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Orlando, Florida

Create online, print and video content while navigating and researching trends and notable events within the realm of Central Florida’s food and restaurant scene including photography for digital galleries, daily reporting, breaking news posts, longer-format features and maintenance of multiple social media accounts. Serve as a liaison for the organization within the food community.

Write online and print content for diverse range of publications and websites including (but not limited to) USA Today, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel, Visit Orlando, Edible Orlando, Orlando Signature, GrowthSpotter, Today’s Hotelier, Life with Dogs, Constructor, Interval World, Rent, Apartment Guide, We, Positively, Bay Area Home Builder, Fencepost, PRSM, BeautyLink, Apartment Management, MHI Solutions, Association Leadership, Orbitz, Salon, AlterNet, Gays with Kids, SexIs, Communication Crossroads, South Florida CEO, Positively, COINage, LatinFinance, Positively, Innkeeping Now and American Express. -Content Manager for Life with Dogs (2016-2018) – aggregate, write and post stories/social media management.- Edited and restructured "This is Who We Hire," by Alexander Groenendyk.

Orlando, Florida Area

Local expert travel guides about the best places to go while on vacationOrlando Local Expert, Freelance Reporter/Writer, Social Media StrategistWrite engaging, searchable travel copy focused on Orlando, Florida, for visitors and local residents, and additional regular features covering Florida and points beyond. Manage all social media, video segments and SEO.

Hired as freelance writer and reporter, evolving into regular content consulting, then promoted to remote Managing Editor position.

Miami, Florida

Handled virtually all editorial duties for membership-based consumer travel magazine(circulation over 1 million in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean) from planning to publication which included extensive writing (consumer and marketing, print and online), editing, trafficking, paginating, and hands-on involvement in the design process. Developed and maintained relationships with an ever-expanding roster of international freelance professionals.

New York, Ny

Served as primary manager for all aspects of artificial intelligence-driven start-up while preparing to go live. Supervised key programmers, developers, designers, editors and writers while planning site direction. Led idea generation, research and development, wrote daily progress reports, supervised builds and site upgrades, and managed staff.

Greater New York City Area

Generated large portion of print and online content including copy for regular sections and a minimum of one large feature per issue. Maintained extensive list of beats and contacts while being responsible for continuing investigation into new and developing industry issues. Recipient of 1999 National Award Winner: Magazine of the Year – Under 80,000 Circulation by American Society of Business Publications Editors.

Singularly responsible for all editorial content including writing feature articles, assigning and editing freelance material, maintenance of regular departments and expansion of industry coverage. Handled page, ad, and cover layout, graphic design, trafficking to printer, and all press mailings for both quarterly and annual publications. Helped plan company’s first annual convention in Las Vegas including seminars, trade show, press coverage and evening events.

Manned the assignment desk for nightly, hour-long TV news program. Tasks included on-the-spot research and fact finding, regular contact with law enforcement and other bureaus,script-writing, show run-down coordination, video editing and production.

Generated story ideas, wrote feature articles and celebrity interviews, copy edited and wrote ad copy and text for regular departments. Integral member of pre-publication concept and post-mortem critique teams for magazine improvement. Solely responsible for various regular features including hiring freelance staff and all related administrative tasks.