Richard Arlin Walker
Writer | Mariner
- Role
- Licensed Mariner at Maritime
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Arlin Walker
Husband, son, father, grandfather, uncle. • U.S. Navy veteran, licensed mariner, journalist. • Member of the Inlandboatmen\'s Union of the Pacific and the Indigenous Journalists Association. • Proud to be fourth-generation union: my dad was a Teamster; my grandfather was a Cement Mason; my great-grandfather was a member of Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America.
Experience
Licensed Mariner
May 2018 — Present · Anacortes, WA, US
U.S. Merchant Marine credential endorsements include Master, less than 100 GRT; Commercial Assistance Towing; Able Seaman – Limited; Lifeboatman; STCW.• Purser/deckhand, Guemes Island Ferry (91 GRT, 124 feet overall), July 23, 2018–present.• Union steward, Guemes Island Ferry Workers, a bargaining unit of the Inlandboatmen\'s Union of the Pacific.• Other experience: Quartermaster and special evolutions helmsman aboard a U.S. Navy LST (1,277 days); helm, maintenance, navigation and watch-standing on a variety of Small Vessels (294 days); deckhand inport, S/V Destiny, a 1935 85-foot two-masted schooner (182 days).
Education
U.S. Navy
Seamanship
1980 — 1984
CSPA | Clarion Publications | Signal Hill Tribune
Journalism
1978 — 1980
Zenith Maritime
Master 100 tons - Commercial Assistance Towing
2019 — 2020
Compass Courses Maritime Training
Able Seaman - Lifeboatman - Proficiency in Survival Craft - STCW
2018 — 2018
National Technical Schools
Certificate, Computer programming and support services
1989 — 1990
City College of Chicago and CLEP
General education
1982 — 1982
California State University-San Bernardino
Public Administration
1987 — 1988
Skills
- Copywriting
- Magazines
- New Media
- Public Relations
- Digital Media
- Journalism
- Investigative Reporting
- Freelance Writing
- Press Releases
- Magazine Articles
- Politics
- Feature Articles
- Content Development
- Newsletters
- Media Relations
- Strategic Communications
- Photography
- Ap Style
- Breaking News
- Newspapers
- News Writing
- Multimedia
- Publicity
- Blogging
- Editorial
- Fact-Checking
- Mac
- Headline Writing
- Newspaper
- Online Journalism
- Content Strategy
- Photojournalism
- Publishing
- Publications
- Social Media
- Speech Writing
- Books
- Social Networking
- Advertising
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