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Gregory R. Stahl                                                                                    grstahl@gmail.com
PERSONNEL MANAGER, EDITOR, REPORTER, WRITER AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
with 10 years’ experience in: newspapers, magazines, Web sites

Experience includes:
  • Thorough knowledge of  public land, environment, energy and policy issues.
  •  Proven ability to work under deadlines and on multiple tasks.
  •  Diverse skill set including, problem solving, writing, photography, personnel management, pagination and critical thinking abilities.
  • Success as a writing coach.
  • Proven ability to produce well-researched, high-quality writing on a variety of topics.
  • Top-notch communication skills, including verbal, written and basic HTML.
  •  Outstanding productivity and efficiency as a news and magazine writer and editor.

  • An award-winning writer skilled at targeting audiences and relaying specific messages.
  • A highly adaptable problem-solver and personnel manager with a history of fostering good relationships and improving quality of written products.
  • A spokesperson for the company who consistently builds productive relationships with employees, customers and contacts.
Proven team leader and troubleshooter with highly developed
analytical, communication and creative skills.
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Employment History

Salmon program/water policy/communications work                                                          2008 - present
Idaho Rivers United, Boise, Idaho
  • Will start Nov. 3, 2008, with this nonprofit conservation group. Job title TBA.
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor                                                                                      2006 - 2008
Idaho Mountain Express newspaper, Ketchum, Idaho
  • Co-managed ten-reporter newsroom for Idaho’s most award-winning weekly newspaper. Assumed full responsibilities of editor-in-chief in editor’s absence, up to a month at a time. Edited news, features and editorials for content and grammar. Assisted with personnel issues including hiring and resource management. Conducted writing workshops with staff reporters. The newspaper’s “go to” writer for investigative and/or sensitive topics. One of three on-line editors for newspaper Web site.
Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism                                                                  2005 - 2006
Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Earned recognition among nation’s journalists by being chosen for nine months of study at University of Colorado. Mastered policy-related subjects in water law, public land law and natural resources law at the University of Colorado School of Law. Conducted in-depth research on trends in wilderness designation and on tribal, energy and resource issues in the American Southwest. Undertook in-depth research and initial writing on a manuscript centering on trends in Congressional politics of public land management. Established relationships with writers, editors and educators in relevant fields.
Senior Reporter                                                                                                                       2004 - 2005
Idaho Mountain Express newspaper, Ketchum, Idaho.
  • Coordinated teams of reporters and photographers on investigative features and series. Researched and wrote award-winning articles on wolves, salmon, forestry and ecology. Researched and wrote national award-winning series on Central Idaho wilderness. Met with national, state and local politicians to evaluate and analyze policy issues. Consistently broke news ahead of Associated Press and large daily newspapers. Regularly picked up by wire services, other newspapers and Internet news feeds.
News, Features and Special Projects Writer                                                                         1998 - 2004
Idaho Mountain Express newspaper, Ketchum, Idaho.
  • Covered a massive beat including the Sawtooth National Forest; environmental issues; the Sun Valley ski resort; federal, state, county and city government. Managed time and resources with little supervision. Teamed with writers and photographers on story packages and photo essays.
Magazine/Freelance Writing
  • Freelance writing for High County News, Elevation Magazine, Sun Valley Art magazine and newspapers in Colorado and Pennsylvania.
  • Wrote more than a dozen feature articles, including two award-winning features, Sun Valley Guide magazine, Ketchum, Idaho.
Awards
  • Won a total of 50 awards over eight consecutive years in environment, business, politics, general news and features categories in competitions among Idaho’s news organizations and magazines.
  • Placed first and second in regional and national competitions in 2004 and 2005.
Web-based Experience
  • Designed and implemented the Web site gcreatives.com to market writing and photography. Honed graphic design skills with programs like Photoshop and Web editing software. Working to implement the Web site westernperspective.com to highlight and discuss western resource and science issues.
  • Posted and edited breaking news to Idaho Mountain Express newspaper Web site as needed. On-line moderator for Idaho Mountain Express forums at mtexpress.com.                                        
Photography
  • Published photographs in newspapers and magazines.
  • Sold photographs on Web site and in community art shows.
Conference and Seminar Participation                                                                                   1999-present
  • Society for Environmental Journalists 2005 annual conference. Expanded knowledge on researching a variety of environmental, science and governmental issues.
  • Writing workshop with Western author and environmental activist Rick Bass, Jan. 2005.
  • USDA Forest Service: the Next 100 Years, Nov. 2004. Conference focused on the future of the nation's 192 million acres of national forests.
  • Dateline: The West, Dec. 2002. Explored how news organizations make decisions about what to report and why, and how those decisions in turn affect public opinion and public policy decisions.
  • Rural Idaho: Challenged to Change, Nov. 2001. Examined the daunting economic, social, political and personal issues that present survival challenges in the rural West.
  • The Fires Next Time, Dec. 2000. Brought together scientists, environmentalists, tribal governments and policy makers to examine the West's overwhelming 2000 wildfire season.
  • Additional seminars featuring water law, open meeting law, ski resort economics and politics.
Volunteer Work
Periodic appearances as a speaker and public land volunteer.
  • Winter 2007-2008: Served as judge in a community-oriented creative writing competition.
  • Fall 2006: Edited community art show, which attempted to sway political climate on affordable housing issues in a resort town real estate climate.
  • Fall 2005 and spring 2006: Participated in panel discussions in University of Colorado journalism classes on sourcing stories and the use of secret sources.
  • Spring 2005: Guest teacher, Wood River High School, Hailey, Idaho. Volunteered as part of a team of professional writers to help grade graduating seniors' papers.
  • Spring 2004: Guest teacher, Wood River High School, Hailey, Idaho. Addressed a class of high school AP students abou the Idaho judicial system from a reporter's perspective.
  • Fall 2002: Guest lecturer, National Avalanche Center, Ketchum, Idaho. Spoke as part of a panel with the nation's top avalanche center directors and forecasters about how to improve public relations.
  • 1999-present: Trail work and other manual labor-related projects for the Sawtooth National Forest.
Education
 B.A., English with minor in journalism, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, Colorado. 1998