Joe
Miller|Writer
Résumé
Professional
Experience
- Columnist, KCDowntowner.com,
August 2009 to present
- Graduate Teaching Assistant,
University of Kansas, August 2009 to Present
- Director of Communications,
Mayor’s Office, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2007 to November 2008
- Assistant Campaign Director,
Funkhouser for Mayor, November 2006 to May 2007
- Staff Writer, The Pitch,
Kansas City, Missouri, 2000 to 2004
- Staff Writer, Lawrence Journal-World,
Lawrence, Kansas, 2000
- Editor, Boulder Weekly,
Boulder, Colorado, 1999 to 2000
- News Editor, Boulder Weekly,
1998 to 1999
- Business Editor, Longmont
Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colorado, 1998
- Staff Writer, Boulder Weekly,
1995 to 1998
Publications
- Cross-X: A Turbulent, Triumphant
Season with an Inner-City Debate Squad, Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
2006 (paperback, Picador 2007)
- Salon, "The
Oddest Couple in Politics," September 2, 2009
- Vibe, “Jada Gets
Wicked,” Summer, 2006
- Poets & Writers, “Goddard’s
Transformative Language Arts Program,” May June, 2001
- Art in America, “Report
From Colorado/Looking to the Future,” May, 1998
- Art Papers, various
articles from 1997 to 1999
- New Art Examiner, various
articles in 1997 and 1998
- Rocky Mountain News,
various articles in 1998 and 1999
- Boulder County Business
Report, various articles from 1996 to 1998
Awards
- Winner, 2007 William Rockhill
Nelson Award for Nonfiction
- Winner, 2007 Harry Chapin Media
Award for Nonfiction
- Finalist, Missouri Lifestyle
Journalism Awards, in the Multicultural and Paul L. Myhre Series categories,
2004
- Finalist, John Bartlow Martin
Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, 2003
- Finalist, John Bartlow Martin
Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, 2002
- First Place, Best Coverage of
Government, Missouri Press Association, 2003
- First Place, Best Young People’s
Coverage, Missouri Press Association, 2003
- First Place, General Reporting,
Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, 2003
- First Place, Investigative Writing,
Kansas Press Association, 2002
- First Place, Features Kansas
City Association of Black Journalists, 2002
- First Place, Business Writing,
Colorado Associated Press Editors and Writers, 1999
- Second Place, Feature Writing,
National Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Editorial Awards, 2004
- Second Place, News Stories,
National Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Editorial Awards, 2003
- Second Place, Feature Writing,
Kansas City Press Club, 2000
- Second Place, Business Writing,
Colorado Press Association, 1999
- Third Place, Best Story About
Education, Missouri Press Association, 2004
- Third Place, Investigative Writing,
Kansas Press Association, 2002
- Third Place, In-Depth Writing,
Kansas Press Association, 2001
- Third Place, Political Reporting,
Colorado Society for Professional Journalists, 2000
- Third Place, Investigative Reporting,
Kansas City Press Club, 2000
- Honorable Mention, Best Coverage
of Government, Missouri Press Association, 2003
- President’s Award Recognizing
Outstanding Contributions in Journalism, Kansas City Press Club, 2003
Education
- National Institute For Computer-Assisted
Reporting, University of Missouri School of Journalism, 2001
- University of Colorado, Boulder,
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1994
- Centro de Estudios Para Extranjeros,
Universidad de Guadalajara, 1993 (Spanish immersion program
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