Laura Silver Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Diverse projects have included the editing of exhibition catalogues (including Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists), educational materials, gallery text and labels, press releases, special-events mailings, and other museum ephemera.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Recent projects for Minnesota Magazine, award-winning publication of the University of Minnesota alumni association, include a profile of UMN regents law professor and U.N. special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, and a review of Mary Relindes Ellis's novel "Bohemian Flats" and Jack Zipes's "The Complete Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm." I've.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Freelance writer for University of Minnesota teaching museum. Write articles for WAM News, edit gallery panels and exhibition catalogue.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Edit and proofread exhibition catalogues, including the award-winning "Pacita Abad," education materials, and other collateral for the Walker, a multidisciplinary contemporary art center and one of the most visited art museums in the United States.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managing editor for award-winning monthly print and online film-industry magazine now in its ninety-third year. Responsible for editorial planning, compiling and writing regular "Exhibition Briefs" column, working with on-staff and freelance writers, copy editing all editorial content, and proofreading layouts in the online proofing portal InSite.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Award-winning writer and editor. I work with large corporations, small start-ups, nonprofits, print and e-publishers, universities, and independent authors on projects ranging from manuscript evaluations to in-depth profile pieces to proofreading. Please see my current and recent clients, below.

Developed local and national P.R. plan for bread cookbook and its two sequels (Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day and Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day), earning placements in Mpls. St. Paul magazine, The New York Times, The Associated Press, and numerous regional publications, TV stations, and blogs. Initial print run 5,000 copies.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Editor and proofreader for updated editions of "First-Year Baby Care" and "Giving Birth with Confidence: The Official Lamaze Guide," both distributed by Simon and Schuster.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Wrote a series of articles for premiere issue of "Catholic Schools Center of Excellence" magazine, including student and teacher profiles and articles on recent grants and funding. CSCOE is a new nonprofit foundation, unaffiliated with the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul, whose mission is to help Catholic elementary schools achieve and maintain.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Developed media plans for three productions: Ariadne auf Naxos, The Magic Flute, and Rusalka.-Crafted press releases and media pitches, followed up with media contacts, facilitated interviews and other media opportunities.-Results included numerous placements in print, online, radio, and TV.

Greater New York City Area

Line editor, copy editor and final read-through editor of fiction manuscripts for Kirkus Media (New York), which provides editorial services for Amazon Publishing. I've copy edited a selection of novels -- ranging from historical fiction to crime/mystery to romance to family drama -- for the Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer, and AmazonCrossing imprints.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Writer for American Craft magazine and copywriter for feature-length profiles and promotional copy for multi-city craft show directories.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Write and edit Web copy, press releases, and other marketing content; develop and implement P.R. plan for start-up health care company;

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Copy editor for cookbooks including "Bread by Mother Earth News," "Beyond Canning" by Autumn Giles, and "Infusing Flavors" by Erin Coopey.

Edina, Minnesota

Manuscript editor for small, award-winning mentoring press.

St. Paul, Minnesota

Copy editor for "Stolen from the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piper."​ Proofreader for Minnesota Book Award-nominee "Soda Shop Salvation: Recipes and Stories from the Sweeter Side of Prohibition,"​ and "Toys of the 50s, 60s, and 70s."

Deerfield, Illinois

Created copy for new consumer brochures for disease management company. Topics included congestive heart failure, diabetes, cancer, mental health, asthma, hypertension, back and neck pain.

Researched and wrote -- for a lay audience -- descriptive copy about health care services (diagnoses, procedures, laboratories, and radiology) included in processes of care for Carol, Inc., a consumer comparison-shopping website.

-Developed public relations strategies, including the development and implementation of an annual public relations plan. -Served as primary liaison to the media. Significantly increased media exposure resulting in a dramatic increase in ticket sales. -Wrote and targeted press-release mailings and monthly story idea/tip sheet (OperaExtra), supervised.

Coordinated interviews and TV shoots, and wrote articles for placements. Wrote press releases. Produced Info Scan, a monthly press-release newsletter. Followed up on media calls. Worked with reporter for TIME magazine article. Communications: Responsible for physician communications, including three newsletters. Wrote speeches, memos for CEO, medical.

Planned editorial content. Assigned, edited, wrote and proofread articles. Reviewed artists' and writers' submissions.Initiated "Legacies" column and magazine's excerption policy.Promoted from associate editor.

Greater New York City Area

Directed, propped and styled photography shoots.Covered home furnishings markets.Scouted locations and products for photography.

Assigned and edited articles; wrote titles and blurbs.Wrote and edited articles for special sections.Evaluated assigned manuscripts, unsolicited manuscripts and books.Wrote all copy for monthly home decorating features. Prepared back-of-book credit information.