Debra Stacy Bell - Resume

U.S. News & World Report

Washington, D.C.

Oct. 2008 - Present

Senior Producer

• Produce the nation, world and opinion sections of the Web version of U.S. News & World Report (www.usnews.com)
• Find new and creative ways to package original news content with interactive Web elements on the homepage and nearly a dozen section fronts each day
• Create new section fronts and splash pages by building story packages, adding interactive reports and finding additional related content
• Write original content for the magazine and the Web

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Arlington, Va.

May 2006 - Oct. 2008

Evening News Producer

• Maintained Web version of The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• Published articles contained in the print version of The Washington Post onto the Web site; checked that all articles received proper sidebars, photo galleries, videos and other interactive elements
• Arranged homepage to reflect the most recent and relevant events happening in the Washington, D.C. region and the world; wrote blurbs and headlines for articles featured on homepage and section fronts
• Created midnight homepage, which contains all new articles from the next days paper
• Wrote original feature story that appeared in the print edition of The Washington Post
• Trained dozens of new employees and designed an interactive training guide to facilitate employee orientation

Comcast Corporation

Philadelphia, Pa.

Feb. 2005 - April 2006

Online Editor

• Edited and created news, games, and children's covers for the Comcast.net portal (www.comcast.net), a site visited by eight million users every day
• Created breaking news covers in a timely and accurate manner and maintained a daily cover that featured the most important and interesting news stories of the day
• Trained several editors, including the weekend news editor and afternoon news editor

Various

May 2004 - Feb. 2005

Freelance Writer

• Contributed written work to The Philadelphia Inquirer, AroundPhilly.com and GAMES Magazine; contributed editorial and written work to Beyond Books, a provider of online textbooks

GAMES Magazine

Ambler, Pa.

June 2003 - May 2004

Staff Editor

• Edited feature articles and word and logic puzzles for 75,000 - circulation magazine
• Created original word and logic puzzles; wrote four original six-page feature articles

U-WIRE

www.uwire.com

Jan. 2003 - May 2003

Student Editor

• Selected and edited stories from college newspapers for inclusion in the nation's largest free newswire for college media whose partners include The New York Times and Yahoo! Sports
• Wrote four original feature articles

The Daily Collegian

University Park, Pa.

Jan. 2001 - May 2003

Arts Reporter

• Wrote more than 100 stories, features and reviews for 20,000 - circulation independent student daily newspaper covering the Pennsylvania State University community

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pa.

Aug. 1999 - May 2003

• Bachelor of the Arts in Journalism with Distinction, Major GPA: 3.81; Cumulative GPA: 3.64
• Minors in French and Spanish

• Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society
• Member, Golden Key International Honour Society
• Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• The Daily Collegian, Fall 2002 Arts & Features Reporter of the Semester
• The Daily Collegian, Fall 2002 Overall Reporter of the Semester Nominee