Professional Experience
Stephanie Doyle is an award-winning writer who specializes in coverage of medical and fitness topics as well as healthcare marketing for physicians. She has nearly 20 years experience communicating to consumers and health-care providers about breakthroughs, issues and controversies surrounding a spectrum of health- and fitness-related topics. When shes not working on the next fertility newsletter or cardiology article, she also attends and reports on medical conferences. A former journalist covering everything from travel to crime, her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and websites.
She also has her nursing assistant certification and personal training certification (NASM), among other fitness certifications.
Doyle's experience also includes writing about subjects in education, history, social issues and business. She's author of the book Florida Unsolved Mysteries.
Expertise
Book Author
2 Years
Editor
10 Years
Writer
20 Years
Specialty
Travel
13 Years
Medicine
15 Years
Health
15 Years
Industries
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
1 Year
Newspaper - Local/Regional
14 Years
Marketing (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
5 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
16 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Orlando Medical News (10+), Medscape/WebMD (3-5), Shelby Life magazine (1-2)
Other Work History
At the Orlando Sentinel, in-depth coverage of the disabled woman who was raped in an Orlando group home led to follow-up articles about the use of antipsychotic drugs on the disabled, the lack of training of group-home workers, and state cutbacks threatening the homes of thousands of developmentally disabled Floridians. Broke story about small-town mayor pushing colloidal silver on town residents as an anthrax cure (Howey Pushes Silver as Anthrax Remedy, Oct. 19, 2001). Resulted in on-air interview with Robert Siegel of National Public Radios, All Things Considered, Oct. 31, 2001.
Reviewed 4,000 swimming pool and spa inspection reports in five counties, uncovering dozens that failed to meet the states minimum standards (front-page package, Pools told to clean up act).
The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C. (Aug. 1998-April 2000).
Technical Skills
Photo editing (Adobe)
Foreign Language Skills
Some Spanish
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, Publisher, InDesign. Knowledge of all key aspects of print, production and design, including scanning documents and working with photos, PDFs, digital files, etc.
Equipment
Laptop, audio recorder, complete home office, digital camera
References
Jerry Fallstrom, Orlando Sentinel
Linda Beam, Crane Hill Publishing
Lynne Jeter, Orlando Medical News
Awards
Orlando Sentinel
Editors Award, Jan. 2003, Historic black towns struggle to survive
Editors Award, Aug. 2001, Pools told to clean up act
Editors Award, Jan. 2001, for breaking news (fires) coverage
Journalistic Excellence Award, Dec. 2000, The poor children"
South Carolina Press Association
Third Place Beat Reporting, medical writing, 2000
Illinois Press Association
First Place Education Reporting, 1999, Unequal opportunity
Honorable Mention, 1996, In sickness and in health
Southern Illinois University School of Journalism
Special Excellence Award, 1998, "Parent's Again"
Honorable Mention, 1996, "One boy's burden"
Associations
American Medical Writers Association
Council of Science Editors
Florida Public Relations Association
Editorial Freelancers Association