Experience writing news, editorial, technical documents and reference materials, marketing and public and media relations, and publications editor, newsletter production and corporate communications as well as more than 20 years as a hands-on journalist writing on deadline.

Journalist for a two-edition daily newspaper in Decatur, Ala. Duties included covering breaking news on deadline and writing in-depth feature and investigative articles.Opinion writer for Alabama Media Group/Huntsville Times and Al.Com

Editor of the Marshall Star newspaper, Center Historian as well as established cooperative working relationships with local, regional, national and international media organizations. Organized and coordinated print and broadcast media interviews with NASA experts. Position also included the research, writing and directing of media campaigns, producing specialized documents and coordinating photographs and Web content for diverse NASA programs. Specialties were: Space Shuttle Main Engine; Solid… Show more Editor of the Marshall Star newspaper, Center Historian as well as established cooperative working relationships with local, regional, national and international media organizations. Organized and coordinated print and broadcast media interviews with NASA experts. Position also included the research, writing and directing of media campaigns, producing specialized documents and coordinating photographs and Web content for diverse NASA programs. Specialties were: Space Shuttle Main Engine; Solid Rocket Boosters; External Tank; Space Shuttle and International Space Station experiments; human spaceflight life-support systems; construction and operation of large telescope and astronomy mirror technology; education programs; brochures; B-roll video; briefings; white papers; fact sheets; and orientation materials. Show less

Consultant specializing in United States military history for the preservation, interpretation and mitigation of historic sites under Department of Interior guidelines. Work was performed for various city and state governments, as well as Civil War national battlefield parks through the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (now The Civil War Preservation Trust) of Fredericksburg, Va.

Responsibilities included the writing, editing and reviewing of proposals and contracts for integrated mapping systems sold to various state, national, and foreign governments.