Professional Experience
My background as a reporter, editor and copy editor equips me to produce clean, accurate, well-researched and well-written copy on any subject, and I'll meet your deadline. I'm a versatile career journalist with 27 years of experience at daily and weekly newspapers, monthly magazines and newsletters. I have written news and features for magazines, newspapers and newsletters. As a staff editor, I have assigned and edited staff and freelance articles. I have covered information technology; the pharmaceutical industry; human resources; business; management; education; healthcare; local, state and federal government; Capitol Hill; religion; and equestrian sports. I have a journalism degree and a master of fine arts in creative writing. I have published three short stories.
Expertise
Copy Editor
10 Years
Reporter
16 Years
Editor
16 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
13 Years
Technology
9 Years
Health
3 Years
Industries
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
12 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
13 Years
Newsletter - Trade
2 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
27 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Roll Call, Washington, D.C. (1-2)
Other Work History
Staff positions:
Senior Editor, Advisor Today, Falls Church, Va.
Associate Editor, Light & Medium Truck magazine, Transport Topics Publishing Group, Alexandria, Va.
Editor, FDAnews, Falls Church, Va.
Associate Editor, HR Magazine, Alexandria, Va.
Assistant Managing Editor, Government Computer News, Washington, D.C.
Copy Editor, Atlantic Information Services, Washington, D.C.
Copy Editor, The Daily Press, Newport News, Va.
Assistant News Editor, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.
Editor, The Charlotte Leader, Charlotte, N.C.
Editor, Independent Publishing Company, Anderson, S.C.
Reporter, The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C.
Adjunct English Instructor, Northern Virginia Community College
Computer Skills
InDesign
Microsoft Word
Quark XPress
Windows XP
Internet
Equipment
Mac
Desktop computer with Windows XP
Scanner, copier, photo-quality printer
High-speed Internet
Notebook computer
MS Word, Windows
Digital audio recorder
Camera
Cell phone and land line
References
Amy Carlile, Deputy Managing Editor, Roll Call, Washington, D.C.
Steve Bates, Managing Editor, Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Va.
Jon Byus, PostNewsweek Tech Media Group, Washington, D.C.
Kevin McCaney, Government Computer News, Washington, D.C.
Trudy Walsh, Senior Editor, Government Computer News
Awards
1999 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award
Associations
The Writers Center, Bethesda, Md.
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