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I'm a first-rate copy editor with 18 years experience, a decade of which was spent on the sixth-largest daily newspaper in the U.S. My work on national consumer magazines is also extensive and includes a great deal of fact-checking experience.
I have also reported and written stories from all over the world, covering everything from a gospel open-mike night in Harlem to a roving band of pacifist Christians who patrol the volatile streets of the West Bank of Israel with the aim of curtailing human rights abuses. I am currently a regular freelance writer for Newsmax.
Well-versed in AP Style, The Chicago Manual of Style and Words Into Type, and with my 18 years of seasoning as a copy editor, writer, reporter, researcher, fact-checker and proofreader, I am ready for any assignment that comes my way.
First and foremost, I am a devoted wordsmith who is obsessively attentive to detail. What can I say? I love the language. |
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Expertise |
| Writer |
10 Years |
| Copy Editor |
18 Years |
Specialty |
| Lifestyle |
6 Years |
| News copy editor, the Daily News, New York, NY |
12 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
18 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
The Daily News (11+), Lifestyle Media (11+), Martha Stewart Living (1-2) |
Other Work History
Worked for a decade (1992-2002) as news copy editor for the Daily News, the sixth-largest daily newspaper in the country. While there also frequently worked in features and business departments. Full-time copy editor for Lifestyle Media Inc., which publishes 10 arts and sports-related magazines including Dance Spirit, State Directions, Pointe and American Cheerleader. Freelance experience on national consumer magazines and newspapers includes Martha Stewart Living, Cosmopolitan, the New York Post, In Touch, Penthouse, Star and the Lens. |
Computer Skills
Quark, Adobe InDesign, MS Word. |
Foreign Language Skills
Working knowledge of Spanish. |
Awards
Wagenheim Memorial Prize, fiction writing (short story) |
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. |
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Meredith Nelson
92 Pinehurst Ave., Apt. 4L
New York, NY 10033
USA
Tel: (646) 321-5148
E-Mail: merrienel@yahoo.com
Website: http://
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