Bill Walsh

EXPERIENCE

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

COPY CHIEF, NATIONAL DESK, 2003-present

• Supervise eight-member staff editing all national copy; responsible for hiring, scheduling and performance reviews.
• Serve as slot editor for national news.
  
• Consult on style matters with other copy chiefs.

COPY CHIEF, BUSINESS DESK, 1998-2003

• Supervised seven-member staff editing all business copy; responsible for hiring, scheduling and performance reviews.
• Served as slot editor for business news.
  
• Designed and paginated inside pages for Sunday Business section using CCI system.
  
• Consulted on style matters with other copy chiefs.

COPY EDITOR, BUSINESS DESK, 1997-1998

• Designed daily Business section.
  
• Edited stories and wrote headlines.
  
• Filled in as needed for copy chief and graphics editor.

The Washington Times, Washington, D.C.

COPY CHIEF, 1992-1997

• Supervised 16-member staff editing all news and feature copy; was responsible for hiring, scheduling and performance reviews.
  
• Served as primary slot editor for world, national, metro and business news.
  
• Ruled on style matters, in consultation with editor-in-chief.

DEPUTY COPY CHIEF, 1991-1992

• Supervised two assistant slots and eight rim editors as night copy chief, responsible for world, national, metro and business news.
  
• Filled in as page designer for Page One and metro section.

ASSISTANT COPY CHIEF, 1989-1991

• Slotted national, international, metro and business stories as one of two assistants to the deputy copy chief.
  
• Filled in as page designer for Page One and metro section.

The Phoenix Gazette, Phoenix, Arizona

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR FOR DESIGN, 1988-1989

• Designed and paginated Page One and jump pages on deadline using III ("Triple-I") system.

DESIGN EDITOR, 1987-1988

• Designed and paginated news, sports and feature pages using III system.

COPY EDITOR, CITY DESK, 1986-1987

• Designed pages and edited copy for metro section.
  
• Supervised local coverage for early edition.

COPY EDITOR, SUBURBAN DESK, 1985-1986

• Designed pages and edited copy for 20 zoned sections.

REPORTER, 1984-1985

• Covered night police beat.
  
• Filled in on all city-desk beats as sole night reporter.

Arizona Daily Wildcat, Tucson, 1981-1984

• Copy editor, then copy chief, then news editor and occasional tennis writer at the University of Arizona's independent student newspaper.

Jaques Cattell Press, Tempe, Ariz., 1979-1981

• Summer editorial assistant, working on the American Library Directory, Who's Who in American Politics, and the biographical directories of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

EDUCATION

University of Arizona, Tucson

BACHELOR OF ARTS, 1984

• Journalism major, philosophy minor, 3.8 GPA

AWARDS