Douglas MacMillan's Resume (Last updated November 5th 2009)

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Douglas MacMillan
New York, NY

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WORK EXPERIENCE

BusinessWeek
Staff Writer

September/2006 - Present
  • Wrote more than 250 news analysis features for BusinessWeek.com
  • Conceived and wrote "Inside the App Economy," BusinessWeek magazine's Nov. 2, 2009 cover story, as well as 12 additional print pieces
  • Covered major Internet companies eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook
  • Identified and explained emerging trends in social media, e-commerce, online advertising, digital content, and the Internet in emerging markets to a general business audience
  • Developed sources, interviewed top-level executives, and attended industry events
  • Crafted interactive web graphics, product reviews, videos, tip sheets
  • Blogged for the Tech Beat, Blogspotting, First Jobs, and Auto Beat blogs
  • Curated daily content lineups for BusinessWeek.com's Technology channel
  • Contributed stories about real estate, lifestyle, autos, marketing, small business, careers, and management to BusinessWeek.com
  • Helped plan and and grow the Managing channel, a section of BusinessWeek.com launched in 2007
  • Optimized online stories for consumption in search engines like Google and Web portals like Yahoo and MSN
  • Appeared in TV segments for CNBC and Fox Business News

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BusinessWeek
Editorial Intern

June - August/2006
  • Wrote 18 stories on small business and entrepreneurship for BusinessWeek.com
  • Gained fluency in financial and corporate management issues

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Adotas.com
Editorial Intern

February - May/2006
Daily trade publication serving over 100,000 interactive advertising professionals weekly
  • Wrote 22 business articles on deadline, including 9 features and 13 op-ed pieces
  • Updated website with breaking news stories throughout the day

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Rolling Stone
Editorial Intern

August - December/2005
  • Collected research of articles for at least one feature story per magazine
  • Compiled and distributed daily media packet of current events and entertainment news
  • Transcribed interviews with prominent figures in the music and entertainment industry

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EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University
B.A. in English (Focus in Fiction Writing), Minor in Music (Classical Percussion)

2001 - 2005
Nashville, TN

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AWARDS AND HONORS
2007 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award in the category of Best Online Article or Series, for contribution to The Best Entrepreneurs Under 25 on BusinessWeek.com

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SKILLS
Adept with AP Style, LexisNexis, MS Office, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Photoshop, HTML, Internet research, and photo research

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INTERESTS
Percussionist in the Greenwich Village Orchestra in New York City

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REFERENCES
Available upon request

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