Tara Merrill

Portland, OR USA
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13 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Eagle-eyed copy editor and proofreader with experience in newspapers, magazines, books and online content. Specialties include travel, food, beauty, health and education. Well acquainted with AP Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style.

Expertise

Copy Editor 13 YearsFact-Checker 7 YearsOther, Specify 13 Years

Specialty

Education 5 YearsHealth 1 YearTravel 4 Years

Industries

Newspaper - Local/Regional 7 YearsMagazine - Local/Regional magazines 2 YearsOnline/new media 6 Years

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Away.com (10+)
  • Laureate Education (10+)
  • SouthComm Publishing (6-10)
  • Keybridge Communications (3-5)
  • Besins Healthcare Inc. (1-2)

Awards

Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award, headline writing

Other Work History

"The Girlfriend's Guide Through Infertility," fact checker The Columbian newspaper, 4+ years Willamette Week, 1.5 years The Anchorage Daily News, 1.5 years

Foreign Language Skills

French

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Quark CopyDesk, Quark XPress, managing online content using Movable Type and Drupal, PDFpen

Equipment

Laptop, PDFpen, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro

References

Available upon request