RYAN TATE
	Berkeley, California 
	(415) 640-6119
	ryantate@ryantate.com

EXPERIENCE:
	Contributing editor, Gawker.com
	May 2009 - present
		* Blogger focused on Silicon Valley gossip and tech
                  industry news ("Valleywag" beat)
		* Exclusive stories on Apple, Facebook, Google,
                  Twitter, Huffington Post

	Night editor, Gawker.com
	January 2008-May 2009
		* Blogger focused on media gossip and pop culture
		* Launched full evening coverage and grew story
                  pageviews to more than 2 million per month
		* Scoops credited in New York Times, Wall Street
                  Journal

	Reporter, San Francisco Business Times newspaper
	October 2002-January 2008
		* Beat reporter covering hospitality, East Bay real
                  estate
		* Weekly publication focused on scoops
		* Best Bay Area Business Reporter, 2006, San Francisco
                  Bay Area Publicity Club
		  
	Reporter, Contra Costa Times newspaper
	July 2002-October 2002
		* Business reporter for 184,000-circulation Knight
                  Ridder daily newspaper in east San Francisco Bay
                  Area
		* Daily deadline reporting on range of topics,
                  including health care and technology

	Reporter, Business 2.0 magazine
	September 2001-May 2002
		* Research, writing and fact-checking for
                  580,000-circulation Time Inc. monthly magazine
		* Started as intern, promoted to staff position

	Staff writer, UpsideToday Web site (part of Upside magazine)
	December 1999-September 2001
		* Real-time deadline reporting on digital media beat,
                  including in-depth coverage of Napster and Yahoo
		* Scoops followed by Economist, Wall Street Journal
		* Columnist and freelance reporter, December 1999 -
                  July 2000

EDUCATION:
	B.A., political science, University of California, Berkeley