Tracy Cook Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Editorial lead responsible for onboarding analysts globally to a new content management system.• Grow team's authoring, editing, and charting capabilities through group and 1-to-1 sessions.• Write, edit, and distribute technical documentation.• Edit public-facing articles, ensuring consistent application of style guidelines across documents.• Lead global database project to update standardize styling of issuer names.• Presented "14 Tips For Editing Data Visualizations" at national ACES conference in April 2022 (in-person) and September 2022 (virtually).

New York, Ny, Us

• Edited corporate credit analysts’ articles for style, grammar, accuracy, clarity, and brevity on deadline (500+/year); created accompanying charts/graphics.• Standardized terminology, style, and usage guidance in divisional style guide.• Championed adoption of new intranet; conducted pre-release UAT.• Led rollout of Microsoft Teams for the U.S. corporates editorial team.

Westport, Ct, Us

Provided clients actionable intelligence products and reports in executive recruiting, company diversity, and competitive mapping for both the TGS technology recruiting firm and its research arm, Intellerati.• Managed U.S.-based freelance researchers and an offshore data entry team.• Drafted and edited customized research reports for global clients on a weekly basis.• Communicated reports synthesizing analyses and recommendations.• Forged strong and lasting relationships with clients for research projects.• Maximized SEO and improved user experience by continually editing and updating tgsus.com.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Conceptualized, researched, analyzed and published a project that synthesized newspapers’ digital subscription pricing structures using analytical software tools.• Established a baseline knowledge of digital news pricing at legacy newspapers across the country through quantitative analysis of pricing data.• Developed a survey instrument to supplement quantitative analyses.

Dallas, Tx, Us

I covered general assignment business stories in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. My work included day-turn stories, as well as longer features and narratives. In addition to daily assignments, I used Parse.ly analytics to track my stories and inform my reporting decisions. My portfolio is available here: https://www.dallasnews.com/author/tracy-m-cook.Highlights:• Conducted data analysis for the annual package on D-FW's Top 150 public companies.• Followed area’s sports business growth and Major League Lacrosse championship.

Columbia, Missouri, Us

• Conducted research in IRE’s data library, parsed data in MySQL, updated and maintained databases, and assisted journalists with data requests.• Worked with Small Business Administration 7a Loans database containing more than 1.35 million rows.

Columbia, Missouri, Us

• Represented and promoted the School of Journalism at on- and off-campus events.• Led prospective students and their families on tours of the campus.• Oversaw a team of 30 ambassadors• Recruited, hired and trained new ambassadors.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Reported 55+ stories in a 10-week period, including an A1 business profile about international Ball Corp.• Covered small business, economy, jobs, retail, transportation and healthcare, among other general assignments.• Contributed to weekend package about corporate compensation of board members and female CEOs.• Stories: http://www.denverpost.com/author/tracy-m-cook/

Columbia, Missouri, Us

• Managed a team of copy editors at the Missourian's interactive copy editing desk.• Edited and published written content and photos.• Wrote print and SEO headlines, cutlines and social media posts.• Created online layouts and proofed pages for the Missourian’s print edition.

Columbia, Missouri, Us

• Applied AP Style and Missourian style to edit content of all beats at the interactivecopy desk.• Wrote print and SEO headlines, cutlines and social media posts.• Uploaded and attached photo galleries and videos to stories.• Proofed pages for the Missourian’s print edition.• Built online homepage.

Columbia, Missouri, Us

• Covered general assignments and wrote everything from breaking news and event coverage to features and life stories.• Portfolio: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/accounts/profiles/tmckv9/

Columbia, Mo, Us

• Gave residence hall tours to future and prospective students and their parents.• Answered questions about student life in the residence halls, academic programs, hall amenities and the MU Department of Residential Life.

Columbia, Mo, Us

• Three-year peer mentor and residential assistant to students living in an on-campus residence hall.• Taught a one-credit Freshman Interest Group (FIG) class for about 20 honors journalism students in the fall semesters.• Crafted lesson plans, directed and facilitated the lessons in class, graded assignments and provided student assistance both in the classroom and in the residence hall.• Collaborated with teams of seven to 11 staff members to create and facilitate innovate programming for residence halls of about 350 residents.• Also held positions as a leadership adviser, community adviser and summer assistant.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

• Copy edited stories for print and digital editions to ensure published content was of highest standards.• Wrote headlines, decks and captions in Inquirer style for various sections.• Proofed content and design of printed pages on deadline.

Columbia, Mo, Us

Edited content for spelling, grammar, AP Style, overall structure and organization for both print and online media.

Columbia, Mo, Us

• I covered general assignment (often relating to university news) and was the Women's Basketball beat co-writer during 2012-2013 season.• Portfolio: http://www.themaneater.com/staff/view/tracy-cook/

Columbia, Mo, Us

Master’S Degree (M.A.), Data Journalism

Two Bachelor’S Degrees, B.J. In Digital Journalism And B.A. In Economics

Education record

Education record

"Cherubs" Program At The Medill School Of Journalism