Experience

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  The Boston Globe, AAA World, Cape Cod Life (and other publications)

  • East Falmouth, MA

  • Freelance writer

    • 2009 - Present
    • East Falmouth, MA

    Freelance writing and editing. I specialize in travel, with a focus on New England, and provide photos to accompany most stories.

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  Cape Cod Life Publications

  • Mashpee, MA

  • Copy editor (freelance)

    • Feb 2016 - Dec 2017
    • Mashpee, MA

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  SOCO Magazine

  • South Dartmouth, MA

  • Copy Editor (freelance)

    • 2011 - 2014
    • South Dartmouth, MA

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  Examiner.com

  • Cape Cod Budget Living Examiner

    • Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

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  Boston Globe

  • Boston, MA

  • Layout/Makeup/Slot Editor

    • Oct 2001 - Apr 2009
    • Boston, MA

    Copy edit and proofread news, feature, and opinion articles, ensuring they meet standards of accuracy and fairness and adhere to Globe style. Select photos, write headlines and captions. Design and lay out pages electronically. Work with Boston.com on managing content for Web, creating photo galleries, and monitoring reader chat.Travel Correspondent, 2003-presentFrequent contributor to Travel section, focusing on New England destinations and lodgings.

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  Putnam Investments

  • Norwood, MA

  • Documentation Manager, Documentation & Information Department

    • Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
    • Norwood, MA

    Hire, motivate, develop, and coach a staff of five professional writers preparing documentation for print and the Web. Set, communicate, and monitor editorial and quality standards. Assist with strategic business planning and goal setting. Help develop department budget and monitor spending.Editor, Documentation & Information Department

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  Community Newspaper Company

  • Milford, MA

  • Assistant Editor

    • Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
    • Milford, MA

    Edit all content, print and online, for clarity, correct focus for the intended audience, and compliance with style and usage standards. Maintain and update department style guide.; 1998Editor of the eight-town weekly Country Gazette and assistant editor of the daily Milford News. Upgrade writing and copy editing at the daily, develop a local editorial page, and oversee the coordination of staff resources between the two papers.

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  Middlesex News

  • Franklin, MA

  • Regional Editor

    • Jan 1996 - Jan 1998
    • Franklin, MA

    Bureau chief of zoned edition of 30,000-circulation daily. Train, motivate, and coach reporters. Write a weekly column. Helped plan marketing and promotion of new product.

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  Norfolk Community Newspaper Company

  • Franklin, MA

  • Editor-in-Chief

    • Jan 1992 - Jan 1996
    • Franklin, MA

    Complete responsibility for editorial operation of five weekly newspapers with a combined distribution of more than 47,000 in 12 towns. Oversaw a redesign and launched a new paper.

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  Country Gazette

  • Editor and Publisher

    • Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

    Complete responsibility for all facets of a 30,000-distribution weekly newspaper, including editorial, sales, production, and accounting.

  • Editor

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1990

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  Milford Gazette

  • Franklin, MA

  • Editor

    • Jan 1989 - Jan 1990
    • Franklin, MA

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  Cahners Books

  • Boston, MA

  • Publicity Director

    • Jan 1973 - Jan 1974
    • Boston, MA

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  MIT Press

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Editor

    • Jan 1971 - Jan 1973
    • Cambridge, MA