Gina Scala
Jersey Shore | Toms River, NJ
30 Years Experience
Professional Experience
Specializing in all elements of the editorial process from writing, editing, research, interviewing and production/design across a multitude of fields including emergency management, risk/crisis communications, home décor, and nuclear industries as the lead writer or ghostwriter. I also have experience writing about education, the environment, and business as well as a variety of other genera through a writer consortium website. With more than 30 years as a professional writer, I appreciate the significance of writing for a target audience whether in print or online.
Expertise
- Writer 30 Years
- Editor 23 Years
- Content Editor (online) 20 Years
Specialty
- Education 17 Years
- Government 23 Years
- Other, Specify 8 Years
Industries
- Newspaper - Local/Regional 17 Years
- Marketing (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients 7 Years
- Other 8 Years
Media Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Gannett New Jersey(10+)
- The SandPaper(10+)
Corporate Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Custom Alley Slipcovers(10+)
- Scala Memorial Home(3-5)
- Semper Paratus Consulting LLC(10+)
Other work history
The SandPaper – Writer, Production Night Page Manager, New Jersey Press Association Liaison| 2017-Present Tabula Rasa – White Paper, Red Pen LLC – Owner and Lead Writer | 2015-Present Semper Paratus, Lead Writer and Strategist | 2008—2015 MetLife (Somerset, NJ) | Manager, Field Communications | 2007—2010 American Water (Cherry Hill, NJ) | External Affairs Manager | 2006—2007 Scala Memorial Home (Hackettstown, NJ) | Communications Manager | 2003—2007 Oyster Creek Generating Station (Lacey Township, NJ) | Communications and External Affairs Manager | 2003—2005 Gannett New Jersey (Manahawkin, NJ) | 1993—2003 Times-Beacon Managing Editor/News and Business | 1999—2003 Senior Metro Reporter, Times-Beacon, Asbury Park Press and Ocean County Observer| 1993—1999
Computer skills
Microsoft Office; Word Press, Photoshop; InDesign; basic HTML and expert at AP style
Awards
2017 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Responsible Journalism – Enterprise, Third Place 2017 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Reporting - Writing & Illustration: Special Subject Writing, Second Place 2018 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Reporting - Writing & Illustration: Special Subject, Third Place 2018 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Responsible Journalism - Public Service Lloyd P. Burns Memorial Award, Second Place 2019 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Online Breaking News, First Place 2019 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Reporting - Writing & Illustration: Special Subject, Writing, First Place 2020 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: COVID-19 coverage, Second Place 2020 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest Winner: Interpretive Writing, Second Place 2020 New Jersey Press Association Newspaper Contest
