Experience

PowerPublish

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Content

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  In addition to managing client services, I oversee the content department of three additional editors. I also work as the co-creator of monthly forum events to help educate our freelance writers.

• Content Editor

  • Jul 2021 - Dec 2021

  As a content editor, I managed content creation, editing and distribution of blogs, case studies and white papers for as many as 16 clients. Often, this included creating social media text and graphics for multiple platforms. About 60% of this job was managing client services as well as elevating and mentoring a stable of freelance writers.



MERGE

• United States
• Marketing Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Chicago Parent

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2021

  As the Managing Editor at both Chicago Parent and Metro Parent, I contributed content and editing assistance for both publications as well as ancillaries. Working in two markets separated by a time zone and two states was an interesting opportunity to cohesively manage what news that applies to parents in both areas while filtering the importance of local stories. Both are diverse in their resources and audiences, and expect the best out of the publications that they are willing to dedicate time to. Cultivating sources in both areas as well as knowing what works best for each was key to making the publications hum. Show less



The Times of Northwest Indiana

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sports Editor

  • Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

  I manage a department of seven people and 15 freelancers in a market that covers five counties in two states. We cover 49 high schools, a Division I university, a D-II school and three Jucos in large and small communities while producing a multi-zoned section on razor thin deadlines nightly. I also write and cover games, lending my experience of two decades in sports journalism.*Responsible for nightly coverage budgets*Responsible for section expenses*Responsible for payroll*Responsible for directing and managing SEO of story postings*Responsible for web budgeting section stories*Responsible for managing coverage of nightly events in multiple states, coordinating the use staffers and stringers*Responsible for maintaining community relations between the section and our readership*Responsible for managing output of special sections and major previews, such as football and basketball*Responsible for beat coverage on four major beats at the newspaper: girls volleyball, girls basketball, prep baseball and RailCats of the American Association*Nightly copy editing duties include communicating with reporters, photographers and designers on deadline, knowledge of AP style and in-house style and editing stories and photo captions for errors and inconsistencies Show less

• Assistant Sports Editor

  • Nov 2014 - Sep 2017

  Hired to cover high school and college sports and write enterprise stories, I was promoted multiple times, first as the department’s new media liaison, then to assistant editor and most recently to sports editor. In addition to daily duties writing and editing copy and managing the team’s multimedia strategies, I have developed and guided major projects and our award-winning special sections. Additional responsibilities include design (using InDesign), photography, night sports copy editor, assigning stories, relating with freelancers, and writing and editing copy under deadline pressure. Show less

• Reporter/Copy Editor

  • Oct 2005 - Nov 2014

  I was the first at our newspaper to produce and hold contests through Twitter, and develop stories through Storify to increase our social media impact. I have also produced videos for the web, both in front of and behind the camera (using Final Cut Pro).



S & S Enterprises

• Smith Daylilies, Chelsea, Michigan

• Photographer

  • 2003 - 2008

  While in grad school, I took photographs and helped update the website of Smith Daylilies, a farm in Southwest Michigan. While in grad school, I took photographs and helped update the website of Smith Daylilies, a farm in Southwest Michigan.



Ann Arbor News

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sports Stringer

  • Sep 2003 - Oct 2005

  During my senior year in high school, I worked with the mentorship program offered through my school district. Under the tutelage of award-winning reporter Amy Whitesall, then a sports writer, I learned how to construct a feature article, what questions are necessary and relevant, what information should be included and how to conduct a good interview. I returned to the paper as a correspondent while completing my grad school studies. During my senior year in high school, I worked with the mentorship program offered through my school district. Under the tutelage of award-winning reporter Amy Whitesall, then a sports writer, I learned how to construct a feature article, what questions are necessary and relevant, what information should be included and how to conduct a good interview. I returned to the paper as a correspondent while completing my grad school studies.



Gannett Newspapers

• Newspaper Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Sports reporter at The News-Star

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2003

  I covered the Western Professional Hockey League, including the collapse of the Monroe franchise. I wrote game stories, features and a weekly notebook about the team and league. I was promoted to prep editor, charged with covering 65 high schools in an area that embraces prep sports. I won awards for my enterprise stories, take-outs and game stories. I also helped create new media projects as newspapers started to make the move to the Internet. I left The News-Star to attend grad school at Michigan State University. Show less



Plain Dealer Publishing Co.

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sports Intern

  • May 1999 - Aug 1999

  As a sports intern selected through a program with the Association for Women in Sports Media, I was given the opportunity to cover a wide range of both professional and recreational sports. I perfected my writing style, while constructing lengthy articles and game stories, and was the newspaper’s lead reporter for the two-week 1999 AAU Junior Olympics. As a sports intern selected through a program with the Association for Women in Sports Media, I was given the opportunity to cover a wide range of both professional and recreational sports. I perfected my writing style, while constructing lengthy articles and game stories, and was the newspaper’s lead reporter for the two-week 1999 AAU Junior Olympics.



Lansing State Journal

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sports Stringer

  • Sep 1996 - May 1999

  I learned how to work with contacts, how to write features and game stories and the daily necessities of a sports section as a stringer at the Lansing State Journal. I wrote features and game stories, answered phones and took agate. I learned how to work with contacts, how to write features and game stories and the daily necessities of a sports section as a stringer at the Lansing State Journal. I wrote features and game stories, answered phones and took agate.