Thomas
R. "Randy" Lilleston
lilleston@lycos.com
703-768-4782
Resume -- brief version
Work Experience:
1/04-date: Rewrite desk editor, USA TODAY/News editor, USATODAY.com/Deputy news editor, USATODAY.com
Currently
oversee news section of USATODAY.com as well as rewrite/continuous news desk, which provides breaking news copy
and briefs to all USA TODAY products (print and electronic).
Supervise staff of 13. From 1/04 until 12/05, oversaw
political coverage and performed rewrite duties for website.
6/01-1/04:
Senior editor, AOL News/Managing editor of local news, AOL
Local/Digital City.
In senior editor's post, edited
news articles, built video packages and edited the news Welcome
screen. From 6/01 to 4/03, oversaw the editing and placement
of local news feeds for various AOL products, including AOL Digital
City, and supervised eight contract employees.
6/99
– 6/01: Senior editor of politics section, CNN.com, Washington.
Lead editor of political section of CNN.com during
2000 election season. Supervised staff of as many as nine; planned
daily political news coverage and helped plan special projects,
including CNN.com's coverage of the 2000 primaries, political
conventions, election and the 2001 inaugural. Worked under tremendous
deadline pressure every day, often posting articles within minutes of
news developments. Helped coordinate video and cross-media packages
with CNN broadcast units. Awards include "Webby"
nominations for best political or law site in 2000 and 2001, and a
"Webby People's Choice" award in the same category in 2001.
Site made numerous major "Best of the Web" lists during my
tenure.
3/95 – 6/99: Managing editor of online
ventures/senior editor of CQ Daily Monitor, Congressional Quarterly
Inc. Washington.
Served as managing editor of online
ventures from 3/95-1/99 and senior editor of CQ Daily Monitor from
1/99-6/99. In online ventures position, was charged with developing
new consumer and professional online products for Congressional
Quarterly, a highly respected Washington publishing company. Worked
closely with editorial, marketing and technical staffers to build,
launch and edit new products. Sites developed, edited or assisted in
development included CQ American Voter 1996, CQ Politics for Pros, CQ
Monitor on the Web and CQ Washington Alert for the Web. In senior
editor's position, helped in transition of CQ Daily Monitor daily
newsletter onto the World Wide Web, then served in a daily editing
capacity and oversaw staff of four. Awards included: Best consumer
Web site, Interactive Industry Association, 1996; best non-print
magazine, "Ozzie" awards for magazine design, 1998.
11/90 – 3/95: Washington bureau chief/White
House reporter, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Washington.
Bureau
chief and White House reporter for largest newspaper in former
President Clinton's home state. Served as newspaper's lead reporter
for the 1992 presidential campaign, traveling more than 100,000 miles
with then-Gov. Bill Clinton. Supervised two staffers.
1/90 – 11/90: Deputy editor, zoned editions, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis.
11/84– 1/90: Assistant city editor/reporter, Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock.
11/82– 11/84: Reporter, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
5/81– 11/82: Reporter, The News-Tribune, Jefferson City, Mo.
Education:
9/78
– 5/81 Bachelor's degree, journalism, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Mo.
Co-editor of student
newspaper, spring term 1980; sports editor, 1981; vice president of
student chapter of Society of Professional Journalists, 1981; vice
president of Missouri College Newspaper Association, 1981.
Other
Skills:
Strong online and computer skills. I have been
online since 1982 and have overseen numerous Web sites and computer
bulletin boards. I opened my first CompuServe account and ran my
first online "bulletin board" in 1983, and opened my first
Internet account in 1991. Have good basic knowledge of HTML and most
widely used commercial software packages. Very familiar with computer
hardware; build my own computers from parts. Also have strong
knowledge of developing technologies and consumer electronics.