Experiences at Press Enterprise

While working as editorial assistant for Press Enterprise, the position of special editions editor was temporarily vacated and Michael was asked to take on the responsibilities of this position.

Working hand-in-hand with the newspaper's advertising department, Michael was responsible for content development and design for several special advertising editions.

First, Michael assisted with the production side of a home improvement edition, helping solve several technical and printing problems.

Michael also compiled and laid out a fall car care supplement to the daily newspaper, using content from various wire services.

While serving as special editions editor, Michael's largest project was helping create the newspaper's 56-page centennial edition. This keepsake publication involved extensive copy editing and design work, including the design of the newspaper's anniversary front page logo and masthead, which were used during 2001 and, in a modified version, to the present.

Michael also played a key role in creating a local history book published by the newspaper covering the past 200 years in the area. The book, titled "Paging Through the Past: 200 Years Along the Susquehanna," was published in paperback and is in the Library of Congress.

Michael helped compile several chapters through exhaustive research with local microfilm collections and also researched the national and world news sidebars that appeared throughout the book.

In addition, Michael also developed the design for the book and laid out and copy edited an large portion of it....