Mark Kreuzwieser updated resume 090914

MARK KREUZWIESER Writer/ Editor/ Public and media relations 803.610.7175 Kreuzwieser57@gmail.com 712 Jackson Ave., Charlotte, N.C. 28204 I am seeking a writing or editing position, full-time, part-time or freelance. I am available immediately. EXPERIENCE I have worked for three decades as a newspaper reporter, editor and photographer, magazine writer, and public and media relations management. I am active in positive social media, and I have been responsible for news page design and layout, local and wire copy editing, photo and graphics design, reporting, editorial writing, and mentoring younger reporters. My recent writings include freelance for magazines and newspapers, blogging, Wikipedia entries, Internet articles, and Facebook and Twitter entries. I have worked with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. EDUCATION Bachelor of arts in English and minor in mass communications (journalism independent study), Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C. Feature section editor and reporter for the campus newspaper, The Appalachian, during freshman, sophomore and junior years. EXPERIENCE Freelance writer – Bluffton, Hilton Head Island February 2009–2013 Worked with clients on freelance assignments, including magazine, newspaper and newsletter articles Published articles in Hilton Head Monthly and Celebrate Hilton Head magazines, and Savannah Business Journal, Bluffton Today and Bluffton Sun newspapers, and Sandlapper magazine (Columbia) Use MS Office, InDesign, Quark and Photoshop for writing and design Denarius Group (formerly CNSG) Hilton Head Island January 2007–January 2009 Public Relations Manager Worked with the agency principal and account coordinators in a variety of functions essential to PR and marketing campaigns Responsible for interacting with the media, including local, regional and national newspaper, television, radio and Internet outlets (including Blogspot) Wrote and pitched press releases and bylined advertorials Researched and wrote reports on media and consumer trends Developed story ideas Distributed and tracked coverage of press releases Photographed and assisted in photo shoots Worked with numerous clients in the region, and coordinated interviews and client events Used MS Office, InDesign, Quark and Photoshop Bluffton Today April 2005–November 2006 Business Editor/Reporter Played key role in the April 2005 launching of Bluffton Today, a nationally recognized daily newspaper that combined traditional journalism with Internet-based and hyper-community communication Responsible for two business pages six days per week, plus a four-page business tabloid, Lowcountry Business Today, each Monday Wrote business articles and features, business briefs and business calendar events Worked closely with other editors, reporters, photographers, page designers and nearly a dozen expert columnists recruited from the local business community Responsible for taking many of the photographs that appeared on the business pages and in Lowcountry Business Today Used MS Office, proprietary software and Photoshop Carolina Morning News/Savannah Morning News February 1999–April 2005 Reporter/Weekend Editor Acted as the Jasper County bureau reporter and photographer for the daily South Carolina edition of the Savannah Morning News Supervised five other reporters, two photographers and one page designer Responsible for writing, design and layout as the weekend editor for the Carolina Morning News Performed as weekend editor for the Carolina Morning News; this involved writing, editing and assisting in the design of the paper, which averaged 12 to 18 pages every day Wrote editorials and features for the paper, and covered other beats, such as the town of Bluffton , Beaufort County and the town of Hilton Head Used MS Office and proprietary software Earlier work experience City Editor • The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. 