Dara Sharif Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

■ Collaborate with reporters and editors to correct and improve print and online copy for the Post’s Business section for grammar, spelling, usage, consistency, typographical errors, and AP and in-house style guidelines■ Assess content for issues of potential libel, bias, accuracy and clarity, and rewrite or recast if needed■ Work with editorial and graphics teams to conceptualize section graphics; select and edit photos■ Gather and assess financial data to include with content and create charts■ Write clever headlines; utilize publishing system to lay out content and design pages■ Manage copy desk on occasion as slot

Write, produce, edit and copy edit content on a contractual basis for online and print clients, including:■ W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Traveled to Haiti on behalf of the foundation to report on the work of nonprofit agencies advocating on behalf of women and children, resulting in a 58-page report■ TheRoot.com: Worked with editors and writers to edit all content for grammar, spelling, in-house and AP style guidelines, libel and bias, accuracy and clarity on topics including politics, crime, pop culture, and history■ Metropolis magazine: Proofread blues for Chicago 16 style guidelines for monthly architectural publication■ Sterling Publishing: Copy edited children’s books for cultural bias, historical accuracy, and Chicago 16 style

■ Coached and edited content providers covering various subjects, including politics and pop culture■ Assisted in running of news meetings to determine daily and long-term editorial goals■ Updated and maintained home page based on data provided by Google Analytics; fixed HTML

New York, Ny, Us

■ Provided conceptual, editorial and artistic direction for Read and Rise magazine, a quarterly literary publication, and for Go! Healthy Living for Kids, a one-time healthy-living-themed publication■ Communicated with stakeholders and corporate collaborators; developed tables of content; hired and assigned writers and illustrators; negotiated and reviewed contracts; edited submissions■ Worked with production team to enforce deadlines and manage production flow, trafficked proofs

New York, Ny, Us

■ Managed freelance and staff writers; assigned and edited content for national weekly newsmagazine■ Wrote award-winning 50th anniversary Brown v. Board of Education report including interviews of plaintiffs or descendants of plaintiffs in the five regions making up the famous class-action suit in a story honored by the Association of Educational Publishers (now Association of American Publishers)

New York, New York, Us

• Edited news stories, wrote headlines and captions• Managed general copy desk weekly as slot

New York, Ny, Us

• Instructed students in all aspects of copy editing, including ethics, headline writing and story structure• Created course curriculum and assessment materials

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Journalism: Digital Media/Entrepreneurial Media

B.A., Journalism

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