Doug Oakley
1201 Blake St.
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-843-1408
dooglas96822@yahoo.com
www.dougoakley.com
www.dougoakley.blogspot.com
Twitter: @douglasoakley
Facebook: doug.oakley.75
Professional Profile
Writer/Reporter/Editor: 24 years newspaper, magazine, online journalism experience
Photographer: 20 years print/online journalism experience
Experience
San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune; Contra Costa Times; Berkeley Voice
2006-Present
Staff Reporter/Photographer
Daily writing and photography responsibilities include news developments generated out of Berkeley, Calif. and from UC Berkeley. Topics include k-12 and higher education, city politics and policy, business, green energy, medical marijuana, environmental activism, sustainability and government watchdog reporting.
San Francisco Examiner
2003-2006
Staff Photographer
Photographed and edited news, sports and feature stories
Travel Weekly Magazine
1999-2003
Hawaii Bureau Chief
Wrote, edited and photographed news and features for a
national travel magazine with a focus on the business side of
travel. Also wrote and edited a weekly travel newsletter on Hawaii.
Travel Age West Magazine
1993-1999
Associate Editor
Wrote, edited and photographed news and features for a
weekly travel magazine covering the West Coast
Inter-City Express
1990-1992
Managing Editor
Wrote and edited stories for this daily newspaper covering
the Bay Area real estate market. Supervised one staff reporter
Sparks Tribune
1988-1990
Wrote and photographed news and features for a daily newspaper
in Sparks Nv.
Education
UC Berkeley
Fellow at Knight Digital Media Center July 2009
Completed six, 12-hour days of training in video story telling and editing, sound gathering and editing and trends in multi-media story telling.
University of Nevada, Reno
1984-1989
Bachelor's degree in print journalism,
minor in political science