Harold Stusnick
Professional Experience
Managing Editor - Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA, 2001-2002
- led a team of nine writers and editors that created daily, weekly,
and permanent content for a web portal. Products included Ask Yahoo,
Yahoo Picks, the Yahoo Buzz Index, newsletters for Yahoo, Yahoo Store,
Yahoo Travel; the team was also responsible for copyediting the
majority of public Yahoo pages, including the front page, main property
pages, and all help pages
Senior Editor - Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA, 1998-2001
- created the Yahoo Buzz Index, a daily and weekly roundup of trending search terms
- created and wrote Ask Yahoo, a column offering online strategies for finding answers to bizarre questions
Editor - Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA, 1997-1998
- wrote and edited content, including Weekly Picks, a humorous round-up of intriguing web sites; weekly and seasonal articles for national newspaper syndication (King Features, USA Weekend); and the Yahoo How-To, a tutorial on Internet basics
- designed the interface for Yahoo! Full Coverage, a collection of real-time logs of news stories and related links
Coordinator of Electronic Publications - University Publications Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1995-1996
- managed a small team that produced online versions of the university's course catalog and the faculty newspaper, as well as departmental web sites; helped design the university's original home page
- wrote a technology column for the faculty newspaper
Editorial Assistant - University Publications Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1994-1995
- wrote, copyedited, and proofed course catalogs, departmental brochures, and news articles for a large public university
Education
MFA (ABT), Creative Writing - Fiction, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
BA, English - Writing Concentration, George Mason University, 1991
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References
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Last Updated: February 25, 2003