Mary Ellen Biery

Charlotte, NC USA
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Professional Experience

Smart, no-nonsense approach to your B2B or B2C SEO web content, newsletters, articles and marketing materials from award-winning financial/business journalist. Years of reporting/writing under extreme deadline pressure covering array of industries, the environment and health. http://goodwritingfast.com/ for more writing samples.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
2 Years
Writer
21 Years
Social Media
4 Years

Specialty

Business (general)
14 Years
Consumer Products
5 Years
Finance
14 Years

Industries


Newspaper - Local/Regional
6 Years
Online/new media
14 Years
Wire Service
14 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

21 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

CNBC.com (1-2), National Real Estate Investor (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Web Full Circle (3-5), Johnson C. Smith University (1-2)

Other Work History

http://www.linkedin.com/in/goodwritingfast for complete details. Staff reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, contributing often to The Wall Street Journal (14 years); work republished on CNN.com, Nasdaq.com, Scottrade.com; staff reporter for local newspapers in Annapolis, Md., and State College, Pa. Editorial assistant for National Institutes of Health branch, where I edited scientists' manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals; magazine co-editor in college; sales experience.

Technical Skills

Website design (using WordPress, Microsoft Office Live), photo/video design and editing (GIMP, Animoto, Xtranormal, Picasa, MS Movie Maker, Photostory, YouTube); social media content (Twitter, Youtube, Facebook); steeped in AP Style.

Foreign Language Skills

Enough French and Italian to get by during travel.

Computer Skills

PC: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, GoogleDocs, Windows 7, Flash (rudimentary)

References

Happily provided on request.

Awards

"Best In Business" Award. Part of a team of Dow Jones writers that won national award for breaking news coverage from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), 2006. Coverage also won title as finalist, 2006 Deadline Club Award for spot news reporting (wire services), New York City chapter, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Multiple Dow Jones Newswires' "Ace Awards," corporate cash awards recognizing important work on deadline. Honorable Mention, Medical/Science Coverage, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association, 1995. Merit awards for work as editorial assistant at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Associations

Society of American Business Editors and Writers

Showcase

Web content/social media

20 pages of website content describing the university's research programs.
Provided SEO-friendly web content for Austin, Texas, home care company's microsite on behalf of website developer. Client had very specific requests for content for SEO purposes.
Provided SEO-friendly web content on Charlotte roofing company's microsite for web developer. Client had very specific requests for content for SEO purposes.
Provided SEO-friendly content for Atlanta home care company's microsite on behalf of web developer. Client had very specific requests for content for SEO purposes.

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