Professional/Personal Overview
Publicist/PRwriter. I work for publishers and sometimes authors with issue-oriented nonfiction. I translate material to readable kits, site material, and OpEd Blogs that have appeared in Huff Post, WSJ, Wash Post, Forbes.com, etc. I combine traditional and social media campaigns, to effectively launch a book. I also write short features, Q&A pieces.
Work Info
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
5 Years
Writer
15 Years
OpEds, blogs, features, interviews
15 Years
Specialty
Science
10 Years
Environment & Nature
16 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
20 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Soho publishers (11+), Rosenberg & Feldman (1-2), Dartmouth Health Policy Institute (1-2), Aquila Polonica (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
AAUP (Assoc. of Presses) (11+), Columbia University Press (6-10), Oxford University Press (6-10), Disney WorldWide Hyperion (3-5), Harper Collins Publishers (3-5)
Other Work History
Warner Communications writer/pr Publicity Director Lawrence Hill, Soho Press, interim Director Harper Collins and Disney
Computer Skills
Word, WIndows, Final Draft, Facebook pages,
Technical Skills
Blogs, OpEds, TV/Radio placements, copy for websites, Facebook pages
Equipment
PC, digital camera
Foreign Language Skills
English
References
Dartmouth, Shirley Cloyes
Awards
I received a scholarship to the Iowa Writers Lab to write plays, LBI Foundation Special Achievement Award, painting, AFI script selection
Associations
pr organizations
Other
Iowa Writer's Workshop playwrighting scholarship, plays produced, published fiction BFA-Tyler School of Art, Temple U.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.