EDITOR:
Book project manager and editor, Kansas City Star Books (2010-2015) and
Chandler Lake Books (March 2015-present)
Manuscript editor and writing coach (2001-present)
Author:
“A River Through Illinois”
April 2008, Southern Illinois University Press,
Carbondale, Illinois
NEWSPAPER / MAGAZINE Journalist:
The Kansas City Star: Copy Editor, 2002-2010
The Southern Illinoisan: News Editor, 1985-2002; Columnist, 1984-2002;
Copy Editor, 1979-1985
Wabash (Indiana) Plain Dealer: Reporter/Copy Editor, 1976-1978
Good Living Publications, Contributing Columnist, 2009-present
Educator & CONTEST JUDGE:
Judge in the online American Pundit contest, sponsored by AllVoices, December 2013;
Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Park University, Parkville, Missouri, spring 2011;
Judge in the John A. Logan Southern Illinois Creative Writing Contest for high school
writers, 1996;
Guest lecturer, Rend Lake Community College, associate professor of journalism
Michael Mullen, April 1995; Southern Illinois University, associate professor of
journalism Gordon Billingsley, November, 1987
READINGS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
March 2014: Panelist “Perspectives on Environment-Human Confluence: Case
of the Cache,” Southern Illinois University
September 2008: Reading from “A River Through Illinois," Park University,
Parkville, Missouri
August 2008: Featured in WSIU television program “In Focus”
July 2008: Reading from “A River Through Illinois," The Writers Place,
Kansas City, Missouri
Spring 1998: Speaker at Career Day, Carterville (Illinois) High School
BookS EditED:
“The Firehouse Chronicles”
Captain Kurt Breininger, North Kansas City Fire Department
2015, Walsworth Publishing,
Marceline, Missouri
“Come Together, Think Ahead! Inspiring People,
Organizations & Communities to Thrive”
Judith K. Sabbert
2015, Chandler Lake Books
Traverse City, Michigan
“A Proven Experiment: Looking Back at the UMKC School of Medicine”
Jerald A Burton and Patricia G. Burton
January 2015, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Misadventures in Journalism”
H.B. Koplowitz
May 2014, Dome Publications,
Boca Raton, Florida
“They Raised Me Up: A Black Single Mother and the Women Who Inspired Her”
Carolyn Marie Wilkins
October, 2013, University of Missouri Press,
Columbia, Missouri
“Platte County Fair”
July 2013, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Letters for Healing”
Von Kopfman
April 2013, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Bridging the Century”
Gus Leimkuhler
October 2012, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“History of North Kansas City Schools”
August 2012, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Joplin 5:41”
September 2011, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“The Last Dance”
Kevin Murphy with Rick Alm and Carol Powers
July 2011, Kansas City Star Books,
Kansas City, Missouri
“Blackspanic College”
H.B. Koplowitz
2009, Dome Publications,
Hollywood, California
“Evil in Mirror Lake”
Leo Hayes
2001, Oakland Publishing Press
“Carbondale After Dark”
H.B. Koplowitz
1982, Dome Publications
EXHIBITIONS:
2014: “Alexander County, Illinois”
40 pieces of text with photographs by Daniel Overturf
March, 2014; Morris Library, Southern Illinois University
2012: “Sounds of the Hunt”
Poem included in “18 Tigers” art installation
February, 2012; Morris Library, Southern Illinois University
2008-2012: “A River Through Illinois"
O’Hare International Airport
40 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
2011: “The Dead Don’t Vote in Alexander County”
September 30-October 21; May Gallery, Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri
20 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
2004: “A River Through Illinois”
April 28-September 28; Dickson Mounds State Museum, Lewistown, Illinois
49 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf.
2001: “Allusions to Culture: Documentary and Revisitation”
November 19-December 18, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
24 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
“Photographs by Daniel Overturf”
June 22- July 17; Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, Tennessee
15 text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf
“Southern Illinois University Carbondale Faculty Art Show”
April 21-June 9; Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois
four text blocks with photographs by Daniel Overturf:
“Southern Illinois University Carbondale Faculty Art Show”
January 28-March 7; University Museum,
Text block with photograph by Daniel Overturf: “Night Watch on the Illinois”
AWARDS & HONORS:
2011: President’s Award (shared with staff of The Kansas City Star), McClatchy Newspapers
for coverage of the Joplin tornado and creation of the book Joplin 5:41
2001: Second place, Original Column, Illinois Associated Press
Editors Association;
Third place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association
1999: Third place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association;
Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association
1997: Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association
1995: Second place, Original Column, Illinois Associated Press
Editors Association
1994: First place, Charlie Feirich Award for Original Column, Southern
Illinois Editorial Association
1991: First place, Overall Design, Illinois Press Association
(shared with copy desk and design staff of The Southern Illinoisan, as news editor)
1989: First place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association
1988: Second place, Original Column, Illinois Press Association;
Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association;
First place, Newspaper Design, Illinois Press Association
(shared with copy desk and design staff of The Southern Illinoisan, as news editor);
Second place, General Excellence, Illinois Press Association
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan, as news editor);
1987: First place, General Excellence, Illinois Press Association
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan, as news editor);
First place, Typography and Graphics, Illinois Press Association
(shared with copy desk and design staff of The Southern Illinoisan, as news editor)
1986: First place, General Excellence, Illinois Press Association
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan, as news editor)
1985: Honorable mention, Original Column, Illinois Press Association;
Honorable mention, Original Column, Southern Illinois Editorial Association;
Grand winner, General Excellence, Southern Illinois Editorial Association
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan);
Third place, Special Section, Illinois Press Association
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan, for project management)
1984: Honorable mention, News Story, Illinois Press Association
(shared with reporter Tony Stevens, City Editor Mike Chamness and photo staff
of The Southern Illinoisan; for map and design work)
1982: Polly Robinson Feature Writing Award, Southern Illinois
Editorial Association;
Honorable mention, Feature Story, Southern Illinois Editorial Association;
First place, Spot News, Illinois Associated Press Editors Association
for coverage of the Marion tornado
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan; for staff direction and as slot editor);
Stuart R. Paddock Memorial Award, Illinois Press Association
for coverage of the Marion tornado
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan; for staff direction and as slot editor)
1980: Third place, Special Section, Illinois Press Association
(shared with staff of The Southern Illinoisan; for project management)
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's of Science in Journalism, Southern Illinois University, 1976
❏ Career Bio
Collected written works | Gary Marx
“Anything is one of a million paths ... (and) there is a question that a warrior has to ask, mandatorily: ‘Does this path have a heart?’ ”
— CARLOS CASTANEDA, “The Teachings of Don Juan”