Charles W. Ward IV 3300 Foster Avenue Juneau, AK 99801

charlesward4@me.com 907.957.3582 Knowledge, skills and abilities

Legal and investigative experience • Investigate professional licensees to determine if they have completed continuing education as required by the statutes and regulations governing their professions. • Draft and negotiate consent and voluntary surrender agreements to resolve disciplinary investigations outside of the hearing process. • Represent the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing at administrative hearings and mediation sessions. • Respond to public records requests, embracing the statutory policy of openness while ensuring certain information required to be withheld is redacted in a legally defensible manner.

Professional communicator • Skilled written communicator with nearly two decades of experience in journalism. • Accomplished editor who has supervised award-winning newsrooms and is an expert in Associated Press style. • Computer-savvy journalist who helped facilitate the transfer of a newsroom from a print-deadline focus to a “digital first” mindset. • Proficient page designer who has created publications on media ranging from letter-sized paper to broadsheet newsprint. • Multi-platform communicator with experience on camera, editing video, shooting still photos, hosting radio programs, producing audio, blogging and reporting via social media. • Talented cross-audience communicator who aided the public relations and marketing efforts of two professional sports teams and several civic organizations.

Leadership and management • Worked as a member of a newsroom leadership team that won a Gold Crown from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, one of the most prestigious awards in collegiate journalism. • Supervised the newsroom of the third-largest newspaper in Alaska as Interim Managing Editor and Deputy Managing Editor, guiding coverage in the state’s capital city. • Established a budget of nearly $500,000 for the yearly operations of a news gathering operation. • Leadership experience that covers not just newsrooms, but also service as a leader in community organizations.

Computer and technical expertise • Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, InCopy and PhotoShop. • Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS operating systems. • Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage. • Macintosh iWork software, including Pages, Numbers and Keynote. • Social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. Work history synopsis (complete history available on request) • Paralegal II, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Juneau, Alaska (Nov. 2013-present). • Juneau area sales representative, Todd Communications, Juneau, Alaska (Dec. 2012-Nov. 2013). • Deputy Managing Editor, Juneau Empire, Juneau, Alaska (June 2010-June 2012). • Assistant Managing Editor and Staff Writer, Oklahoma Daily, Norman, Okla. (May 2009-May 2010). • Sports Editor, Claremore Progress, Claremore, Okla. (July 2004-May 2005). • Sports Editor, International Falls Daily Journal, International Falls, Minn. (Aug. 2003-July 2004). • Sports Editor, Gallup Independent, Gallup, N.M. (April 2002-Nov. 2002). • Copy Editor, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Feb. 2003-Aug. 2003). • Sports writer, Hobbs News-Sun, Hobbs, N.M. (Oct. 2000-April 2002). • Web content intern, NFL Players Association, Washington, D.C. (Dec. 2007-March 2008). • Media relations intern, Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz, Oklahoma City, Okla. (June 2008-Feb. 2009). Other experience Served as a trainer for Oklahoma Scholastic Media’s Fall 2009 conference. • Conducted mock interviews with U.S. and foreign military officers prior to their deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan to prepare them for working with imbedded journalists as part of Army Media Engagement training. • Served as a judge in the 2011 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association’s contest. • Served as a judge in the 2012 Utah, Idaho and Spokane Associated Press Association contest. • Presented seminars on effective communications and public relations to the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Alaska. • Steward, ASEA/AFSCME Local 52. • Delegate, ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 Biennial Convention. Honors and awards• Society of Professional Journalists Oklahoma Pro Chapter 2011 awards: Sports reporting – First place; Online writing – Second place; Sports feature – Second place; Diversity coverage – Second place; In-depth reporting (team) – Third place; Business reporting – Third place. • Society of Professional Journalists 2012 Region 10 awards: Short feature story – Third place.

Education • Juris Doctor, University of Oklahoma College of Law. • Bachelor of Arts in journalism, University of Oklahoma.

Memberships and other activities Mt. Juneau-Gastineaux Lodge No. 21, Free & Accepted Masons • Juneau-Douglas Shrine Club • Juneau Valley Scottish Rite Masons • Downtown Juneau Rotary Club • Volunteer citizenship tutor, SERRC • Volunteer host, KTOO Radio • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society • Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity.