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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Copywriting and proofreading for marketing, advertising, social media, traditional media, and public relations, with a specialty in agriculture, bioscience, biofuel, finance, law, and government services.

Ag policy and agribusiness writer

Indianapolis, Indiana

Have marketed, completed, and sold hundreds of independent articles and other copy to multiple publications. Current clients include Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Corn Marketing Council, New York Holstein Association, and Fastline Publications.

Carmel, Indiana

Assisted professionals employed by major corporate clients with their relocation and government paperwork needs, supervising local consultants in dozens of cities and multiple countries; as well as writing relocation industry-specific promotional pieces and press releases. Latest role was providing training to and auditing for systems processes within the company.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Managed & organized 40+ reporters and columnists in production of Farm World agricultural and agribusiness newspaper as well as revenue-driven supplements and magazine. Determined, coordinated, budgeted, and assigned news coverage across several states and Washington, D.C. Learned the intricacies of agriculture business and practices to be nearly expert on myriad associated topics (I know a cow from a heifer, from a steer).

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Found, pitched, researched, and wrote news and feature articles for Farm World, an agricultural newspaper. As it was just entering the Tennessee market, I also promoted and helped advertising representatives make inroads into this state’s market.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Wrote local government news as well as some feature articles for this large metro daily newspaper's Community section, focusing primarily on the Loudon County and Lenoir City region. Contributed occasional articles for the Business section (often placed on the front of the section) and provided assistance to full-time reporters as needed, when their beats took them into Loudon County.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Learned to draft petitions, orders, interrogatories, briefs, and amendments for courts of law. Streamlined and better managed office records, client database, medication certification, and correspondence for faster response to clients and courts.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Provided scene treatment of novels for pitches to film studios. Assisted commission director with compiling a database of information and images of historic buildings and sites in East Tennessee, using research, interviews, and photographs I took/compiled.

Cuba, Missouri, United States

Award-winning investigative news reporter and features writer at locally-owned weekly in a small county in the Ozarks. I uncovered malfeasance, kept local politicians honest, and spotlighted everyday people doing nifty things their neighbors never knew about.