Wordwind Communications

Resume

Joanne Ingrid Rideout
wordwind@earthlink.net

Skills

Copywriting
Desktop Publishing
Editing
Interviewing
News and Feature Writing
Newsletter and Brochure Design

Photography
Press Releases
Proofreading
Radio Broadcasting/Engineering
Radio/Audio Production

Reporting
Scriptwriting
Speechwriting
Technical Writing
Web Design

Tools

Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Pagemill
Adobe Photoshop
HTML
Macintosh and PC

Microsoft Front Page
Microsoft Word
Netscape Composer
Nikon Coolpix 950 (digital)
Nikon N8008 and related equipment

Paint Shop Pro
Pro Tools
Sound Forge
Word Perfect

Experience

1993 - Present President,Wordwind Communications

*Freelance Writing, Photography, Editing, and Design* Credits/Clients:
Associated Press Arizona Daily Sun Best Friends Magazine Color Country Spectrum Deseret News E, The Environmental Magazine Family Circle Magazine Gallup Independent Hipfish, an arts and culture monthly Hopi Tutuveni See Portfolio for writing samples.	KMUN Radio Navajo-Hopi Observer Oxygen Magazine PBS Salt Lake Tribune St. George Magazine The Hopi Tribe Tricycle, The Buddhist Review U.S. Department of the Interior
Web Design Clients:

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Kanab, Utah - Designed the Schoolhouse and Press Room sections of this site. Other in-house writing projects.

Lees Ferry Lodge, Marble Canyon, Arizona - Designed and created company web site. Served as webmaster.

Recent Freelance Project Highlights

2002 - Present News Anchor/Producer, NPR's All Things Considered, KMUN Radio 91.9 FM, Astoria, Oregon

Local host for NPR's All Things Considered. Write, engineer and produce daily, live, news broadcasts. Produce and record field segments for broadcast.

2002 - Present Feature Writer, Hipfish, Astoria, Oregon

Write freelance stories for this monthly arts, entertainment, and culture publication serving the North Coast. Take photos as needed to accompany stories.

1998 - Present Technical Writer, Aries Technology, Inc., Tempe, Arizona

Design and write course materials for A+ and INet+ online computer certification courses, among others.

Write copy for various projects, including newsletters, scripts, and articles for company web site.

Write/edit HTML.

1999 - 2001 Correspondent, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah

Covered news and features in southwestern Utah; took photos to accompany stories.

2001 Writer/Editor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, St. George, Utah

Compiled and edited Grazing Allotment Assessment reports pertaining to DOI "Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Grazing Administration in the Arizona Strip Region."

2001 Scriptwriter, PBS, KBYU Television, Salt Lake City, Utah

Wrote scripts for one-hour PBS documentary, "The Highway 89 Experience," highlighting events, people and places along this historic Utah route.

2000 Freelance Writer/Editor, The Hopi Tribe, P.O. Box 123, Kykotsmovi, Arizona

Compiled and edited NEPA Environmental Assessment: "Excavation Plans for Beaver Dams/Twin Dams in Keams Canyon."

Employment Experience

1996 - 1998 Membership Services Coordinator, Gentle Strength Cooperative, Tempe, Arizona

Executive Editor of Gentle Strength Times, the natural food retailer's newspaper.

Member of organization's overall management team.

Planned and directed marketing activities; organized and coordinated strategic planning efforts.

Created and designed company web site, served as webmaster.

1994 - 1996 Editor, Hopi Tutuveni, the newspaper of the Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona

Reinstated publication of biweekly tabloid-size newspaper; circulation 5,000.

Computerized newspaper design and layout using Adobe PageMaker and other software.

Edited copy, wrote articles and editorials

Hired and supervised staff, prepared budgets.

Ordered, maintained, and networked computers and related equipment.

Wrote/ published newsletters for tribal government departments.

Staff photographer.

1993 - 1994 Hopi Tribal Press Secretary, The Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona

Researched and wrote press releases.

Planned and coordinated press conferences for Chairman Vernon Masayesva.

Wrote speeches, including Chairman Ferrell Secakuku’s inaugural address.

1993 Reporter,Hopi Tutuveni, The Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona

Conducted interviews, wrote articles, took photos.

1987 - 1993 Instructor, Tuba City High School, Tuba City, Arizona

Taught language arts. Edited school newspaper and student literary magazine.

1988 - 1994 Adjunct Faculty, Navajo Community College, Tuba City, Arizona

Taught language arts, communications, humanities.

Education

Postgraduate Coursework:

Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

English as a Second Language (ESL), 1992, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona

Graduate Degree:

M.S., Education, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York

Undergraduate Degree:

B.A., English, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

Continuing Education:

New York Institute of Photography: Complete Course in Professional Photography

Related Professional Activities

1996 Society of Environmental Journalists, member.

1996 Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., member.

1996 National Federation of Press Women, member.

1996 Wrote essay on freedom of the press in government-owned publications for Native American Journalists Association. Essay presented at national convention, subsequently published by NAJA.

1994 "Charting the Environmental Journalism Frontier," workshop, Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado at Boulder.

1994 Native American Journalists Association, member.

Community Service

1997 Visitor Services, Nature Conservancy, Hassayampa Nature Preserve, Wickenburg, Arizona. Assisted visitors. Patrolled trails.

2002 Volunteer On-Air Programmer, KMUN Radio, Astoria, Oregon. Host live radio shows: read bedtime stories on the air; engineer music shows.

2002 Sound and Light Engineering, Webmaster, The River Theater, Astoria, Oregon. Set up and engineer sound equipment and lights for live performances; maintain theater Web site.

Awards

1995 Editor of the Year, National Bo Jack Humanitarian Award.