WomansDay.com                                     Freelance Editor     
New York, NY                        October 2009-February 2010

• Wrote 3-5 articles weekly covering topics including recipes, lifestyle, health, beauty, technology, and pop culture/celebrites.
• Line edited and fact-checked 3-5 articles daily from print and web editors and freelancers, including writing heds, deks and captions.    
• Formatted and sent weekly electronic Health newsletter to over 14,000 subscribers. 
• Tracked click through rate and search engine optimization for newsletters and articles.
• Pitched over 5 new story ideas every week across each section.
• Work with Production and Photo Editors to publish several stories a day.

Popular Photography magazine                Assistant Editor
New York, NY                              January 2007-August 2009

• Wrote and edited monthly front-of-the-book new products section.
• Interviewed contest-winning photographers for “Your Best Shot” story, monthly.
• Conceived and wrote monthly “Three Ways” column explaining new ways to approach a photographic subject.
• Reported and wrote monthly “Cheat Sheet” one-page article simplifying complex issues, from legal to technical.
• Became in-house expert on camera bags, tripods, digital picture frames, and various camera accessories.
• Content and copy-edited each story in the magazine prior to publication.
• Administered editors’ blog (http://flash.popphoto.com): edited freelance posts and wrote original content, including regular photo-critique feature and how-to stories. Kept tabs on and wrote about the latest news in the photo world.
• Pitched and wrote special web-exclusive articles including How-To features and photographer interviews.
• Hired and supervised two editorial and art interns each summer.
• Compiled “You Can Do It” how-to guide book from back-issues; assembled dummy book to pitch publishers.

BNP Paribas (Corporate Communications)      Writer/Editor
New York, NY                     November 2005-December 2006

• Wrote and edited over 30 articles for quarterly, monthly and biweekly newsletters reaching over 2,000 employees.
• Wrote speeches for senior management for internal and external events, and articles for special publications including global Paris-based magazine.
• Updated the North American intranet and USA page of bnpparibas.com.

Monroe Evening News                                     Copy Editor 
Monroe, MI                                February 2004-August 2004

• Wrote headlines and captions for and edited and over 500 local and wire story newspaper with daily circulation of 25,000.
• Created layout and design of 3-5 pages daily across all sections of paper.

Metro Times Detroit                                       Editoral Intern
Detroit, MI                                                        Summer 2003

• Wrote over 10 news and entertainment and feature stories for newspaper with a weekly circulation of 100,000.
• Supported editors in review of press releases, special projects, and interviewing key persons for stories.
• Researched, photographed, and wrote several feature stories. Proposed weekly story ideas at editorial board meetings that were later implemented.

Cellar Roots magazine                            Editor in Chief
Eastern Michigan University           August 2002-May 2003

• Conceptualized and executed award-winning annual campus and community multimedia and literary arts magazine.
• Designed, implemented and executed campus and city-wide publicity including newspaper and television ads, reaching over 30,000 people, and eliciting the largest submission volume (over 500) in magazine’s 20-year history.

Femme Magazine                            Co-founder and Editor
Eastern Michigan University         October 2001-April 2002

• Launched, conceived, and produced annual campus women’s literary and art magazine.

Eastern Echo Newspaper                   Staff Writer and Columnist
Eastern Michigan University             September 2001-April 2003

• Researched and wrote over 30 weekly editorial columns and over 20 entertainment, feature and news articles for award winning student newspaper with campus and community circulation of 10,000.

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Freelance Work
Popular Science magazine, American Photo magazine, Adorama Photo Company, Candis Communications, Project Explorer, Young Arts magazine.

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Education and Academic Honors


Eastern Michigan University                     B.S. Journalism 
minor: Sociology                                          December 2003
Magna Cum Laude (3.88 GPA), Dean’s List (Fall 2001- 2003), Michigan Press Association Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society

University of Cambridge,                          International Diploma
 Managing Teams                                           September 2005

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Community Involvement

Big Sisters New York City – January 2008-present
New York Cares Volunteer (various projects) – 2006-present
TEFL program volunteer- Amherst Primary School, Hackney London – January-July 2005.