jennifer briggs
Newspapers
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (13 years in sports, news, features, column writing, humor:
Texas Rangers and Dallas Mavericks beat writer, seven years as nationally known masked wrestling columnist/social commentator Betty Ann Stout, award-winning investigative reporter, features writer, member of Star-Telegram Marketing Committee and Star-Telegram Speakers Bureau)
Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal (Traveling beat writer covering Philadelphia Phillies, sports columnist)
Lionheart Newspapers (Editor and writing coach for a chain of suburban papers)
Wisconsin State Journal (sports columnist, Packers/outdoors/general news/features writer)
Dallas Observer (columnist)
Books
Strive to Excel: The Will and Wisdom of Vince Lombardi, The Book of Landry, Quotable Billy Graham, A Very Brady Guide to Life, Nolan Ryan: The Authorized Pictorial History, TexasSpeak: The Advanced Version. Twice included in Best American Sports Writing anthology.
Currently working on a humorous look at Texas sports through the ages for Great Texas Books.
Just completed work (photos and copy) on a D/FW guidebook geared mainly toward corporations relocating people to new regions.
Radio
Sportstalk host, Madison, Wisconsin
Occasional guest, KTCK The Ticket, Dallas
Weekly humor spot (years ago) WBAP Fort Worth
Weekly humor spot (also years ago) KLIF
Freelance
USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Dallas Observer, Texas Monthly, D Magazine, FWWeekly, others. Topics included sports, social commentary, humor, food, travel, features, editing and spot news.
Web
Co-founded DFWSportsNet.com, an area sports Internet site (which was probably a little before its time), exposing me to more editing, managerial experience, web design, marketing, etc.
Public relations
Worked as spokesperson for the Fort Worth Cats until startup, snagging publicity, organizing press conferences, working with players to coach them with media relations skills.
Skills
Talented journalist who has covered a
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram (13 years in sports, news, features, column writing, humor:
Texas Rangers and Dallas Mavericks beat writer, seven years as nationally known masked wrestling columnist/social commentator Betty Ann Stout, award-winning investigative reporter, features writer, member of Star-Telegram Marketing Committee and Star-Telegram Speakers Bureau)
Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal (Traveling beat writer covering Philadelphia Phillies, sports columnist)
Lionheart Newspapers (Editor and writing coach for a chain of suburban papers)
Wisconsin State Journal (sports columnist, Packers/outdoors/general news/features writer)
Dallas Observer (columnist)
Books
Strive to Excel: The Will and Wisdom of Vince Lombardi, The Book of Landry, Quotable Billy Graham, A Very Brady Guide to Life, Nolan Ryan: The Authorized Pictorial History, TexasSpeak: The Advanced Version. Twice included in Best American Sports Writing anthology.
Currently working on a humorous look at Texas sports through the ages for Great Texas Books.
Just completed work (photos and copy) on a D/FW guidebook geared mainly toward corporations relocating people to new regions.
Radio
Sportstalk host, Madison, Wisconsin
Occasional guest, KTCK The Ticket, Dallas
Weekly humor spot (years ago) WBAP Fort Worth
Weekly humor spot (also years ago) KLIF
Freelance
USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Dallas Observer, Texas Monthly, D Magazine, FWWeekly, others. Topics included sports, social commentary, humor, food, travel, features, editing and spot news.
Web
Co-founded DFWSportsNet.com, an area sports Internet site (which was probably a little before its time), exposing me to more editing, managerial experience, web design, marketing, etc.
Public relations
Worked as spokesperson for the Fort Worth Cats until startup, snagging publicity, organizing press conferences, working with players to coach them with media relations skills.
Skills
Talented journalist who has covered a
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Education/Experience
High Sschool and college in TexsInterests
dogs, sports, cooking, writing, journalism, politics, gardening, interior design, trends, religion, health and medicineMotto
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Cinco De Mayo RecipesThis is a listing of several original brunch recipes I have come up with deep in the heart of Texas, and while conjuring up new stuff for a southwestern cooking class I taught at UW-Madison.
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Seattle P-I Goes Way of the 8-track; Another Newspaper Family Leaves Our MidstThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer is no more, save a small band of employees spared, to handle online operation, leaving a close-knit industry to grieve what it already knew was coming. Just why didn't anyone try to fix it sooner?