1998-1999 Paginated local front, inside pages, supervised five newsroom and two bureau reporters. Assistant Editor/Night Desk Editor/Reporter • Statesboro ( Ga. ) Herald 1997-1998 Responsible for all news pages design and layout, local and wire copy editing, photo and graphics design, and some reporting, mostly Georgia Southern University, city government and business. Editor • The ( Claxton, Ga.) Enterprise 1996-1997 Covered all news and features, wrote weekly column and editorials, and directed and produced special supplements and tabloids. Coordinated contract and arrangement with new printer that produced first CMYK photographs and graphics in paper's history. Designed and paginated all news and editorial pages. Reporter/Assistant City Editor • Savannah Morning News 1984-1996 As reporter, beats included the port of Savannah, environment, transportation, business, the military and city and county government. I was a staff co-winner of two Georgia Associated Press awards, for coverage of the mail-bomb murder of a Savannah City Council member and the campaign for and passage of the first roads sales tax referendum in Chatham County, Ga. As assistant metro editor, I supervised newsroom of 12 reporters, plus three bureaus. Reporter • Durham (N.C.) Sun (now Durham Herald-Sun) 1981-1984 I covered Durham city government, business, the N.C. legislature, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Reporter • The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1979-1981 My first professional newspaper job after college, I covered city and county governments, environmental issues and farming. Writing Portfolio: (Many broken links; I am trying to update them.) http://markcnsghiltonhead.blogspot.com/ Links to articles: http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/2-joomla-specific-links/1863-wing-and-a-prayer-a-hilton-head-pilot-lands-in-japan-a-minute-before-the-earthquake http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/the-heritage-2011/146-the-heritage-2011/1839-chipping-in-hilton-head-rallies-in-a-12th-hour-search-for-a-heritage-title-sponsor http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/life-a-style/features/42-features/1852-phyllis-mauney-have-harp-will-travel http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/features/44-features/1843-home-discovery-its-old-meets-new http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/the-green-issue/145-the-green-issue/1808-rejoice-recycle-hilton-heads-islandwide-program-launches-in-april http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2140/march-2011-charity-corner-wingfest-16th-annual-festival-signals-beginning-of-spring http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/features/81-features/1775-extreme-makeover-home-edition http://savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/construction-building/959-feb-7-extreme-community-economics-of-volunteer-homebuilding-in-lowcountry http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/home-discovery/87-home-discovery/1776-home-discovery-living-harborside9-cambridge-circle-wexford http://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/68-state-regional-news/923-jan-17-regional-water-woes-may-be-a-matter-of-political-diplomacy http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/money-report/100-money-report/1729-getting-your-financial-house-in-order http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/intriguing-people/140-intriguing-people/1732-drew-laughlin-the-new-guy http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/intriguing-people/1748-mel-gibbens-traveling-shoes http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2094/your-friendly-neighborhood-financial-advisors-morgan-keegan http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/features/58-features/1700-entrepreneurthe-winds-of-fortune http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2076/hello-dolly-colgan-returns-to-direct-hello-dolly http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2041/santa-fe-cafe-tapping-the-source http://issuu.com/hilton_head_hmonthly/docs/hhm_magazine_1011/35 http://www.villageparkgroup.com/news_cardamone.htm http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/features/565-the-port-of-jasper http://www.realwasabi.com/News/index.asp (scroll down a few pages) http://savannahnow.com/stories/021199/ACCgourmetmarket.html http://www.knowitall.org/sandlapper/summer2003/summer-pdfs/16-20-Radio-Walterboro.pdf References On request. Other Founding volunteer board member for Jasper (County, S.C.) Animal Rescue Mission, a nonprofit save-a-life and adoption organization based in Ridgeland, S.C. Volunteer for Church of the Cross Episcopal Church of Bluffton’s God’s Goods thrift shop. -30-

