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You know that "fresh young voice" you're always hearing about?
You've found it.
Versatile, educated, creative -- I've got my pen on the pulse of what people are watching, reading, and talking about, from New York to Ghana, in television, new media, and that good-old-fashioned print. I have a knack for pinning down the tone of a piece, whether I'm matching the style of a national TV show, working with high-stakes clients and their high-stakes accounts, attracting a youthful audience with the right balance of humor and smarts, or capturing the mood of that harrowing trip up Mount Kilimanjaro.
If you don't know what you're after, I'll help you find it. If you know exactly what you're after, I can bring it.
*Fresh and Auspicious - 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed!* |
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| Work Info |
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Expertise |
| Copywriter |
1 Year |
| Broadcast media: Researcher/Production Assistant |
3 Years |
| Writer |
5 Years |
Specialty |
| Philanthropy |
2 Years |
| Arts & Humanities |
3 Years |
| Humor |
4 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
9 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Stevenson, Inc. (11+), Not For Tourists (11+), A Prairie Home Companion/Writer's Almanac (11+), Comedy Central/MTV (at ComedyCentral.Com) (11+), Ruminator magazine (6-10), access+ENGAGE magazine - MNartists.org/Walker Art (3-5), mental_floss magazine (1-2), OnlineAventure.com (1-2) |
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Minnesota Medical Foundation (6-10), Richard Hugo House (6-10), The Directors - Creative Consultanting (6-10) |
Other Work History
Page Productions (Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives - Food Network): Staff Researcher
Prairie Home Productions: Researcher/Production Assistant
Onion News Network: Assistant to Director and Executive Producer, Researcher/Fact-checker, Script Supervisor, Production Assistant
Freelance Production Assistant: various New York student films, music videos
Ruminator Review: Intern, Advertising Assistant, Copy Editor, Copywriter, Transcriptionist
Soft Skull Press: Intern, Copy Editor
BHWC Association: Screenwriter, Performer, Producer, Director, Editor
Snerts Entertainment: Screenwriter
Dinner and a Show (project of The Directors, LLC): Playwright
New Horizons: Head Teacher
Peace Table Family Mediation: Mediator
Cornell Medical College: Administrative Assistant
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Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Final Draft, TypePad, OS 10, Windows XP, some InDesign, some HTML, some Dreamweaver, social networking sites such as Facebook |
Technical Skills
Final Cut (working knowledge), TypePad, some HTML, some Dreamweaver |
Equipment
Laptop, digital camera, digital audio recorder, Adobe Suite |
Foreign Language Skills
Over 2 years of study: Italian and Japanese
Conversational: Ashanti Twi |
References
- Julie Ann Pietrangelo, Comedy Central/MTV
- Susannah Schouweiler - access+ENGAGE magazine with McKnight and Walker Arts' MNArtists.org
- Frank Bures, Best American Travel Writing, 2009 |
Awards
Richard Hugo House Founders' Award
Floyd Schmoe Peace Scholarship |
Other
BA, Macalester College: English Major, Biology Minor
School for International Training: Ghana, Arts & Culture 2004
Upright Citizens Brigade: Sketch Writing
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Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Minneapolis-St Paul, MN. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car. |
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Humor |
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(ComedyCentral.com)
Subscribers to the Comedy Central Horoscope service via T-mobile receive one horoscope texted to their mobile phone every day, according to their sign. All horoscopes must be 138 characters or less.
As the sole horoscope writer for this promotion, I write 360-372 horoscopes per month, and have
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(ComedyCentral.com)
Comedy Central Insider aims to celebrate comedy across the scope of the industry. It was my assignment to do this with some funny of my own.
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(OnlineAdventure.com)
I've only just begun writing for this company... More work, soon to follow.
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Speechwriting |
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(The Directors, LLC, 3/4/2009)
Selections from a longer piece delivered by a Gubernatorial candidate to his constituents at an event early in the campaign season.
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Arts |
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(MNartists.org, 7/2/2009)
Coverage of a Minneapolis art opening and musical phenomenon.
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(access+ENGAGE for MNartists.org/Walker Art Center, 5/18/2009)
Profile of a motley MN filmmaking collective and their unlikely trip to the Cannes Film Festival.
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(access+ENGAGE for MNartists.org/Walker Art Center, 5/15/2009)
Artist profile for unlikely MN playwright.
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Web Copy |
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(Prairie Home Productions, 10/1/2009)
Web-based promotional information in the APHC style and format.
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(Not For Tourists, 2/1/2009)
Not For Tourists offers micro-reviews for local establishments: restaurants, hotels, shopping centers, landmarks -- you name it. The idea behind the micro review is to give the NFT user a good idea of what the establishment provides. I have here utilized the NFT format to give the establishments a
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Business Writing |
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(Stevenson, Inc., 1/1/2009)
One of a series of "Fund Raising How-Tos" written for Stevenson, Inc. This piece the steps one would need to take in order to incorporate a celebrity appearance into his/her fundraiser.
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