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Alexandria, Va

• Develop messaging frameworks and write original content for numerous projects for government, nonprofit, and private sector clients, with particular focus on health care and education.• Produce content for websites, digital ads, print and radio ads, social media posts, video scripts, articles and advertorials, fact sheets, op-eds, toolkits, guides, graphics, emails, brochures, and annual reports.• Co-wrote a pre-school children's book and song for the 2020 Census campaign.

Alexandria, Va

• Provide writing for websites, event scripts, print and radio ads, guides, toolkits, press releases, communications plans, blog posts, emails, and more.• Contribute to website content audits and content decisions.• Wrote content and contributed to the creative process for a new website on NFL operations created by the company for the league and launched in January 2015, at operations.nfl.com.• Wrote guides, fact sheets, emails, advertorials, and event and radio ad scripts in… Show more • Provide writing for websites, event scripts, print and radio ads, guides, toolkits, press releases, communications plans, blog posts, emails, and more.• Contribute to website content audits and content decisions.• Wrote content and contributed to the creative process for a new website on NFL operations created by the company for the league and launched in January 2015, at operations.nfl.com.• Wrote guides, fact sheets, emails, advertorials, and event and radio ad scripts in support of the 2015 Census Test in the Savannah, Ga., region.• Served as lead writer and contributed to content for a Census Bureau Five-Year Communications Plan.• Wrote all or most content for CareConnect health insurance at careconnect.com and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation as asbmt.org. Show less

Vienna, Va

• Proofread/copy edit press releases, emails, blog and website posts, flyers and other materials for Working America, an AFL-CIO affiliate that is the largest non-union workers' group in the U.S., with more than 3 million members.• Write about commercial airlines for Travel Weekly, the leading trade publication in the U.S. for travel agents and other travel industry professionals.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote for magazine, newsletter and website on weekly, daily and hourly deadlines, managing multiple projects while covering commercial airlines, government policy and a broad range of aviation-related topics.• Wrote opinion columns for 116,000-circulation magazine approximately once per month.• Posted regularly on the commercial airline blog.• Developed relationships with hundreds of aviation-related contacts and sources.• Responded to breaking news events with rapid… Show more • Wrote for magazine, newsletter and website on weekly, daily and hourly deadlines, managing multiple projects while covering commercial airlines, government policy and a broad range of aviation-related topics.• Wrote opinion columns for 116,000-circulation magazine approximately once per month.• Posted regularly on the commercial airline blog.• Developed relationships with hundreds of aviation-related contacts and sources.• Responded to breaking news events with rapid turnaround of stories on tight deadlines. • Honed expertise in gathering, analyzing and explaining data, including use of Microsoft Excel, and produced data-driven stories on airline expenses and revenue, flight cancellation patterns, aircraft retirement and storage trends and other fleet issues.• Attended domestic and international conferences on the airline industry to produce stories, develop relationships and establish the publication's presence as an industry authority.• Interviewed as industry expert for news stories and on radio broadcasts, podcasts and C-SPAN, promoting the Aviation Week brand.• Mentored two reporters on writing, information gathering and data usage Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Covered all of the world’s airlines as the sole airline beat reporter, writing four to seven stories per week for print in addition to daily stories for the website. Also covered the Transportation and Justice departments and numerous airline, airport and travel associations.• Established and nurtured list of hundreds of travel industry-related contacts and sources.• Demonstrated crisis response abilities with coverage of the U.S. aviation system the day of the Sept. 11 attacks, which… Show more • Covered all of the world’s airlines as the sole airline beat reporter, writing four to seven stories per week for print in addition to daily stories for the website. Also covered the Transportation and Justice departments and numerous airline, airport and travel associations.• Established and nurtured list of hundreds of travel industry-related contacts and sources.• Demonstrated crisis response abilities with coverage of the U.S. aviation system the day of the Sept. 11 attacks, which occurred on the day the publication was scheduled to go to press. Monitored a fluid situation and submitted a 400-word contribution for the main story in time for closing of revamped front page.• Regularly wrote opinion columns on topics such as fuel prices, the Internet’s impact on airline pricing, pension funding, labor relations, passenger rights and tarmac delays.• Took photos for stories and helped acquire and select photos and graphics for other stories.• Assisted with Travel Management Daily newsletter production. Also led and managed production of an on-site conference newsletter, supervising on-site staff. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Promoted in May 1996 to the Gannett-owned company’s Times News Service, covering military personnel issues for Army, Navy and Air Force Times. Developed extensive list of Pentagon sources on pay, benefits, equality issues, financial aid regulations and drug policies. Prior to promotion, covered Guard, Reserve and personnel beats for Air Force Times.• Researched and wrote a database-driven report on hundreds of Air Force punishments and prosecutions for adultery and other sexually related… Show more • Promoted in May 1996 to the Gannett-owned company’s Times News Service, covering military personnel issues for Army, Navy and Air Force Times. Developed extensive list of Pentagon sources on pay, benefits, equality issues, financial aid regulations and drug policies. Prior to promotion, covered Guard, Reserve and personnel beats for Air Force Times.• Researched and wrote a database-driven report on hundreds of Air Force punishments and prosecutions for adultery and other sexually related military crimes.• Flew on a B-52 bomber training mission, completed Arctic survival training and covered humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping efforts as part of my on-site reporting of military operations and training in Kuwait, the Arctic, Germany and Bosnia. Show less

York, Pennsylvania Area

• Covered police, city hall, environment and county government beats at various times for 42,000-circulation daily newspaper in York, Pa., and established new health beat.• Advocated for better housing policies with an extensively researched and illustrated series on slum housing and landlords, as well as a follow-up series a year later. Both series included a computer-assisted analysis of housing code enforcement data and scores of interviews with tenants, landlords and government… Show more • Covered police, city hall, environment and county government beats at various times for 42,000-circulation daily newspaper in York, Pa., and established new health beat.• Advocated for better housing policies with an extensively researched and illustrated series on slum housing and landlords, as well as a follow-up series a year later. Both series included a computer-assisted analysis of housing code enforcement data and scores of interviews with tenants, landlords and government officials.• Wrote occasional columns on national issues, winning a statewide award. • Filled in as city editor and assistant city editor as needed, supervising reporters, and temporarily led production of the newspaper’s York Magazine and TV Week sections. Show less