PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Editor
Printing News (Cygnus
Business Media)
2005 – Present
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Promoted from Associate Editor position in January 2008.
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Planning and assigning all copy for the weekly issues. |
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Writing all departments for weekly newspaper, including products,
events calendar and careers, as well as most news items and a
full-length
feature. |
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Attending all industry events covered by the publication,
both local and national, and producing write-ups for each.
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Writing at least one bylined article per month.
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Planning and maintaining the editoral budget.
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Editing weekly pages, making cuts to fit available space,
copy editing stories and ensuring that the book goes out on deadline.
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Finding images and cover shots for stories weekly, and maintaining
a working relationship with industry associations and contacts.
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Associate Editor
Digital Output and Digital
Queue (Doyle Group)
2001 – 2005
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Wrote feature articles; compiled and edited news,
products and contributor sections; and created table of contents for monthly
magazine.
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Prepared weekly online newsletter; wrote content, edited
and proofed all articles; then approved final version for distribution.
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Proofed PDFs and bluelines; brainstormed story ideas,
lineups and covers; worked with freelance writers to develop stories and
provide artwork.
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Fact-checked stories; organized incoming and outgoing editorial;
and prepared and accumulated materials for editorial contests.
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Structured and updated buyers' guide database, and
created and edited annual buyers' guide issue.
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Compiled contacts and created numerous charts throughout
the year.
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Promoted from assistant editor position after one year.
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Associate Editor
Chiropractic Economics
(Doyle Group)
2002 – 2005
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Assigned to second monthly magazine following promotion,
performing same duties for Digital Output and Chiropractic Economics
simultaneously.
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FREELANCE WORK
Text (SMS) Guide
ChaCha
2008 – Present
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A guide for the ChaCha service, answering questions sent in via text messages
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Freelance Writer
NYIT Magazine
2007 – 2009
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Researching and compiling Alumni Notes section on a
quarterly basis.
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Writing additional full-length profiles as needed.
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Freelance Editor
TONE Photo and TONE Audio
2005 – 2009
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Launched two PDF newsletters; still responsible for their regular publication.
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Finding story ideas, writing articles, editing for
content, copy editing and shaping the general direction of both publications.
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Freelance Writer
Campus Facility Maintenance, Ink Maker, Photo Trade News
2005 – 2008
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Wrote contracted stories as hired.
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EDUCATION
Master of Arts Degree in Business Administration
University of Phoenix, Online Campus
Graduated: 2005
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications
Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
Minors: English and Creative Writing
Graduated: 2000
SPECIAL SKILLS
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Proficient in the use of numerous Mac and PC programs and
applications, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel; Adobe InDesign, Acrobat,
Illustrator and PhotoShop; QuarkXPress; and HTML 4.
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Extremely technically oriented and computer-literate.
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Adept at photography. Click here to access a gallery of my work.
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Click here to read my personal blog.
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