Shayla Thiel is a student in Georgetown University's Communication, Culture and Technology masters of arts program. She serves as marketing coordinator for the program's in-house Web consulting firm, KeyBridge.Net, and is also a musician and freelance writer. For two years she was an online producer at washingtonpost.com where she developed and edited the music and nightlife section. Previously she worked as an electronic-projects assistant at The Chronicle of Higher Education. She graduated with honors from the University of Iowa in 1995 with a degree in journalism and mass communications. You may contact her by e-mail at [email protected]