Experience

writing and editing; self-employed

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer, Editor

  • 1985 - Present

  Cover top domestic and foreign officials speaking in Iowa for various wire services. Write for various advertising and public relations agencies, hospitals and universities/colleges. Services I offer include public relations, media relations, seminars, and all forms of written communications. Have written grants for several charitable organizations. Cover top domestic and foreign officials speaking in Iowa for various wire services. Write for various advertising and public relations agencies, hospitals and universities/colleges. Services I offer include public relations, media relations, seminars, and all forms of written communications. Have written grants for several charitable organizations.



University of Northern Iowa and Wartburg College

• Instructor

  • 1987 - 1995

  Taught macroeconomics, management, and business communications in the Colleges of Business at both schools. Also, taught news reporting and editing and research methods in the Communications Department at UNI. Advised the student newspaper, The Northern Iowan. Taught macroeconomics, management, and business communications in the Colleges of Business at both schools. Also, taught news reporting and editing and research methods in the Communications Department at UNI. Advised the student newspaper, The Northern Iowan.



Commodity World News

• Managing Editor

  • 1982 - 1985

  Responsible for up-to-the minute news coverage of events and players affecting the commodity, financial and stock markets. Filled in for vacationing reporters in Chicago, New York and Washington, DC. Responsible for up-to-the minute news coverage of events and players affecting the commodity, financial and stock markets. Filled in for vacationing reporters in Chicago, New York and Washington, DC.



Society for Human Resource Management

• Berea, Ohio

• Editor of Action newsletter and Assistant Editor of the Personnel Administrator

  • 1979 - 1982

  As editor of Action, gathered, wrote, edited and photographed the articles in a monthly newsletter going to 30,000 plus human resource managers. As assistant editor of the monthly magazine, tracked the advertisements and articles and worked on layout of the magazine. In addition, worked on the yearly professional directory and other editorial projects. As editor of Action, gathered, wrote, edited and photographed the articles in a monthly newsletter going to 30,000 plus human resource managers. As assistant editor of the monthly magazine, tracked the advertisements and articles and worked on layout of the magazine. In addition, worked on the yearly professional directory and other editorial projects.