Professional/Personal Overview
As an award-winning writer, I create pieces that speak with clarity and precision as well as with heart and soul. I've written on such topics as modern parenting, education, adoption, lifestyle and travel, pop culture and homelessness. My work has appeared in a number of online media outlets covering towns in the NYC metropolitan area, each with loyal readerships and 10,000 unique hits daily.
Work Info
Expertise
Reporter
2 Years
Writer
2 Years
Copywriter
7 Years
Specialty
Education
2 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
2 Years
Humor
2 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
10 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
AOL Patch sites (11+), BaristaKids (11+), Baristanet (6-10), The Alternative Press (3-5)
Other Work History
I worked as a copywriter in the advertising department of Saks Fifth Avenue for 5 years before I transitioned as a freelance writer to the company's online division to help launch the company website.
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, Power Point, WordPress, Twitter, MS Office
Technical Skills
Social media, blogging, Adobe photo editing
Equipment
MacBook Pro laptop, desktop PC, digital camera, iPhone
References
Gladly given upon request.
Awards
Second Place, Editorial, Garden State Journalists Memorial Awards, 2011
Associations
Professionals in Media
Other
To see more of my work, please visit my portfolio site at http://staceygillink.com/.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(Montclair, Belleville, Verona, Caldwells Patch sites , 3/13/2012)
I bring the Jerseyliciousness in my interview with the reality T.V. star Anthony Lombardi of the hit Style Network series, Jerseylicious. We talk about his new salon, how celebrity has changed his life and of course high hair and leopard print.
(Verona-Cedar Grove Patch , 10/12/2011)
United Nations speaker and award-winning author Janet Pfeiffer presents a lecture on the connection between self-esteem and bullying.
(Barista Kids , 9/14/2011)
Award-winning, international best-selling author Dr. Warren Farrell discusses the boy crisis in America, which prompted him to chair the Commission to Create a White House Council on Boys to Men.
(Maplewood Patch , 4/13/2011)
One family's experience with the Fresh Air Fund.
(Baristanet , 3/9/2011)
My article on a shelter where homeless kids faced with mental health issues can work toward turning around their lives.
(Barista Kids , 1/27/2011)
My desire to be slightly more Chuaesque without going all Mommy Dearest on my kids.
(Barista Kids , 11/30/2010)
One desperate mother's attempt to keep her kids from causing a public health crisis.
(Barista Kids , 9/28/2010)
The truth about playdates, which happened to garner me an award.
(Barista Kids , 9/10/2010)
My article on the youngest child diagnosed with progeria, a rare fatal disease.
(Barista Kids , 8/6/2010)
My sardonic take on - you guessed it - tweeting toddlers, or more specifically the tweeting of one celebrity toddler, which pretty much sums up my feelings on all tweeting toddlers.
(Barista Kids , 6/4/2010)
Just some thoughts on why Ke$ha and her song "Tic Tok" might not be the best choice for a kid's movie.
(Barista Kids , 5/26/2010)
My editorial about the national dance competition in which barely-dressed seven-year-old girls performed a dance routine to Beyonce's "Single Ladies."
(Barista Kids , 4/15/2010)
My award-winning editorial on the adoption of my Russian son in response to the horrific news story on the woman who returned her adopted son to Russia alone with nothing more than a note.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
