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Writing Coach/ Marketing Director

Carolyn Flynn

Carolyn Flynn is a journalist, media consultant, newspaper designer and author of literary fiction and nonfiction based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

She is our writing coach and also has led newspaper redesigns, including the Santa Cruz Sentinel in California and The State Journal in Frankfort, Ky., Carolyn's home state.

Carolyn had a 16-year stint as editor of the Albuquerque Journal’s Sage magazine, which won national first place in the National Federation of Press Women. Before that, she was assistant managing editor/design and photo at the Albuquerque Journal, where she led an award-winning redesign. in her diverse career, she has been a sports writer and has managed web operations as well.

Currently, she is collaborating on the development of an Innovation Academy course in media entrepreneurship at the University of New Mexico, where she teaches creative concepts, design and branding, and multimedia writing. An author of seven published books, she also is the winner of the 2014 Rick Bass/Montana Prize for Fiction. Much of her short fiction and narrative nonfiction has been published in journals and anthologies. Her TED talk on “Tell Better Stories, Live a Better Life,” about the power of narrative to change your path, can be viewed at tedxabq.com.

Find out more at carolynflynn.com.   More

Designer/Consultant

Kevin Dilley

Kevin Dilley, who lives near Kent, Ohio, is a 20+-year newspaper veteran with varied writing, design, editing, photojournalism, management and teaching experience.

Kevin has been working with Creative Circle since 2000 and joined the group full time in 2001. Kevin came to Creative Circle after a two-year stint at The Providence Journal where he was a photo editor, assignment editor and designer.

His previous experience includes five years at The Monroe Evening News in Michigan where he was a staff photographer, photo editor, designer and copy editor. Kevin received numerous state and national accolades while at this newspaper including twice helping the paper win AP's "Photo Member of the Year." Before he left the newspaper, he coordinated and led a complete redesign of the newspaper and helped with the transition to new color presses. Kevin has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Arts degree in Visual Communication from Ohio University. Kevin is married to Rosario and is the happy father of Alejandra and Diego.

Kevin played a key role in most Creative Circle projects for several years while he was on staff and was the lead designer and project manager for The Newport Daily News in Newport, R.I; The Telegraph in Nashua, N.H.; redesigns for the North Jersey Community Newspaper group; redesign and training for Recorder Community Newspapers; redesign and training for the Florida Catholic. He also served as project manager for our training program at The Daily Item in Lynn, Mass., and the redesign of the Staten Island (N.Y.) Register. In addition he has been involved in web design projects and has conducted workshops in photojournalism and design for large and small newspapers.

Kevin now teaches at Kent State University and manages student publications there.   More

Designer/Consultant

Jennifer Boucher Albers

Jennifer Boucher Albers, a native New Englander, has been working in the newspaper industry for 16 years. In that time she has held the roles of reporter, copy editor, designer and picture editor. She has particular interest in sports coverage, multimedia and alternative/niche publications, and often brings a younger, slightly unconventional sensibility to the mix.

Jennifer has been working with Creative Circle Media Consulting since 2000. Most recently she helmed redesigns at The Decatur Daily in Alabama, Bermuda Sun, Mercury in Newport, R.I., and The Citizen in Laconia, N.H., and did a Web site redesign for Manhattan marketing company Whitman Insight Strategies.

Before joining Creative Circle full-time in June 2003, Jennifer spent several years as a photo editor and designer for The Providence Journal in Rhode Island, designing page one, special sections and sports. She has won several design awards, including for her work coordinating and designing coverage of two Olympic Games.

Her photo-editing and design work on a deadly nightclub fire in 2003 - breaking news coverage and subsequent memorial section - helped the Journal become a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2004.

Prior to coming to Providence, Jennifer worked at the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y. (Best of Gannett during her tenure), and the Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y. She holds two degrees from Syracuse University, where she studied newspaper journalism, oboe performance and French literature and captained the lacrosse squad.

When not submerged in the media world, Jennifer cooks huge meals, studies German, travels extensively and helps out a local animal rescue. She and her husband live outside of Providence, in a renovated textile mill on the banks of the Blackstone River.   More

Designer/Consultant

Deborah Withey

Deborah's most recent staff position was as Deputy Managing Editor/Presentation of the The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia. She now freelances and runs an art studio in Wales.

Before joining the Pilot in June 2004, Deborah was Design Consultant for Knight Ridder Newspapers. Award-winning redesigns for Knight Ridder newspapers designed by Deborah are: the Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI, the American News, Aberdeen, SD, the Centre Daily Times, State College, PA, the News-Tribune, Duluth, MN, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, The Herald, Monterey, CA, and the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, PA.

Five newspapers redesigned by Deborah have been chosen as finalists for the “World’s Best-Designed”: The Detroit Free Press, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela, the Centre Daily Times and the Daily Camera, Boulder, Co. The Centre Daily Times was chosen as one of the “World’s Best-Designed Newspapers” by the Society for News Design for three consecutive years.

Deborah has won gold, silver, and awards of excellence for her illustrations and page designs from the Society of News Design, as well as Print, American Illustration, New York Art Director’s Club, APME and a variety of state press organizations. She was featured as one of the newspaper industry’s outstanding young professionals in Presstime magazine’s “20 under 40,” and was the 1999 recipient of the Majeri Award for Innovation and Leadership in Visual Journalism from Ball State University.

Previous to her position with Knight Ridder, Deborah was the design director of the Detroit Free Press and assistant art director of the Dallas Times Herald, Dallas, Texas. She graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University with a BFA in visual communications.

Deborah was the 1995 president of the Society for News Design and a Founding Judge of the Malofiej International Awards for excellence in informational …   More

Designer/Consultant

Kristen Powell

Kristen Powell has more than 16 years of newspaper experience as an editor, designer and art director. She brings a reader-focused approach to design, using images, text and graphics to create pages that offer depth and context for heavy readers and rewarding scannability for light and occasional readers. Through training and hands-on coaching, she works with staffs to develop the reflexes to look at stories and pages in new ways to engage more readers.

 

Kristen has been a designer, consultant and trainer with Creative Circle since July 2001. She was lead designer for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, a group of four dailies in southeastern Florida, The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., The News Journal in Daytona Beach, Fla., the Staten Island (N.Y.) Register, and others. In addition, she worked with the staff of The Birmingham (Ala.) News to create their entertainment tabloid, CityScene.

Kristen also led redesigns and training for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wa., and the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail.

 

She has received several Society for News Design awards for her work including a silver medal, two features portfolio awards, and an award of excellence for her 2004 redesign of the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail. Her work also has appeared in Print Magazine’s Regional Design annuals.

Before joining Creative Circle, Kristen spent seven years as a designer and editor at The Charlotte Observer. In 1997, she led the creation of the paper's award-winning entertainment section, E&T. From ’97 to 2000, she coordinated content for the section and served as its art director.

Prior to that, Kristen was features editor at the Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail. Her sections won a Penney-Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award in 1993, as well as several state press awards for content and design. Kristen also has worked as a copy editor and reporter. She has a degree in journalism from the University of …   More

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