Hilton Head Island hires new principal symphony conductor

The maestro is in: John Morris Russell Monday, 30 April 2012 11:5 By Mark Kreuzwieser For a rehearsal day in early April, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra’s new music director and principal conductor John Morris Russell sure was laid back and relaxed. Why shouldn’t he have been? He’d just put away a breakfast biscuit and gravy platter at Bluffton’s Squat ‘n’ Gobble restaurant and was sitting in beach shirt and shorts on the terrace contemplating an 85-degree spring day in the bosom of the Lowcountry. Your average resident or tourist passing by probably would not know that they were in the presence of a world-class maestro. Russell has been serving the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra as principal guest conductor for the 2011-2012 season, and has expanded his role in our community while also continuing as conductor of the world-renowned Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. In past years, he served as associate conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, and for the past 11 years as director of music at the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Ontario, Canada.Typically, Russell was in a chatty mood the day before conducting the annual April 3-4 Symphony Under the Stars. Probably the only time he isn’t ebullient conversationally is when he’s at the podium conducting. You might say he is a lover of life, and the player of musicians. Q: How did you catch the music bug? A: I’m a product of public schools (in his home town of Cleveland, Ohio). I had a fourth-grade teacher who walked up and down the aisles of our classroom, asking each of us, ‘what instrument do you play?’ If you didn’t come up with an instrument, you were (put in) choir. I played cornet. Music played an integral part of my education from the earliest age. Music was just a way of life. Everyone in my family played one instrument or another. In junior high and high school, I played in band, marching bands and orchestras. I was a trumpet player. We even had a jazz band, and that was pretty revolutionary back then, so they called it the jazz lab band. Can you imagine? Lab band! It made us sound scientific, I guess, and acceptable. Our poor band director, he had to work so hard. He’d get to school at 7 a.m. and work all day. Q: We heard you were a frustrated Tower of Power-wannabe... A: In high school, I joined a garage band. We were a band of horns, with a rhythm section and two female African-American singers. They were hot, and they made our band hot. We’d play at parties and proms, covering all the big horn bands at the time, like Chicago, Ohio Players, Average White Band, with some jazz thrown in like Chuck Mangione. I would sneak into the Cleveland Symphony concerts after waiting for an intermission. I had a strategy (he says with a mischievous grin, noting that he doesn’t advocate this scofflaw behavior). Q: What makes music so enthralling? A: Music has no walls. Music, all music, is just music, no matter what style it is. Look at the masters, the great composers. They are still listened to and performed today because their music crosses all boundaries. Beethoven, Mozart, all of them, they were rock and roll. The classical composers of the past were entertainers. Now, for me, it’s all about making their music come alive. Q: Who do you admire among symphony conductors? A: George Szell, who was the long-time music director of the Cleveland Orchestra. Jesus Lopez-Cobos, a Spanish music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 2000. And, Erich Kunzel, who was the founding music director and conductor of the Cincinnati Pops. Hmmm... they all have Zs in their names. I’ve seen Leonard Bernstein conduct, but I’ve not met him. He was one of the few great composers who also are great conductors. Q: Being a symphony conductor must be a power trip. A: No, it’s not an ego thing. My approach is to ask, what does the music need to honor the composer? When I conduct a Haydn composition, I want people to say, ‘wow that Haydn was brilliant’ - not ‘wow, that Russell guy is brilliant.’ I always feel humble at the feet of the great composers. I could never, ever compose something so brilliant. I am blessed being able to conduct composers’ works. My role as conductor is to empower musicians in their performance, and my ego is not the way to accomplish that. I must work to earn the musicians’ trust and respect, and to be a good coach. The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra has very, very fine musicians. Q: Why did you choose Hilton Head? A: The symphony, the musicians and the community at large are extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated support system in the (symphony’s) board of directors, led by Mary Briggs and Edward Parrish, president/ CEO and chairman, respectively. The corporate sponsors are very supportive. It is all about the art, but we must remember and be aware that it still is business. It’s good business to have this wonderful symphony orchestra for the overall community, including residents and visitors, plus the businesses here. The music attracts visitors, tourists and new and creative businesses. Q: We understand you have a special interest in Gullah culture. A: I look forward to immersing the symphony orchestra in the Lowcounty’s Gullah community and traditions. I find it fascinating and enlightening that many West African traditions came here and were forged in the terror of slavery. Gullah culture is just so rich - the spiritual music, the connections here with the north up to Canada through the Underground Railroad, and then you have the music, I think, evolving into gospel, blues, jazz and rock and roll. I recently learned that the term, and the song, “Kumbaya” really originated in the Gullah community right here on Hilton Head Island. Q: How are you acclimating to our Lowcountry and our unique cuisine? A: I have recently been on an exhaustive search for Frogmore stew. I’ve been over to Beaufort looking for it, and I haven’t been successful.

