Lee Lerner Email & Phone Number

Lake Mary, Fl, Us

Lake Mary, Fl

Editor for “Professional Lines Insurance: An Oral History,” and “D&O 101,” insurance books. My editing on specific sections of these books included rewrites, fact-checking and general copy editing. “D&O 101” earned a glowing review from magnate Warren Buffett. Separately, I have written numerous profiles for business newsletters and websites, and I have created news releases and rewritten content for the rebranding of a travel-services site.

Lake Mary, Fl

Creator, editor and writer for SunnyDayNews.com, an innovative, storytelling site that amplifies the profiles of individuals and businesses in news-feature stories ideal for sharing on social media. View samples of my writing at www.sunnydaynews.com/news-stories.The stories and photos on Sunny Day News promote achievements that would otherwise be overlooked by traditional media. It's “personal public relations.”What's your story? If you have good news to tell – a wedding, your kid's graduation, your spouse ran a marathon or won a professional award – let us write it and publish it on SunnyDayNews.com. Then, we'll help you share it with everyone in your social networks.Why wait? Your story won't write itself.

Telecommute

Used detailed editorial criteria to evaluate social-media content to support measurement of search relevance. This is a telecommuting role under an independent-consultant contract with Appen, a global leader in search technology services.

Irvine, Ca & Lake Mary, Fl

Managed partner relations, editorial projects and training initiatives. Directed and edited news, lifestyle, business and sports content shared among Freedom’s 40-plus websites, daily newspapers and TV stations.• Exceeded readership, revenue and site-traffic goals while coordinating Freedom online and print editorial projects.• Built internal content platform (partnering with Publish2.com) that distributed Freedom’s branded news service.• Developed revenue-producing partnerships with national media groups (AP, MCT, King Features, Creators Syndicate).• Director of Freedom’s Center of Community Journalism Excellence, improving the quality of the group’s editorial content.

Santa Ana, Ca

Directed schedule and flow of shared content on Freedom Wire Service. Edited and rewrote daily news and features copy, working from The Orange County (CA) Register newsroom. Served as companywide editorial liaison. • Collaborated with American Press Institute and Poynter to train journalists, especially in online journalism and social media.• Supplied four feature centerpieces per week, using Quark XPress and Adobe Suite design tools, for use in print or online.• Main contact for Freedom’s shared Sept. 11 sections and its Olympic and NASCAR preview sections.• Recruited a diverse stable of free, quality columnists suitable for use in any Freedom publication.

Santa Ana, Ca

Managed night sports desk of 350,000-circulation metro daily newspaper in Los Angeles area. Amid a frenetic nightly environment, supervised staff of 12 editors and more than 25 writers on strict deadlines, with an unrelenting quest for accuracy and compelling stories. Also, responsible for scheduling, performance reviews.• Served similar duties as Sports Copy Desk Chief before promotion to Assistant Sports Editor.

Santa Ana, Ca

Worked on copy desk of 350,000-circulation daily newspaper in Los Angeles area, collaborating with 10-12 editors and more than 25 reporters, photographers and graphic artists on strict deadlines, with an unrelenting quest for accuracy.

Orlando, Florida Area

On hourly deadlines, edited news and lifestyle stories transmitted to 5 million viewers worldwide.• Weekly Sports Columnist for nationally syndicated TMS newspaper service.