Professional/Personal Overview
My experience combines old media chops with new media skills for great results. My skill set was honed in feature and travel writing and editing for major national magazines, covering criminal justice, legal and social issues, business, the environment, and more for a daily newspaper, media and public relations, marketing, and teaching communications history and practice. I'm well versed in telling, accurate and compelling stories, good at interviewing, gathering facts, and concisely knitting them together, and I work fast.
Work Info
Expertise
Coordinator
2 Years
Editor
12 Years
Reporter
18 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
30 Years
Home & Garden
11 Years
Crime
18 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Time Inc (11+), Birmingham Post-Herald (11+), Pace Communications (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Birmingham Museum of Art (11+), University of Alabama at Birmingham (11+)
Other Work History
Director of Communications (public relations and Marketing - Birmingham Museum of Art-2010-present
Computer Skills
Programs-Microsoft Office, Open Office,
Technical Skills
Video editing - iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Power Director, Flip, etc. Photo editing, iPhoto, Picasa, Windows Live Picture manager, Photoshop Express, etc.
Equipment
Dell Studio laptop, Sony Cybershot DSC-H2, Flip HD video camera, iPhone 4S, digital audio recorder; Editing programs - Windows based, including Audacity
References
Please see my LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nwpatterson
Awards
Scripps
Associations
Alabama Media Professionals, Certified Professional Writers Association, LinkEds & Writers, Media of Birmingham, Network Birmingham, Network AL, Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations,
Other
I have done everything from short profiles, to big picture stories, to travel articles, to writing for the web, to a long-running, award winning humor column.
Freelancer Availability
I occasionally freelance. I live near Birmingham, AL. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