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Mark Kreuzwieser resume

MARK KREUZWIESER
Writer/ Editor/ Public and media relations consultant
(843) 305-0004
Mark092257@gmail.com
kreuzwieser@msn.com
http://markcnsghiltonhead.blogspot.com
456 Gardners Lane, Bluffton, S.C.

SUMMARY
I have worked for three decades as a newspaper reporter, editor and photographer, magazine writer, and public and media relations manager. I am proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. I have been responsible for news page design and layout, local and wire copy editing, photo and graphics design, reporting, editorial writing, and mentoring younger reporters, columnists and photographers. My recent writings include freelance for magazines and newspapers, blogging, Wikipedia entries, Internet articles, and Facebook and Twitter entries.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of arts in English and minor in mass communications (journalism independent study), Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., 1979. Features section editor and reporter for the campus newspaper, The Appalachian, during freshman, sophomore and junior years.

EXPERIENCE
Freelance writer February 2009 Present
 Published articles in Hilton Head Monthly and Celebrate Hilton Head magazines, and Savannah Business Journal, Bluffton Today and Bluffton Sun newspapers. I have also freelanced for Savannah Magazine and Sandlapper magazine
 Work with clients on freelance assignments, including magazine, newspaper and newsletter articles
Hotel front desk January 2009 – July 2010
I worked on the front desk and in guest services at a bed and breakfast in Savannah and a motel on Hilton Head.
Denarius Group (formerly CNSG) Hilton Head Island Jan. 2007–Jan. 2009
Public Relations Manager
 Worked with the agency principal and account coordinators in a variety of functions essential to PR and marketing campaigns
 Responsible for interacting with the media, including local, regional and national newspaper, television, radio and Internet outlets (including Blogspot)
 Wrote and pitched press releases and bylined advertorials
 Researched and wrote reports on media and consumer trends
 Developed story ideas on behalf of clients
 Distributed and tracked coverage of press releases
 Photographed and assisted in photo shoots
 Worked with numerous clients in the region, and coordinated interviews and client events

Bluffton Today April 2005–November 2006
Business Editor/Reporter
Played a key role in the April 2005 launching of Bluffton Today, a nationally recognized daily newspaper that combined traditional journalism with Internet-based communication.
 Wrote business articles and features, business briefs and business calendar events
 Worked closely with other editors, reporters, photographers, page designers and nearly a dozen expert columnists recruited from the local business community
 Responsible for taking many of the photographs that appeared on the business pages and in Lowcountry Business Today
 Used MS Office, proprietary software and Photoshop
Carolina Morning News/Savannah Morning News February 1999–April 2005
Reporter/Weekend Editor
 Jasper County bureau reporter and photographer for the daily South Carolina edition of the Savannah Morning News
 As weekend editor for the Carolina Morning News, assisted in writing, editing and assisting in the design of the paper, which averaged 12 to 18 pages every day, and supervised five other reporters, two photographers and one page designer

Earlier work experience

City Editor • The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. 1998-1999
Paginated local front, inside pages, supervised five newsroom and two bureau reporters.
Assistant Editor/Night Desk Editor/Reporter • Statesboro (Ga.) Herald 1997-1998
Responsible for all news pages design and layout, local and wire copy editing, photo and graphics design, and some reporting, mostly Georgia Southern University, city government and business.
Editor • The (Claxton, Ga.) Enterprise 1996-1997
Covered all news and features, wrote weekly column and editorials, and directed and produced special supplements and tabloids. Coordinated contract and arrangement with new printer that produced first CMYK photographs and graphics in paper's history. Designed and paginated all news and editorial pages.
Reporter/Assistant City Editor • Savannah Morning News 1984-1996
As reporter, beats included the port of Savannah, environment, transportation, business, the military and city and county government. I was a staff co-winner of two Georgia Associated Press awards, for coverage of the mail-bomb murder of a Savannah City Council member and the campaign for and passage of the first roads sales tax referendum in Chatham County, Ga. As assistant metro editor, I supervised newsroom of 12 reporters, plus three bureaus.
Reporter • Durham (N.C.) Sun (now Durham Herald-Sun) 1981-1984
I covered Durham city government, business, the N.C. legislature, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Reporter • The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1979-1981
My first professional newspaper job after college, I covered city and county governments, environmental issues and farming.

