Professional Experience
Editorial specialist in health information technology, healthcare quality, hospital/physician practice management and healthcare finance for local, national and international audiences. I also have extensive experience with business reporting, general news reporting, sports writing, editorial writing, copy editing and proofreading.
Expertise
Editor
5 Years
Fact-Checker
10 Years
Reporter
15 Years
Specialty
Business (general)
10 Years
Health
7 Years
Technology
6 Years
Industries
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
3 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
15 Years
Online/new media
7 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Digital HealthCare & Productivity (10+), Inside Healthcare Computing (10+), DOC News (6-10), Health Executive (3-5), Biotechnology Healthcare (3-5), Chicago Sun-Times (1-2), Red Herring (1-2), For The Record (6-10)
Other Work History
Crain Communications (Modern Physician magazine) 2000-2003
J-C Communications (Stark's News Service) 1999-2000
Technical Skills
Audio editing (Audacity), photo editing (various)
Foreign Language Skills
French (conversational)
Computer Skills
MS Office suite, Win XP, basic HTML
Equipment
Laptop
Digital camera
Film SLR camera (Nikon) with multiple lenses and accessories
Multi-microphone audio recording equipment and MP3 recorder/encoder.
References
Please contact me directly for references.
Awards
APEX Award for Publication Excellence, 2006
Crain Communications Editorial Excellence Awards, January 2002 and February 2002