Christopher Clair

Experience

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  Marshalltown Times-Republican

  Aug 1997 - Jun 1999

  Features Editor/Sports Editor/Reporter

  My first responsibilities involved covering the education and business beats. I was named Sports Editor in 1998, where I managed full- and part-time staff devoted to covering area prep athletics. As Features Editor, I assisted the managing editor in daily production while also writing feature articles for the weekday and Sunday editions.

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  Gazette Communications

  Aug 1999 - Oct 2005

  Universal Desk Editor

  I worked both dayside and nightside production at The Gazette. During my nightside term (1999-2002), I designed pages, wrote headlines, edited articles for length and clarity, and organized content from state, national, and international newswires. For much of 2002, I edited and designed the front page of the Cedar Rapids and/or Iowa City editions, and managed the schedules and page assignments for the copy editing desk. When I transitioned to the dayside operation, I continued designing and editing, while also supervising the copy editors working on sports pages. I also wrote a pop culture column for the Weekend! section. Show less

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  The University of Iowa

  Oct 2005 - now

  Director of Strategic Content

  Since 2016, I have led the strategic content effort for the Office of Strategic Communication, guiding content decisions based on institutional messaging priorities. Before that, I served as managing editor of Iowa Now, our university's central news website. In my years with the Office of Strategic Communication, I have overseen collegiate recruitment materials; helped develop the aforementioned Iowa Now project; produced content from the performing arts, studio arts, and writing programs; successfully pitched content and story ideas to local/state/regional media; edited our university's faculty/staff news site; overseen annual report content; and edited audio for multimedia content. Show less