Sandra
C. Fish
Experience
August 2005 Journalism instructor,
to present
June 2008 Part-time presentation desk editor,
Rocky Mountain News
February 2009
July 2006 Editorial mentor,
Colorado Confidential
July 2007
April 2004 Presentation
editor, Daily Camera
July 2005
May 2003 Assistant
features editor, Daily Camera
April 2004
January 1999
May 2003
August 2000 Journalism instructor,
May 2001
August 1997 Deputy local news
editor, Daily Camera
December 1998
July 1996 Assistant local
news editor, Daily Camera
August 1997
August 1994 FIT editor, science and
environment editor, Daily Camera
December 1996
July 1990 Reporter,
January 1994
March 1987 Reporter,
June 1990
June 1985 Information
specialist, Florida Insurance Department
March 1987
October 1982 Reporter, Carroll Daily
Times Herald
February 1985
Education
B.S., journalism and political science,
M.A., political science with
emphasis in statistics,
Master’s thesis: “A
Time-Series Analysis of Federal Social Welfare Expenditures”
Activities
Board of directors, Journalism
& Women Symposium; chapter adviser, Association
for Women in Communication and Society for Professional Journalists; adjunct reporting instructor, University of Colorado, fall
1999, 2002, 2003, spring 2002, spring 2005; helped plan Scripps city editors'
conference, 1998; Knight-Ridder computer assisted reporting task force,
1995-97; taught Access classes at NICAR, 2002 and
2003; member, Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Awards
Second place, Colorado Society
of Professional Journalists, political reporting, 2003
First Place, Colorado Society
of Professional Journalists, enterprise reporting, 1999
FIT received Inland Innovation
Award for New Section, 1995
Second place, best
investigative reporting, Associated Press Sports Editors Association, 1988
First place, public
service/investigative, Florida Sports Writers Association, 1988
Service
Taught journalism elective at
Polaris at
Helped organize panels for
Colorado High School Journalism Association, October 2005, 2006 & 2007
Organized new media panel for
journalism students, November 2005