Professional/Personal Overview
A creative and curious writer, I currently contribute content and serve as a freelance copy editor for F&W Media's Stitch Craft Create, a magazine devoted to the creative lifestyle. Additionally, I write a weekly real estate feature for The Huntsville Times & al.com and contribute freelance pieces to Spark Magazine (lifestyle pub) and GrowingUp (parenting pub). Before temporarily bidding big city life adieu, I developed two-Web based lifestyle features for Chicago's original online city guide, Centerstage Chicago. "Traffic Jam" chronicled my city-goes-country girl adventures; and, the quirky Q&A "Tea @ 3 profiled everyday Chicagoans with unique flair. I also contributed various food, lifestyle & entertainment content to the site. I am eager to continue learning and writing about the way people live now, immersing myself in activities I'd like to learn and crafting experiential stories to share.
Work Info
Expertise
Copy Editor
5 Years
Writer
15 Years
Media Relations Specialist
14 Years
Specialty
Consumer Products
10 Years
Food
10 Years
Lifestyle
10 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
18 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
The DePaulia (11+), The Huntsville Times (11+), Centerstage Chicago (11+), myLifetime (3-5), Spark Magazine (3-5), F&W Media, Inc. (3-5), GrowingUp Magazine (3-5), iVillage (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Golin/Harris International (11+), Columbia College Chicago (3-5), Harpo Productions, Inc. (1-2)
Other Work History
Freelance Public & Media Relations Specialist: media relations, copy & web copy writing/editing, writing/editing media materials, media list development, media strategy development & execution, development & fundraising, special event management & marketing, client/project management, and community relations.
Computer Skills
Programs - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Equipment
Laptop, desktop, digital camera
Foreign Language Skills
Italian novice (really a novice)
References
Shannon Miller, Editor, F&W Media, Inc.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(AL.com & The Huntsville Times , 4/11/2013)
(AL.com & The Huntsville Times , 3/15/2013)
(AL.com & The Huntsville Times , 3/8/2013)
(The Huntsville Times & AL.com , 2/26/2013)
(The Huntsville Times & AL.cm , 2/21/2013)
(AL.com & The Huntsville Times , 2/14/2013)
(The Huntsville Times & AL.com , 2/7/2013)
(The Huntsville Times & al.com , 2/1/2013)
(al.com & The Huntsville Times , 1/25/2013)
Weekly real estate/home feature published by Alabama Media Group on al.com every Friday and in The Huntsville Times every Sunday
(al.com & The Huntsville Times , 1/18/2013)
(Stitch Craft Create magazine (F&W Media) , 11/1/2012)
(Stitch Craft Create magazine (F&W Media) , 9/1/2012)
(Stitch Craft Create magazine (F&W Media) , 9/1/2012)
(The Huntsville Times , 1/8/2012)
Weekly Sunday real estate feature
(The Huntsville Times , 1/1/2012)
Weekly Sunday real estate feature
(At Home in the Valley Magazine - The Huntsville Times , 1/1/2011)
drool-worthy holiday treats for your furry family members
(At Home in the Valley Magazine - The Huntsville Times , 11/1/2010)
how to brew the perfect cup of coffee
(Growing UP Magazine The Huntsville Times , 3/1/2010)
(At Home in the Valley Magazine - The Huntsville Times , 2/1/2010)
(iVillage , 12/22/2006)
(iVillage.com , 8/1/2006)
Traffic Jam on Centerstagechicago.com (A Chicago Sun-Times Newsgroup Website)
(Centerstagechicago , 12/25/2006)
(Centerstagechicago , 11/14/2006)
(Centerstagechicago , 10/9/2006)
(Centerstagechicago , 8/15/2006)
(Centerstagechicago , 7/17/2006)
(Centerstagechicago , 6/12/2006)
Chronicles of my city girl goes country adventures.
(Centerstagechicago , 3/28/2006)
(Centerstagechicago , 2/7/2006)
(centerstagechicago.com , 12/12/2005)
"Traffic Jam" chronicles my attempts to infuse my urban existence with activities, people and places I associate with a rustic, country lifestyle. Article also ran in Red Streak, a Chicago Sun-Times publication.
(centerstagechicago.com , 5/22/2005)
"Traffic Jam" chronicles my attempts to infuse my urban existence with activities, people and places I associate with a rustic, country lifestyle. Article also ran in Red Streak, a Chicago Sun-Times publication.
(centerstagechicago.com , 4/1/2005)
"Traffic Jam" chronicles my attempts to infuse my urban existence with activities, people and places I associate with a rustic, country lifestyle. Also ran in Red Streak, a Chicago Sun-Times publication.
Tea @ 3 on centerstagechicago.com
(centerstagechicago.com , 5/2/2005)
A quirky Q&A with Chicagoans you should know.
(centerstagechicago.com , 5/1/2005)
A quirky Q&A with Chicagoans you should know.
(www.centerstagechicago.com , 4/1/2005)
Additional Editorial Writing
(Centerstagechicago , 11/20/2006)
Guide to making homemade gifts in Chicago.
(www.centerstagechicago.com , 10/6/2004)
Article also ran in the Chicago Sun-Times Red Streak edition.
(www.centerstagechicago.com , 9/8/2004)
Article also ran in the Chicago Sun-Times Red Streak edition.
(www.centerstagechicago.com , 8/10/2004)
Article also ran in Chicago SunTimes Red Streak edition.
(www.centerstagechicago.com , 7/12/2004)
Article also ran in the Chicago Sun-Times Red Streak edition.
Communication Pieces
(Gibson/Darr Architecture (agency Joel Kessel Communications) , 9/1/2008)
(National Runaway Switchboard (agency Joel Kessel Communications) , 8/1/2008)
Article written on behalf of the National Runaway Switchboard.
(Beauty on Call , 6/1/2004)
Press release
(Weber Stephen Products (Weber Grills) )
(Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation )
Press release announcing foundation's first Request for Proposals.
(Columbia College Chicago )
Gallery listing.
(Columbia College Chicago )
Press release promoting a production at Columbia College Chicago's Theatre.
(Florida Dept. of Citrus )
Select copy from www.grapefruiteverday.com written on behalf of The Florida Dept. of Citrus via a freelance project with Golin/Harris International.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
