Joab Jackson
Washington D.C. home@SPAMBEGONEjoabj.com Http://www.joabj.com EDITORIAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
Government Computer News Chief Technology Editor (Assistant Managing Editor): October 2006-present Senior Writer, December 2005-October 2006 Associate Writer, October 2003-December 2005 Stories Washington Technology Staff Writer June 2001-October 2003 Stories National Technology Transfer Center Technology Writer Washington Office October 1998-June 2001 Stories Baltimore magazine Contributing Freelance Writer, March 1995-July 2005 Staff Writer, June 1994-January 1995 Research Director, August 1993-June 1994 Intern, August 1992-January 1993 Stories The Baltimore City Paper Technology Columnist, July 1995-June 2001 Contributing Writer, August 1993-Present Stories WHERE Baltimore Editor, January 1997-October 1998 The Towerlight (Towson University student newspaper) Features Editor, Dec 1990-June 1991OTHER FREELANCE WRITING:
IEEE Spectrum M.I.T. Technology Review Washington Post National Geographic Online Linux Magazine Financial Review (Australia) NewsForge DevChannel Texas Technology Netly News TeleGeography Kansas City Pitch Weekly Birmingham Black n' White Long Island Voice Black Rock City Gazette Pigdog Journal (online zine) Foster Child (rock zine) New Route (Alternative music magazine) Art in Progress (Maryland arts monthly) ROX (regional rock monthly) Harry (Baltimore underground newspaper) Blues Access UMBC RetrieverEDUCATION:
Master of Arts, Liberal Studies Concentration: Writing about data communications Towson University Graduated: 1999 Bachelor of Science Psychology/Writing (minor) University of Maryland Baltimore County Graduated: 1990 Certificate of Accomplishment in Engineering Technology U.S. Department of Agriculture --In Progress-- A+ Certificate (computer technician certification, hardware and software) U.S. Department of Agriculture --In Progress--AWARDS:
2005: American Society of Business Publication Editors, National awards Bronze, Special Section, 80.000+ circulation "Mission Gap," Government Computer News (I wrote one of the nine articles in the package) 2005: American Society of Business Publication Editors, Central-Southeast Region Gold, Special Section "Profiles in Leadership," Government Computer News (I wrote one of the nine profiles in the package) 2004: American Society of Business Publication Editors, National awards Silver, Feature Article, under 80.000 circulation "Lessons from Iraq," Washington Technology 2004: American Society of Business Publication Editors, Central-Southeast Region Gold, Feature Article "Lessons from Iraq," Washington Technology 2004: American Society of Business Publication Editors, Central-Southeast Region Silver, Technical Article "Pentagon Backs Spiral Development," Washington Technology 2003: American Business Media Neal Award Finalist, Best Article "Network-Centric Warfare Comes of Age," Washington Technology 2000: Society of Professional Journalists, Maryland Chapter First Place, Human Interest, Magazines "Geeks to the Rescue," Baltimore magazine 1998: Society of Professional Journalists, Maryland Chapter First Place, Column Writing, Weekly Newspapers Cyberpunk column, City Paper 1984/1985: U.S. Army Two Army Achievement Medals For "Exemplary Service"RUDIMENTARY COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
Programming and Markup Languages: Java C Perl Visual Basic Bash (Unix shell) SQL HTML/CSS XML Operating Systems: Linux/Unix Windows/DOS Networking: TCP/IP Apple Appleshare Microsoft Networks Hardware: Basic Electronics Programmable Logic Controllers Solid State Electronics Fiber OpticsOTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:
Psychiatric Nursing Counselor Circulation Assistant, weekly newspaper Assistant Carpet Layer Parts Clerk, U.S. Army