On a hill overlooking the fields of my ancestral home, Annascaul Co. Kerry, Ireland.

My name is Joseph P. O'Shea, Jr., a native Bostonian with more than 13 years of experience in the communications industry. I've worked as a staff and freelance writer for several daily newspapers, a public relations practitioner, an ad/brochure/direct mail copywriter, a newsletter editor/writer, a Web/intranet content developer, a corporate internal communications specialist, a photographer, and a small business operator.

A graduate of Xaverian Brothers High School and Boston College, I currently work in the communications department at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where I handle a variety of employee, internal, external and intranet communications duties.

Although I've always maintained a healthy part-time freelance business, I spent the better part of a decade working for a series of newspapers, public relations agencies and a college. In 1999, I decided it was time to fly solo on a full-time basis, and launched O'Shea Communications.

Standing in front of Bunratty Castle, Ireland.

As a full-time soloist, I tackled writing, editing and Web development projects for a diverse client base, including Palm, Inc., Polaroid, Northeastern University, Reebok, The Boston Herald, NStar, AAA Horizons, The Hockey Magazine, The Irish Cultural Centre, The 2002 Irish Festival, Milton Monument Company, The Irish Cottage, A Feast of Irish Music (radio program), Holy Cross Family Ministries, The MetroWest Daily News, the New England Sports Network, and BJ's Wholesale Club. My photos have appeared in The Boston Herald, AAA Horizons, Inside the Institute (Dana-Farber's bi-weekly staff newspaper), the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Scientific Report and a series of Dana-Farber posters and brochures.

My most intriguing assignments to date include travel pieces about St. Croix, New Orleans, Key West and Central Florida; covering Super Bowl XXXI between the Patriots and the Packers; writing about a mesothelioma surgery Webcast at Brigham & Women's Hospital; interviewing football coach Bill Parcells and Celtics great Bill Russell; and commuting to Silicon Valley while contracting for Palm, Inc.

An experienced Internet user and researcher, I took my interest in technology to the next level by earning a Master Certificate in Web Development from Clark University in 2001. Since then, I've added Web development to my skills portfolio, crafting professionally written, graphically polished, affordable Web sites for small business owners.