Joshua Marks 323-309-1579

jmarks09@hotmail.com http://www.greencenterblog.com

Over eight years of experience as a journalist and editor with solid background and education in

reporting, writing and producing in print and new media

QUALIFICATIONS

• Advocate for green issues including founding blogs Green Center, Green SoCal & Green D.C., and membership in Society of Environmental Journalists, Sierra Club and Green Business Networking

• Dynamic approach to new media including knowledge of analytics, search engine optimization and html formatting

• Managed team of five writers as editor of special issue on Malibu Film Festival

• Wrote cover story published in Sun Community Newspapers

• One of 29 writers from North America chosen to participate in major journalism conference

• Nonprofit experience including Marketing and Recruitment Coordinator at Big Brothers Big Sisters, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow at children’s literacy organization, and reading partner at local elementary school

• Campaign work for California Senator Barbara Boxer, Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrien Fenty and President Barack Obama's Organizing For America

• Typesetting experience for tax department of American Bar Association. Learned Adobe InDesign CS3 while editing property tax deskbook.

• Energy expert at website OurEnergyPolicy.org.

• Freelance writer for 50,000 plus visitor website Adobeairstream.com.

• DC Alternative Energy writer for Examiner.com

WORK EXPERIENCE Project Manager/Editor/Senior Writer Green America Washington, DC 2010-Present -- Leading project report on green opportunities for small businesses -- Edit bi-monthly Green American Magazine and Better Paper Project reports -- Write articles for Green America Magazine -- Provide Energy Saving Tips for member emails

Online Production Editor Variety Los Angeles, CA 2005-2010 -- Edited and packaged web stories, reviews, photos and video -- Prepped and sent breaking news and reviews -- Posted and packaged feature content -- Contributed to Wilshire & Washington, Variety's politics and entertainment blog -- Wrote weekly online film trailer metrics story -- Wrote videogame reviews for online and print Praised for improving online feature content by making special reports more accessible and visually appealing Consistently beat competition by sending breaking news alerts first Lauded by peers for Obama Inauguration coverage on Wilshire & Washington Initiated online book section called Variety's Weekend Read Added additional green/environmental coverage to Wilshire & Washington

News Reporter/Columnist Beachcomber Long Beach, CA 2002-2008 -- Wrote movie reviews, local sports roundup, small business Q&As, event recaps -- Handled general assignment photojournalism -- Wrote Beachcombing L.A. column profiling different neighborhoods in the Southland Promoted from unpaid intern to paid news reporter Given own column after two years as news reporter Environmental Journalist/Clean Energy Blogger Green SoCal/Green DC/Green Center Los Angeles, CA/Washington, DC 2010-Present Founded blogs covering California and Washington’s clean energy revolutions Founded Green Center blog about national clean energy security trends Sports Journalist/Professional Hockey Blogger SportsFanLive Los Angeles, CA 2009-Present Founded The Hockey Stop blog centering on the business of professional ice hockey with breaking news, feature posts, analysis and off-color commentary. Blog is hosted on SportsFanLive.com and links from AOL FanHouse. Brought green issues to professional ice hockey coverage Increased traffic to website by averaging over 200 hits a day Praised for coverage of Vancouver Winter Olympics

EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 2001 George Mason University Fairfax, VA Professional Certificate in Print Journalism 2004 UCLA Ext Los Angeles, CA