Professional Experience
A creative and flexible writer, I've worked at newspapers around the West, covering everything from high-profile criminal trials to politics, high-school graduations to art and film reviews. I now blog and freelance for online and print pubs. I'm fast and accurate. I abhor bad syntax. I keep the big picture in mind but am picky about details. I don't need babysitting. I'm at home in the social media landscape and craft interesting, buzz-worthy content.
Expertise
Reporter
13 Years
Writer
13 Years
Social Media
5 Years
Specialty
Family, Children & Teenagers
5 Years
Law
7 Years
Lifestyle
7 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
3 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
13 Years
Online/new media
8 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
13 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Seattle Times (10+), Harvard Law Bulletin (3-5), Nonfiction anthologies and magazines (3-5), ParentMap.com (10+), NWJobs.com (10+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Punkernoodle Baby (10+), Private clients (10+)
Other Work History
Held staff reporting jobs at mid- to large-size regional newspapers from 2000-2008. Covered government, transportation, legal issues, demographics, minority issues, arts and features for print and online.
Have published Nonfiction essays and literary stories in various regional publications and book anthologies. Essay topics include parenting, relationships, travel, culture.
Currently blog regularly on Career topics for nwjobs.com and on parenting issues for the Punkernoodle Blog.
Foreign Language Skills
Fluent in French
Computer Skills
Word, Wordpress, Excel
Equipment
Laptop, Audio recorder, SLR camera
References
Upon request
Awards
Many SPJ awards
Associations
MediaBistro, SPJ,
