Web Editor Profile: Jim Heupel
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Equipment:
- Power Mac 7500 - 64 MB RAM
Five most commonly used applications: BBEdit, Netscape Navigator, Adobe Photoshop, SoundEdit, CNN network-wide news gathering system Basys
Overall role: "To add the (HTML) text tags inside the story so browsing programs can look at our stories....Try to be consistent. Everything needs to be fluid - continuity throughout the site."
Daily duties:
- Reads in to find out what's going on in the world, with the network and on the site.
- Completes any stories left from the previous shift.
- Finds links on the Web for assigned topics.
- Tags stories with HTML code in a creative manner within stylistic and technical guidelines.
- Assists with special projects.
Personal stats:
- 23 years old
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism at Drake University
- After graduating from college, Jim joined Interactive as first an intern, and then a writer. Three months later, he moved into web editing.
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