Wes Platt

About

More than a decade as a reporter and editor for the St. Petersburg Times. More than two decades developing prose-based online roleplaying games. From 2006-2010, worked as a writer/content developer on Fallen Earth, a post-apocalyptic MMO created by Icarus Studios. From February to June 2012, senior reporter/news editor for Paxton Media's Henderson Daily Dispatch. Starting in June 2012, K-12 education reporter at Paxton's Herald-Sun in Durham. In February 2013, promoted to news editor of the Herald-Sun. In July 2014, joined Prologue Games as a writer/designer for a "swamp noir" episodic adventure game project called "Knee Deep." After nearly five years working as a technical writer at MercuryGate International, joined Bobit Business Media as executive editor of that company's School Bus Fleet Magazine. In 2024, shifted focus to an ultra-local news site in South Durham called Southpoint Access. Specialties: Journalistic daily deadline reporting (police beat, courts beat, county government beat, political beat), process articles, live event reporting, weekly columns, enterprise reporting, news features reporting, tech writing, SEO-driven web content, archive research, library research, Internet research, press release writing, dialogue writing, mission/quest design, development journal writing, proofreading, critical feedback, personnel management, Agile/Scrum management, mentoring