Writing Portfolio:
http://markcnsghiltonhead.blogspot.com/
Links to articles:
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/home-discovery/87-home-discovery/1890-home-discovery-aspiring-to-greatness
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/2-joomla-specific-links/1863-wing-and-a-prayer-a-hilton-head-pilot-lands-in-japan-a-minute-before-the-earthquake
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/the-heritage-2011/146-the-heritage-2011/1839-chipping-in-hilton-head-rallies-in-a-12th-hour-search-for-a-heritage-title-sponsor
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/life-a-style/features/42-features/1852-phyllis-mauney-have-harp-will-travel
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/features/44-features/1843-home-discovery-its-old-meets-new
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/the-green-issue/145-the-green-issue/1808-rejoice-recycle-hilton-heads-islandwide-program-launches-in-april
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2140/march-2011-charity-corner-wingfest-16th-annual-festival-signals-beginning-of-spring
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/features/81-features/1775-extreme-makeover-home-edition
http://savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/construction-building/959-feb-7-extreme-community-economics-of-volunteer-homebuilding-in-lowcountry
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/home-discovery/87-home-discovery/1776-home-discovery-living-harborside9-cambridge-circle-wexford
http://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/68-state-regional-news/923-jan-17-regional-water-woes-may-be-a-matter-of-political-diplomacy
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/money-report/100-money-report/1729-getting-your-financial-house-in-order
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/intriguing-people/140-intriguing-people/1732-drew-laughlin-the-new-guy
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/intriguing-people/1748-mel-gibbens-traveling-shoes
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2094/your-friendly-neighborhood-financial-advisors-morgan-keegan
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/features/58-features/1700-entrepreneurthe-winds-of-fortune
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2076/hello-dolly-colgan-returns-to-direct-hello-dolly
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2041/santa-fe-cafe-tapping-the-source
http://issuu.com/hilton_head_hmonthly/docs/hhm_magazine_1011/35
http://www.villageparkgroup.com/news_cardamone.htm
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/features/565-the-port-of-jasper
http://www.realwasabi.com/News/index.asp (scroll down a few pages)
http://savannahnow.com/stories/021199/ACCgourmetmarket.html
http://www.knowitall.org/sandlapper/summer2003/summer-pdfs/16-20-Radio-Walterboro.pdf

References
Tom Gardo, owner, Denarius (CNSG) Group public relations, marketing, advertising and issues management consulting, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; (843) 785-3989
Christie Oxford, public schools teacher, Leesburg, VA; (703) 626-9274
Kim Perri, manager God’s Good Thrift Store (Cross Episcopal Church), Bluffton, S.C.; (843) 757-2024
Jeff Vrabel, former editor, Hilton Head Monthly magazine, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; jeff@jeffvrabel.com
Amarien Baldwin, advertising sales, Bethesda, Md.; (843) 305-9012

Other
Founding volunteer board member for Jasper (County, S.C.) Animal Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization based in Ridgeland, S.C.
Volunteer for Church of the Cross Episcopal Church of Bluffton’s God’s Goods thrift shop, and Beaufort County Public Library, Bluffton branch.

Mmmmmm, barbecue, Bluffton style

And, my dang name is misspelled again! Maybe I should change it.

Yet another Home Discovery

Let the outdoors in ...

The good ol' War Between the States feature in Hilton Head Monthly magazine

Oops, my name is misspelled at the end of the story. Go figure...