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Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

I lead internal and external communication for this investment company, which is acquiring regional and niche trucking businesses.My work on the external side includes writing: * Press releases; * Blogs; * Social media posts.Internally, I write: * Bios for executives and board members; * Credit memos, which we provide to prospective lenders to help land.

Dallas-Fort Worth Area

My news stories have run in the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express-News.I have done copywriting and content marketing for brand names such as CA Technologies (now part of Broadcom), Fannie Mae, Prudential, Southern Methodist University and Eni S.p.A. (NYSE: E). * This includes writing a column on software testing for a website.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Set up lunch events and managed communication to market them, including email, social media posts and the newsletter.The International Association of Business Communicators is a volunteer trade group for people in jobs such as public relations and marketing.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

While producing award winning journalism, I created the "Book of Money," a yearly guide to sources of business capital. * It covered everything from angels and banks to private equity and venture capital. * This special section brought in annual revenue of $30,000 plus. * It also won an award. * I was named "Employee of the Year" in part because of my work.

Louisiana

The director of a nonprofit resigned after I did a story on the organization’s finances.This was part of my work covering health and general-assignment topics at this mid-sized daily newspaper.Did several projects and also covered breaking news on tight deadlines.

Upstate New York

I played key roles in the newspaper's investigations into matters such as a school district's finances.A colleague and I received an award for a package about poverty in the Plattsburgh area.Served as a one-man business desk for this daily newspaper on the Adirondack Coast.Plattsburgh is a town of roughly 20,000 people just south of the Canadian border. It.

San Francisco Bay Area

Did legal research and writing in support of this law firm’s work in everything from contract disputes to personal injury and divorce.Managed 50-plus cases at a time. For personal injury cases, I was responsible for keeping clients’ cases moving by helping monitor where clients’ recoveries from injuries stood. I collected evidence such as medical records.

San Francisco Bay Area

Interviewed musician Frank Zappa for an article for this progressive political magazine. (See “Publications” below for a link.)I also interviewed people for other writers’ articles. For instance, I talked to several authors of novels and the heads of various state political parties.I read unsolicited manuscripts and, where warranted, recommended to editors.

Taipei, Taiwan

Worked with advanced students of English in this Southeast Asian country to help pay for my summertime stay on break from the University of California, Berkeley.I was an extra in a Chinese martial-arts comedy filmed on this island nation.I can still say, in Mandarin Chinese, "I don't have any money."

Certification, Ai For Writing And Marketing

Using AI models and services such as ChatGPT to improve and promote written work. This ranges from doing grammar checks to creating social.

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science