Résumé
EXPERIENCE
Owner, Haussamen Publications, Inc.
May 2006 – Present
• Owner of NMPolitics.net, a news Web site covering politics and government in New Mexico.
Fellow, The
May 2008 – March 2010
• Covering politics and government for this news Web site published by the Center for Independent Media; responsible for several articles and blog postings each week.
Columnist, NewWest.net
November 2007 – December 2009
• Author of a regular political column.
Columnist, The Albuquerque Tribune
April 2007 – February 2008
• Author of a political column that ran twice each month until the newspaper ceased publication on Feb. 23, 2008.
College Instructor, New Mexico State University
August 2006 – December 2006
• Instructor of one section of Journalism 321: Print Media Design, a three-credit, junior-level course about newspaper and magazine layout and design.
Reporter, The Las Cruces Sun-News
March 2004 – May 2006
• Worked as the staff investigative reporter and as the law enforcement, commercial space industry, county government and education beat reporter for this daily newspaper with a circulation of about 25,000.
• Wrote a five-part, in-depth series on a rash of child abuse deaths that plagued the county, analyzing the problems in the community that contributed to the culture of abuse. The articles were promoted by those lobbying for tougher child abuse penalties, which were later approved by the state legislature and signed into law by the governor.
• Reported on two binge drinking deaths within a five-month period at New Mexico State University, analyzing policy, law and cultural attitudes. A narrative feature I wrote about one of the students who died won a statewide award.
Reporter and copy editor, The Santa Fe New Mexican
August 2003 – March 2004
• Spent three days each week covering the Eldorado area southeast of Santa Fe for a weekly community section. Coverage included articles about an attempted takeover of the area’s private water system by the local public-oversight board. I also did an occasional religion story for this daily newspaper with a circulation of about 25,000.
• Spent two days each week on the copy desk selecting and editing wire articles, writing headlines and designing pages.
Editor of The Round Up, New Mexico State University
May 2002 – May 2003
• Trained and supervised a staff of about 30 in both the editorial and business aspects of the twice-weekly student newspaper.
• Rewrote advertising policy to ensure sound business practices.
• Redesigned the physical appearance of the newspaper to make it more reader-friendly.
• Managed the editorial pages and wrote columns.
Reporter, The Las Cruces Sun-News
August 2000 – May 2002
• Covered law enforcement, education and religion.
• Investigated and reported on secret meetings and financial dealings of the Las Cruces school board, which led to the conviction of five board members for violating open meetings law and the recall of two members. My reporting received an honorable mention in a state competition and won ninth place in a national college journalist competition.
• Followed a group of local middle school students on a field trip to New York City and Washington, D.C. shortly after 9/11, including a visit to Ground Zero in New York, sending back stories and photographs daily.
Editor of The Round Up, New Mexico State University
May 1999 – May 2000
• Trained and supervised a staff of about 30 in both the editorial and business aspects of the twice-weekly student newspaper.
• Managed the editorial pages and wrote columns.
AWARDS
• Received a second-place award for spot news in the 2005 New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors competition for an article about a mentally ill man who ran over and killed another man during a high-speed police chase. I also received a third-place award for investigative reporting for an article analyzing the possible role negligence by government officials played in a murder at the county jail, and an honorable mention for spot news for an article about a police shooting.
• Received a first-place award for feature writing in the 2004 New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors competition for an article recounting the last day in the life of a college student who died of alcohol poisoning after a birthday binge.
• Received a 2001 honorable mention for continuing coverage of the Las Cruces Public Schools controversy in the New Mexico Associated Press Managing Editors competition.
• Placed ninth out of 87 students from 49 universities in the 2001-2002 in-depth writing competition sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation for coverage of the Las Cruces Public Schools controversy. The award included a $500 scholarship and a $500 grant to the NMSU Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
• Received two awards of excellence (first place) for news writing and one award of merit (second place) for feature writing in the 2001 Southern New Mexico Press Club competition.
EDUCATION
Print and photo journalism, New Mexico State University
Spring 1998 – Spring 2003
• Earned a 3.85 cumulative GPA and bachelor’s degrees in print and photo journalism. Graduated with honors.
