Experience

Henneman Engineering Inc.

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Assistant/Writer

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Commercial-News

• Freelance Journalist

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Project Success of Vermilion County

• After School Program Site Coordinator

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

  • Identified, recruited, and maintained participation of at-risk students in after school and summer enrichment programs. • Recruited, trained, supervised, and evaluated program teachers and tutors.• Planned and scheduled activities, field trips, and family events.• Maintained frequent communication with school administration and staff about student progress. • Identified, recruited, and maintained participation of at-risk students in after school and summer enrichment programs. • Recruited, trained, supervised, and evaluated program teachers and tutors.• Planned and scheduled activities, field trips, and family events.• Maintained frequent communication with school administration and staff about student progress.



Commercial-News

• Education Reporter

  • Dec 2010 - Sep 2020

  • Covered Danville School District 118 and Danville Area Community College. • Shot photos to accompany my stories and recorded video to be posted online.• Maintained a presence on social media.• Localized national and state education issues.• Wrote enterprise packages that comprehensively explored education issues.• Covered some social service agencies as well as police and fire calls. • Covered Danville School District 118 and Danville Area Community College. • Shot photos to accompany my stories and recorded video to be posted online.• Maintained a presence on social media.• Localized national and state education issues.• Wrote enterprise packages that comprehensively explored education issues.• Covered some social service agencies as well as police and fire calls.



National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Book Editor

  • Aug 2008 - Jan 2011

  • Oversaw production of professional development books for English teachers from grade school to college.• Copyedited and keymarked book manuscripts.• Possessed knowledge of Chicago Manual of Style, American Psychological Association style, Modern Language Association style, and NCTE house style and applied them as appropriate to specific projects.• Created and managed production schedules and met deadlines.• Fostered positive relationships between authors and NCTE.• Interacted with freelance copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers to maintain high-quality work.• Worked with graphic artists on book cover designs.• Worked with typesetter and printer to ensure the timely production of quality books.



Commercial-News

• Editor and Reporter, Both Newspaper and Magazine

  • Oct 1997 - Aug 2008

  Illiana Lifestyles Magazine Editor February 2008 to March 2009• Generated ideas and assigned feature stories to writers for quarterly/bimonthly magazine.• Copyedited all magazine copy.• Wrote headlines, subheads, and captions for all magazine copy.• Worked with photographers and graphic artist on page layouts.• Wrote stories for each issue.Night City Editor March 2006 to August 2008 • Edited full-time reporters’ raw copy. • Arranged the daily and weekly schedules of news stories.• Wrote headlines and subheads for all local coverage.• Monitored Web site guestbook forum several times per day.• Wrote a weekly column about area history. Weekend Editor 2000–2001 and March 2006 to August 2008• Copyedited all front page and other local stories for Saturday, Sunday and Monday editions.• Wrote headlines and subheads for all stories.• Selected photos for page layouts.• Prioritized news stories for page layout.• Monitored Web site guestbook.• Posted photos, captions, stories, and obituaries to the Web site.• Wrote stories when needed. Reporter October 1997 to August 2008 Business reporter, 2001 to 2008: • Covered local business and economic development beat, including Vermilion Advantage, the local economic development board. • Localized national business and economic issues, including employment, taxes, industry, labor relations, local agribusiness and the local convention and visitors’ bureau.• Wrote enterprise packages that comprehensively explored business and economic issues.• Covered local business openings and closings.Regional, county board and enterprise reporter, 1999 to 2001:• Covered Vermilion County Board, including nursing home and finance committees. • Covered village boards and school districts outside of Danville in Vermilion County.• Wrote in-depth, investigative stories on controversial topics as the enterprise reporter.City Hall reporter, 1997 to 1999: • Covered city council meetings and various committees.



Human Kinetics

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Editor of Journals

  • Aug 1996 - Oct 1997

  • Copyedited manuscripts, cropped artwork, and proofread scholarly articles for five quarterly journals.• Worked with graphic artists and printer to ensure the timely publication of quality journals. • Copyedited manuscripts, cropped artwork, and proofread scholarly articles for five quarterly journals.• Worked with graphic artists and printer to ensure the timely publication of quality journals.



Suburban Life Publications

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Assignment Reporter

  • Jul 1990 - Aug 1996

  • Covered several municipalities, police departments, and school districts in suburban Cook and DuPage counties, as well as state and local politics. • Proofread stories and supervised employees at the newspaper’s pre-press facility as a production editor. • Covered several municipalities, police departments, and school districts in suburban Cook and DuPage counties, as well as state and local politics. • Proofread stories and supervised employees at the newspaper’s pre-press facility as a production editor.