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"

  1.          O’Hare International Airport   

  2.          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”