Laura Johnson Email & Phone Number

Springfield, MO, US

Missouri, United States

I worked on the Plains Digital Optimization Team, one of numerous DOTs within Gannett. Our team worked with 14 newsrooms in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota and South Dakota to optimize their content for search, improve reader engagement and grow subscribers.One thing I loved about this job is that we were constantly learning new skills, training and.

Springfield, MO

I edited stories for publication online and for print in the News-Leader; stayed in constant communication with the Gannett Design Studio in Des Moines, Iowa, to ensure the quality of news presentation for print and facilitate its production; and updated the News-Leader's website.

I was editor of the Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, a peer-reviewed publication with a subscription of 6,000, as well as the Journal of the American Association of Integrative Medicine. These publications were later merged. (This company became defunct after the founder’s death in 2017).

Managed a universal desk of 12 to 17 people that is responsible for production of the News-Leader — Springfield's daily newspaper — in addition to several weekly publications and magazines and production of the News-Leader.com website.

Wrote headlines, photo captions and other display type; edited stories for length, clarity, grammar and legal issues; designed news and features pages

Oversaw five- to seven-person copy desk that was responsible for the production of two daily newspapers — and their respective websites — in South Louisiana

This was my first managerial position. In addition to page design and copy editing, I assisted the news editor in supervision of copy editors and designers and was responsible for the desk's operation in her absence.

Ba, English / Writing

Activities and Societies: Worked as a peer tutor at the Writing Center, helping students improve their writing in a variety of ways, from.

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