My resume 2009

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MY RESUME

MARK LANGTON

27 HARBOR ST., #8; SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901

CELL: (415) 261-5377 * E-MAIL: mark.langton@comcast.net

WEB SITE: http://www.forallevents.com/marklangtonreviews.html

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• “Night Beat” columnist, staff writer and copy editor for the San Francisco Examiner (12 years)

· Arts Editor, theater/comedy/pop music critic, staff writer, copy editor for the Novato Advance

· Theater critic, general arts features, profiles (free lance contract), at present, Marin Independent Journal

· Voting member, Bay Area Theater Critics’ Circle (BATCC)

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Marin Independent Journal……………………………………………………….2003-present

Freelance correspondent, theater/music critic, feature writer

· Primary beat: Under ongoing freelance contract to cover all North Bay community theater openings, plus general assignment/arts features -- pop music, classical music, profiles, etc.

Novato Advance…………………………………………………….…………… ..2001-2003

Arts Editor, staff writer

· As Arts Editor, was responsible for all content in A&E pages: Layout and design, calendar listings, features, reviews, plus a weekly column on popular culture (“The Passing Show”).

· Served as education, city government and crime reporter; feature writer, music and theater critic; did layout and final edit of op-ed pages, all columnists, correspondents and letters to the editor.

Freelance, etc………………………………………………………………….….. 1992-2002

Technical writer, copy editor, legal assistant, playwright

· Wrote manuals and intellectual property agreements for law firm (Wolfe, et al., Santa Rosa).

· Re-wrote field notes for private investigator (Gintner Investigations, Inc., San Rafael).

· Collaborated as “writer-in-residence” for theater group (Geoffrey Chaucer & Co., San Rafael).

San Francisco Examiner……………………………………………………….… 1980-1992

Reporter, columnist, feature writer, listings editor, makeup editor, copy editor

· Calendar editor for Weekend section; makeup editor for daily Style section.

· Contributed to coverage of the arts with reviews, features, weekly column and industry news.

Paris Voices magazine……………………………………….………………….. 1978-1980

Managing Editor

· Transformed an English-language tourist guide into a world-class literary “fanzine,” printed

and distributed out of New Shakespeare & Co. Books; Paris, France.

EDUCATION

San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 1971-1975

Trinity University Dublin, Ireland