Jim Morrison41 Sutton Road

Needham, MA 02492978.973.2432

JamesAndrewMorrison@gmail.com

Objective: I’m seeking a position as a news reporter/feature writer for a respected Boston-area publication.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

2015-present The Warren GroupReporter

I cover residential real estate for The Banker & Tradesman, a weekly Mass. trade newspaper and The Commercial Record, a monthly magazine published in Conn. I also shoot video for the website and promote my work and that of my colleagues on social media.

2013-2015 Gatehouse Media New EnglandReporter

As the sole full-time reporter for The Newton TAB (serving a population of 86,000+), I came up with, reported and wrote an average of six or so news stories, features, meeting recaps, police logs, briefs and Q&A's for our print edition and website every week. Often, I shot photos, edited, and posted these stories online in real time, and broadcast them on social media. My work has appeared in dozens of Gatehouse publications.

2012-2013 The Boston GlobeCorrespondent

•Covered Norwood, Randolph and Abington for The Boston Globe South

2012 The Associated Press www.ap.org Print and radio freelancer

Reported on various events in MA and NH and filed 4-600 word stories remotely within about 40 minutes. My work appeared in hundreds of newspapers across the country.

January 2012 New England Cable News www.necn.com Political intern

Did on-camera MOS interviews. Assisted in various stages of the compilation of feature stories and live candidate coverage. Compiled research and analysis for on-camera talent during live primary coverage.

2011-2012 The Charlestown Patch http://charlestown.patch.com Freelance reporter

2007-2009 Banderas News Puerto Vallarta, MXwww.banderasnews.com English language feature writer

Wrote monthly, keyword-rich features on residential construction and the real estate market designed to optimize search engine rankings.

Pitched and wrote general interest feature stories.

2000-2008 The Lancaster Times Lancaster, MAReporter Columnist Feature writer

Wrote monthly columns on residential construction, home maintenance, and parenting.

Pitched and contributed general interest, lifestyle feature stories and Op-Ed pieces monthly.Covered local events and meetings as needed.

2007 Central Mass Media (monthly magazine) Worcester, MAColumnist

Wrote a general interest column on the challenges and observations arising from living part-time in both central Massachusetts and central Mexico.

2005-2007 The LandmarkHolden, MA (www.thelandmark.com)Occasional stringer

Wrote general interest and real estate features.Covered local events as needed.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

1987-2012 Morrison Home Inspections, LLC www.almorrison.com President 2000-2012Vice President 1992-1999Home Inspector 1987-2012

Performed more than 5000 commercial and residential home inspections for prospective buyers throughout New England. Wrote customized, narrative reports that distilled technical information into impossible to misunderstand language for each client.

Wrote scores of articles on residential construction and home inspections published in national and regional trade publications such as: The Boston Globe, The ASHI Reporter, The ASHI NE Inspector, The Inspector’s Journal, WorkingRE magazine, and many local newspapers.Wrote all Web and print copy, promotional material, press releases.Wrote a quarterly newsletter for The Bellman Group , a national education

provider for home inspectors. Worked as an expert witness in a handful of construction defect lawsuits.Featured on HGTV’s popular House Detective series. Copies available.Lectured regularly at home buying seminars across Eastern Massachusetts.

EDUCATION & LICENSES

Boston University College of CommunicationM.S. Journalism completed 4 classes with a 3.58 GPA

New England Center for Investigative JournalismCertificate in Investigative Journalism 2012

University of Lowell, Lowell, MAB.S. Criminal Justice, 1991Leitch Hall Resident Advisor 1989-1991

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND AWARDS

2014 NENPA Health reporting awardModerator/Editor online forum (www.inspectorsjournal.com)Elected President of ASHI ® NE 2006-08Elected to ASHI ® CoR 2003-05 Group Leader 2004 -05Elected Vice President of ASHI® NE 2002ASHI ® NE Education Committee 1997-2002, Vice chair 2000-02ASHI ® NE Membership Committee Chair 1998-2002Elected to ASHI ® NE Board of Directors 1999

PERSONALFather of three, husband of one, changer of diapers; Turner of phrase, writer-songsinger, ham-fisted player of guitar; runner of inadvisable distances, full-time lover of excellent ales, great food and unlettered travel companions; Passable speaker of conversational Spanish. Housewright. Occasional writer or humorous and nonsensical verse. Mostly just a thorn trying to find a side. Once spent three weeks in the Kenyan bush for the purpose of catching lions in the act of coitus, and succeeded.