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United States

Writer and content developer for the Child Welfare Information Gateway (childwelfare.gov), a Federally mandated service of the Children's Bureau that connects child welfare, adoption, and related professionals to resources on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care, kinship, adoption, and more. Creates web content to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families to help child welfare professionals improve child welfare practice and share with families. Works on projects from beginning to completion including topic selection, defining the scope of each project, creating outlines and drafts, researching content, organizing content, managing reviews, finalizing content, testing and quality control of content, and launching content live onto the website in Drupal. Also authors print products on various child welfare-related topics. Publication development includes outlining the project, interviewing lived experience partners, guiding the publication through layers of approval, researching topics, writing drafts, managing the editing and peer review process, and finalizing publications. Contributing writer for the monthly online publication, Adoption Triad, which focuses on a different theme for adoption and related professionals in each issue. Also creates web content for several Children's Bureau National Initiatives each year, including National Adoption Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and others.

North Bethesda, Md

Provided detailed monthly and quarterly reports on Web metrics for client Web sites, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Aging, National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth, and more. Guided project teams on best practices for newsletter and e-mail marketing campaigns, including implementation of tracking codes and methods to increase user clicks. Guided project teams on best practices for Search Engine Optimization, keyword research, on-page SEO, and link building. Trained project teams on Web analytics best practices and methods for tracking newsletter and e-mail marketing campaigns. Monitored updates to Google’s search algorithm and knowledge graph, and provides recommendations to project teams. Worked on special projects tracking monthly campaign promotions and annual end-of-year reports. Also contributed to several web projects performing content updates, site auditing, editing, usability testing, and more.

Coordinated and developed content for the corporate Web site, JBS Insider (employee intranet), blogs, social media outlets, marketing materials, and other projects as assigned. Managed updates and handled troubleshooting for the intranet on SharePoint 2010. Wrote articles for the employee intranet, based on in-person and telephone interviews with employees. Launched internal professional network, manages content and monitors activity on the site. Updated Web site content in Drupal, including press releases, awards, and other sections as needed. Wrote for corporate social media outlets and posted daily to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+. Led the corporate Social Media Group, which conducted social media assessments including analysis of competitor and client sites and use. Provided photography and video editing for articles on the Insider and social media. Provided writing, note-taking, reporting, voice-overs, and marketing communication support to project teams and resource centers as needed. Supervised and assisted Corporate Communications interns. Assisted with the JBS re-branding effort. Contributed to proposal development as needed.

North Bethesda, Md

Researched and wrote long-form, interview-based news articles and research summaries on topics related to runaway and homeless youth, teen pregnancy prevention, and youth work research. Contributing writer for the award-winning quarterly online publication, NCFY Reports, which focuses on a different theme in each issue. Past themes included LGBTQ issues, FYSB’s four RHY outcomes, and youth engagement, among a wide range of topics. Conducted interviews of young people, youth and family services professionals, and researchers and academics in the field from across the country. Wrote research summaries for the NCFY Library and posted them along with content pertaining to suggested related library searches on a monthly basis.

Wrote news and feature articles focusing on the education system in Loudoun County, Virginia. For the weekly print publication, wrote 5 to 10 articles per issue plus short news briefs. Worked on the entertainment section, large centerpiece stories, and articles for specific topical tabs on a rotating basis. Wrote stories for the Web site, managed a blog, took photos, produced video, and served as news anchor for a weekly online segment. Managed the newspaper’s Facebook and Twitter sites, updating and adding links to relevant content.

Covered the news in the Brooklyn Park and Pasadena areas of northern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Focused on schools, politics, crime, and everyday life stories. Worked successfully with daily deadlines and on long-running topics that spanned several months and involved a series of stories.

Brainstormed ideas for and wrote articles about transportation and Baltimore County, Maryland, for a daily news wire in Annapolis operated by the University of Maryland Philip Merrill School of Journalism. Wrote news articles and features distributed to 14 major publications across the State including The Baltimore Sun, The Annapolis Capital, and the regional Gazette papers. Covered committee meetings and other activities in the General Assembly focusing on transportation technology and other transportation-related news.

Wrote news and feature articles about a variety of topics focusing on Silver Spring and eastern Montgomery County, Maryland. Stories included coverage of the ongoing revitalization of downtown Silver Spring.

Wrote news and feature articles about Montgomery County and Rockville, Maryland, residents for this small, weekly paper with a circulation of about 10,000.

Worked with elementary school-age children with autism during the summer school program Social Opportunities and Relationships. Helped students remain engaged in school work and practice socialization during the summer using teamwork, playtime, reading, math, and field trips to provide opportunities for social interaction.

Covered local news and events for a small, weekly newspaper in Newark, Delaware. Wrote news and feature articles and gained experience working with other areas of journalism including editing and photography.

Master Of Arts, Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication