Engaging words are key to any successful communications effort, in both the journalism and marketing realms.
EXPERIENCE:
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Author of the book Really Richmond — A City Guide
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Communications inventory, evaluation and planning
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Magazine issues -- story concepts, assignment and editing
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Website design and content management
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Storytelling for print and digital features, blurbs, Q&As, memoirs, columns, promotions, campaigns
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Editing of stories, books, papers, directories, dissertations
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Writing bios for corporate web pages
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Proofreading for content errors and inconsistencies
ROLES I can play with expertise:
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Communications director
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Magazine editor/writer
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Restaurant reviewer
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Book ghostwriter and editor
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Detailed interviewer
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Brand pusher
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Journalism teacher
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Translator of complicated subject matter into readable words
The following are links to a few recent stories I've written.
I'd be glad to send PDFs of manuscripts of more work on request.
Spark -- magazine for Collegiate School (editor and writer)
Search "collegiate school spark" on issuu.com for more examples
I have also written for Virginia Living, Richmond Magazine, UPPERCASE, Classic Home and BSide magazines, financial institutions, health systems and many nonprofits, publications and corporate clients.
PROFICIENCIES
Style guides
AP Style
Adobe Creative Suite
Microsoft
Google drive
Wix
BOOK WORK
I've had the privilege of helping tell the stories of interesting people and places.
Weldon Scrogham: Porsche Expert, work in progress
Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life and Times of a Fundraiser, by Alex Smith
Editor, 2017-2018
Mothering Addiction, by Linda Meredith Hatcher, 2017
Secondary edit/proof, 2017
Ghostwriter/editor, 2016
Collegiate School: 100 Years
Editor, 2015