collaborative action on information
payments?
(Vision statement for 1999 conference):
http://users.crocker.com/~newshare/vision.html
CONFERENCE REPORT: 2002 Family newspaper conference
at Univ. of Illinois:
http://www.newshare.com/family
CONFERENCE REPORT: 1995 Nieman seminar on
newspapers. future:
http://www.newshare.com/nieman
ETHICS: Case studies from weekly journalism:
http://newshare.typepad.com/newshare/2004/11/ethics_case_stu.html
BUSINESS WRITING: Fiegenbaum.s help China in
business question:
http://newshare.blogspot.com/2004/10/1998-feigenbaum-brothers-help-china-in.html
TECH WRITING: Why SET will fail . the credit card
industry.s over-engineered security:
http://newshare.blogspot.com/2004/10/1997-computerworld-workup-on-set.html
INTERNATIONAL: Editors. trip to Russia post
.glasnost., 1993:
http://www.bcn.net/~densmore/clippings/editors_in_russia.html