Professional Experience
From trade and consumer magazine articles to books and blog posts, ad copy and press releases to winning web copy, I'm a full-time journalist and marketing copywriter. Specializing in an eclectic mix of topics: weather, education, history and pets; marketing, indie publishing and wastewater management. A veteran writer with more than 25 years in the business, I deliver quality editorial and commercial copy that engages readers and drives results. A longtime ASJA member with well over 600 published articles, I take pride in my professional integrity and work ethic, delivering on time for national and regional magazines and newspapers, and Web-based publications.
Expertise
Copywriter
30 Years
Book Author
25 Years
Reporter
35 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
25 Years
Entrepreneurship
25 Years
Environment & Nature
10 Years
Industries
Newspaper - Local/Regional
25 Years
Marketing (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
30 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
23 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Cole Publishing (10+), Montgomery Media (1-2), Bucks County Herald (10+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
All American Wood Register (10+), Impact Thrift Stores (10+), Empathy Lab (3-5)
Other Work History
President of Rhino Tactics, a construction-specific ad agency, from 1999-2001
Technical Skills
Graphic design (25 years), WordPress website development & maintenance
Foreign Language Skills
Some French, a tiny bit of Spanish. No fluency
Unions
formerly National Writers Union
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress
Equipment
Apple Macintosh platform; Sony and Olympus digital cameras; digital audio recorders; smartphone; iPad; MS Office suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Evernote, Dropbox
Work Permits & Visas
US Passport
References
Suzan Marie Chin, Creative Raven, raven@creativeraven.com; Martin Focazio, Martin_Focazio@epam.com; Jo Greenawalt, nonprofit orgs, josiegirl1503@gmail.com; Jim Kneiszel, Cole Publishing, editor@promonthly.com; Brenda Lange, institutional publications, brenda@brendalange.com
Awards
Several book awards in independent publishing
Associations
ASJA, Cat Writers Assn., Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group (GLVWG), Twin Rivers Writers Group (TWIWG), AWE-USA (weather), SkyWarn (weather),