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Tom McLean

Los Angeles, CA

currently: Here to network

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Work history

Below the Line March 2007 to December 2007
Features editor

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How would you describe your time at Below the Line?

Planned, assigned, wrote and edited feature stories for this monthly trade publication focused on crew news. Also helped oversee production through story placement, copyediting, writing headlines and captions, and proofreading pages.
various December 2005 to the present
Freelance writer and editor

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How would you describe your time at various?

Books: Author of "Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen," an analysis of the films' adaptation of more than 40 years of comic books into a successful movie trilogy. To be published in 2008 by Sequart.com Books.

Articles: Research, conduct interviews for and write articles to suit publications and web sites including Variety, Animation Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Below the Line, Metromix.com, Emmy Magazine, Los Angeles Times and VFXWorld.com.

Blog: Write a weblog called Bags and Boards about the comic-book business for Variety.com. It can be found at http://weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards.... read more
Variety September 2003 to December 2005
Associate Editor - Features

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How would you describe your time at Variety?

Developed editorial content focused on specific topics and major events in the entertainment industry for special reports ranging from two to 20 pages. Developed story ideas, assigned stories to freelance writers, edited copy and oversaw production.
Variety November 1999 to September 2003
Production editor

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How would you describe your time at Variety?

Oversaw the production of more than 150 special reports a year, including page design, proofreading, color correction and shipping pages to the printer on tight deadlines.
Daily Breeze September 1996 to November 1999
Copy editor and page designer

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How would you describe your time at Daily Breeze?

Worked in all aspects of copyediting news and feature pages for a daily newspaper, including editing for style and content, selecting and placing news stories, wire editing, writing headlines and photo captions, page design, pagination and proofreading.
The Idaho Statesman January 1995 to July 1996
Copy editor

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How would you describe your time at The Idaho Statesman?

Edited for style and content, wrote headlines and captions, and designed pages.
Arizona Daily Sun January 1992 to December 1994
Special sections editor, weekend editor

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How would you describe your time at Arizona Daily Sun?

Wrote articles for and edited weekly entertainment and special advertising sections for one year, then oversaw all aspects of editing the news sections on weekend editions.

Education

University of Arizona August 1987 to December 1991
Journalism

How would you describe your time at University of Arizona?

B.A. in journalism, minor in political science.

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