Professional Experience
Lori Stassi has 18 years of experience editing, proofreading and writing for online and print publications, including major news, entertainment and business websites, books and marketing material. Technical skills include editing in InCopy, Acrobat and Word; WordPress and other content management programs; Adobe Photoshop and InDesign; and AP, Chicago and in-house style guides.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
14 Years
Copy Editor
15 Years
Writer
18 Years
Specialty
Other, Specify
18 Years
Other, Specify
18 Years
Industries
Book Publishing Consumer
1 Year
Newspaper - Local/Regional
12 Years
Online/new media
14 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
18 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
The Creative Group (1-2), City Image Press (1-2), Daily Breeze (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
AOL City Guides (3-5), People.com (1-2)
Other Work History
Daily Breeze, Torrance CA / Online Editor
American Public Media, Marketplace.org, Los Angeles CA / Online Editor, radio spot transcription
Los Angeles Daily News, Online Managing Editor
Technical Skills
Copy Editing (Word, PDFs, InCopy, other content management systems)
Photo Editing (Photoshop)
Web design (Dreamweaver, hand coding, in-house programs)
Computer Skills
Word, Excel; Adobe Photoshop, InDesign; WordPress and other content management systems; HTML and CSS
Equipment
PC and MAC
IPhone
Digital camera
Audio recorders
References
Jillian Soderstrum, The Creative Group, rep for ad agency I recently proofread copy for
(310) 209-6840
jillian.soderstrom@creativegroup.com
Frank Gruber, author of nonfiction book I proofread (310) 260-5570
Jorge Casuso. author of fiction book I proofread
(310) 365-0190
Phillip Sanfield, Editor at Daily Breeze, now at Port of LA (310) 732-0430
Jay Tuten, former supervisor at LA Daily News, now at NBCUniversal 917-445-4241
Associations
Media Bistro
