Professional Experience
Specializing in all elements of the editorial process from writing, editing, research, interviewing and production/design across a multitude of fields including emergency management, risk/crisis communications, home décor, and nuclear industries as the lead writer or ghostwriter. I also have experience writing about education, the environment, and business as well as a variety of other genera through a writer consortium website. With more than 30 years as a professional writer, I appreciate the significance of writing for a target audience whether in print or online.
Expertise
Writer
30 Years
Editor
23 Years
Content Editor (online)
20 Years
Specialty
Education
17 Years
Government
23 Years
Other, Specify
8 Years
Industries
Newspaper - Local/Regional
17 Years
Marketing (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients
7 Years
Other
8 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Gannett New Jersey (10+), The SandPaper (10+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Custom Alley Slipcovers (10+), Scala Memorial Home (3-5), Semper Paratus Consulting LLC (10+)
Other Work History
The SandPaper – Writer, Production Night Page Manager, New Jersey Press Association Liaison| 2017-Present
Tabula Rasa – White Paper, Red Pen LLC – Owner and Lead Writer | 2015-Present
Semper Paratus, Lead Writer and Strategist | 2008—2015
MetLife (Somerset, NJ) | Manager, Field Communications | 2007—2010
American Water (Cherry Hill, NJ) | External Affairs Manager | 2006—2007
Scala Memorial Home (Hackettstown, NJ) | Communications Manager | 2003—2007
Oyster Creek Generating Station (Lacey Township, NJ) | Communications and External Affairs Manager | 2003—2005
Gannett New Jersey (Manahawkin, NJ) | 1993—2003
Times-Beacon Managing Editor/News and Business | 1999—2003
Senior Metro Reporter, Times-Beacon, Asbury Park Press and Ocean County Observer| 1993—1999
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office; Word Press, Photoshop; InDesign; basic HTML and expert at AP style
Awards
2017 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Responsible Journalism – Enterprise, Third Place
2017 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Reporting - Writing & Illustration: Special Subject Writing, Second Place
2018 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Reporting - Writing & Illustration: Special Subject, Third Place
2018 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Responsible Journalism - Public Service Lloyd P. Burns Memorial Award, Second Place
2019 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Online Breaking News, First Place
2019 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Reporting - Writing & Illustration: Special Subject, Writing, First Place
2020 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: COVID-19 coverage, Second Place
2020 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Interpretive Writing, Second Place
2020 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest
