Marti A. Moore Email & Phone Number

I don't wait for the press release to tell me what to write. I hit the pavement and explore the community-at-large. Residents tell me what they want to know and I gather intel to deliver them news they can use. Best part is meeting ordinary people unaware of the extraordinary things they do as they try to improve the quality of life of others in their own neighborhoods — or across the world. A great example is a World War II veteran who speaks to school children. He may be… Show more I don't wait for the press release to tell me what to write. I hit the pavement and explore the community-at-large. Residents tell me what they want to know and I gather intel to deliver them news they can use. Best part is meeting ordinary people unaware of the extraordinary things they do as they try to improve the quality of life of others in their own neighborhoods — or across the world. A great example is a World War II veteran who speaks to school children. He may be in his 90s but this kid from Philadelphia is young at heart and loves to make people smile! "I never forget what I remember," he quips in a style like baseball legend Yogi Berra — who my sailor claimed he met several decades ago at a dinner party.Read about Sigmond the Sailor Man in "Freedom isn't free for 92-year-old veteran" on Page 4 athttp://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2017/112217/Chantilly.pdfAnd "Restaurant marks 100 years since Armistice" on Page 8 at http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2018/nov/17/chantilly-restaurant-marks-100-years-armistice/My favorite cover story was about a Northern Virginia resident who loved Christmas so much he had a beyond brilliant holiday light display. It was so dazzling, motorists traveling down a nearby parkway could see the beacon through the neighborhood's tree line. A policeman said during his evening patrols, he watched passing vehicles make U-turns to check out the source of Christmas delight. The homeowner posted a banner on his lawn asking passersby to donate money to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.See "Black Friday is Bright at Night in Reston" on pages 8 and 9 of The Reston Connection athttp://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2017/121317/Reston.pdf Show less

Northern Virginia

Published articles:BUSINESSMy situational awareness about a small town in Western Fairfax County helped me successfully pitch a story about a former First Lady the day after she died. “How Nancy Reagan put Clifton on the map” is on pages 3 and 7 of the March 10, 2016, Fairfax Station/ Clifton/ Lorton Connection at http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2016/030916/Lorton.pdf This hyperlink offers readers different photos that capture the charm and personality of this restaurant… Show more Published articles:BUSINESSMy situational awareness about a small town in Western Fairfax County helped me successfully pitch a story about a former First Lady the day after she died. “How Nancy Reagan put Clifton on the map” is on pages 3 and 7 of the March 10, 2016, Fairfax Station/ Clifton/ Lorton Connection at http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2016/030916/Lorton.pdf This hyperlink offers readers different photos that capture the charm and personality of this restaurant in a picturesque town —http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2016/mar/10/how- nancy-reagan-put-clifton-map/ENTERTAINMENTI have written for most sections, including sports and entertainment — both of which allow me to flex my wordsmith muscles. Read my cover story preview of “Into the Woods” by a local high school drama club on Page 8 of the April 28, 2016, Burke Connection —http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2016/042716/Burke.pdfhttp://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2016/apr/28/burke-robinson-drama-presents-woods/ Show less

Northern Virginia

Published articles:HUMANITARIAN RELIEFHow some Northern Virginians helped survivors of 10 natural disasters in five short weeks at the end of summer 2017:The United Methodist Committee on Relief responds globally to victims of natural disasters. In the United States, UMCOR operates supply depots, affiliate warehouses, and distribution points in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Regularly, churches nationwide provide UMCOR with… Show more Published articles:HUMANITARIAN RELIEFHow some Northern Virginians helped survivors of 10 natural disasters in five short weeks at the end of summer 2017:The United Methodist Committee on Relief responds globally to victims of natural disasters. In the United States, UMCOR operates supply depots, affiliate warehouses, and distribution points in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Regularly, churches nationwide provide UMCOR with humanitarian supplies ready to move to Ground Zero when disaster strikes. See how one congregation participates in “United Methodists Put Faith in Action: Busy hands in Fairfax try to alleviate human suffering on Outreach Sunday" on pages 12 and 15 of the Sept. 28, 2017, Fairfax Connection.http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2017/092717/Fairfax.pdfAfter surviving Category 5 storm Hurricane Irma in early September 2017, Puerto Rico received a direct hit two weeks later from Category 4 Hurricane Maria. Of course, people can donate cash to the American Red Cross and other disaster relief organizations poised to help immediately in the disaster zone. However, Northern Virginians prefer to roll up their sleeves, give what they have, go buy relief supplies, and deliver them personally to collection sites, which I could not find online. Many area Catholic churches did not have one. One local church pointed me to the storm recovery effort of a private business in Chantilly, Va. “United for Puerto Rico: Area Residents Join Storm Recovery Cause” is a cover story on pages 3 and 4 of the Oct. 12, 2017, Burke Connection. It showed how a local video production company mobilized as the storm approached and helped distraught residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia send relief supplies to their families in Puerto Rico.http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2017/101117/Burke.pdf Show less

SOCIAL JUSTICEMy late editor — Kemal Kurspahic — witnessed his country collapse in the 1990s while covering the Bosnian War for his newspaper in Sarajevo and other publications around the world. He was a guest speaker at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., where he met a lady who recounted her World War II experience as a prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. In “Holocaust survivor speaks at Woodson High” on Page 3 of the April 15, 2016, Fairfax… Show more SOCIAL JUSTICEMy late editor — Kemal Kurspahic — witnessed his country collapse in the 1990s while covering the Bosnian War for his newspaper in Sarajevo and other publications around the world. He was a guest speaker at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., where he met a lady who recounted her World War II experience as a prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. In “Holocaust survivor speaks at Woodson High” on Page 3 of the April 15, 2016, Fairfax Connection, I watched this Northern Virginia resident tell 10th-grade students about the horrors of genocide she witnessed as a teenager — http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2016/041316/Fairfax.pdfOn what would have been the 18th birthday of a high school student fatally shot Valentine's Day 2018 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., his grieving parents, angry teenagers, and other activists protested gun violence in Fairfax, Va., at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association:“Youth-led protest at NRA draws hundreds: Expertise plus traction equals movement for change" is on Page 6 of The Connection Newspapers Aug. 8, 2018, Burke and Fairfax editions —http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2018/080818/Fairfax.pdfVETERANS"Barn sale raises funds for national veterans cause” shows how daughters of our nation's warriors helped provide comfort for families of troops who received medical care at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Page 12 of the Fairfax Station/Lorton/Clifton Connection — http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2016/110916/Lorton.pdf Show less

Wrote copy and designed post cards promoting events sponsored by the Town of Clifton Committee on Historic Preservation.Created promotional material — such as advertisements, post cards and coupons — for small businesses in Clifton, Va., which saved the merchants thousands of dollars in retainer fees most public relations firms charge to promote their brands.Helped create and launch a special interest newsletter in Washington, D.C.

Rockville, Md.

Full-time editorial assistant with a staff writer byline at a daily newspaper in Rockville, Md.Compiled announcements for a weekly government calendar my editors asked me to create during my second week on the job. City of Rockville staffers brought their Sister Cities International guests from Pinneburg, Germany, to our newsroom for copies of my calendar to show how sunshine laws and government transparency work in the United States.Pitched story ideas. Followed through with… Show more Full-time editorial assistant with a staff writer byline at a daily newspaper in Rockville, Md.Compiled announcements for a weekly government calendar my editors asked me to create during my second week on the job. City of Rockville staffers brought their Sister Cities International guests from Pinneburg, Germany, to our newsroom for copies of my calendar to show how sunshine laws and government transparency work in the United States.Pitched story ideas. Followed through with articles for both news and sports sections. Wrote briefs and two columns a week. Helped with annual election night coverage. Also wrote briefs and feature stories for special sections — such as a monthly tab for seniors and the annual community guide.Worked for the sports department during staffing emergencies. Wrote sports briefs about local athletes and scooped The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Montgomery Gazette with an October 2000 sports preview of the first marathon run in Montgomery County, Md.Digitally processed photographs and wrote captions for my weekly neighborhood column, which oftentimes filled an entire broadsheet.Write and edit according to guidelines of The Associated Press Stylebook. Show less

Charleston, S.C.

Drummed-up business for a new graphic design boutique in historic Charleston at 57 Broad St. Generated business leads. Sold our services to clients in need of new corporate identity, from logos to annual reports.Worked for a graphic designer who specialized in Swiss style, an aesthetic created and developed by European artists in the first half of the 20th century. She was a huge fan of April Greiman — one of the first American designers to use a computer as a commercial art tool… Show more Drummed-up business for a new graphic design boutique in historic Charleston at 57 Broad St. Generated business leads. Sold our services to clients in need of new corporate identity, from logos to annual reports.Worked for a graphic designer who specialized in Swiss style, an aesthetic created and developed by European artists in the first half of the 20th century. She was a huge fan of April Greiman — one of the first American designers to use a computer as a commercial art tool. A drafting table topped with art pens and X-acto knives collected dust in a back room of her Downtown Charleston office while Sally Heineman created slick business cards, letterheads, direct mail pieces, brochures, rack cards, special event posters, and print advertisements using QuarkXPress software for the Macintosh computer. Her portfolio alone was a work of modern art when she launched Heineman Design in 1992. I marketed it to as many local, regional, and national businesses as possible. We added value to projects by providing clients with high-quality work at a lower cost than Madison Avenue advertising agencies.We also volunteered for the public relations committee of the Preservation Society of Charleston.Heineman was a master of creating design elements called silhouettes — a technique that requires an artist or photographer to use a mouse with the steady precision of a surgeon to cut an image from its background. It helped break up content in a local mail-order catalog updated by Heineman Design. The use of clip art was against my boss's religion. She worked with local photographers and artists to create original pictures for projects, such as a brochure for a rehabilitation center once housed at the historic Fenwick Hall Plantation. I drew simple illustrations for one or two emergency projects requiring a fast turnaround.Well-versed in print industry jargon. Identified the full scope of each project and bid them out to area commercial print companies. Show less

Charleston, S.C.

Advertising and business manager of The Cougar Pause, the student-run newspaper at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.Generated top advertisement sales of $33,000 for a biweekly broadsheet. Supervised staff recruitment, training, public relations and sales of a department worth $68,000. Maintained national clients — such as AT&T and Apple Computers Inc. my predecessor scored for our publication and left in my capable hands. Updated business policies to accommodate… Show more Advertising and business manager of The Cougar Pause, the student-run newspaper at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.Generated top advertisement sales of $33,000 for a biweekly broadsheet. Supervised staff recruitment, training, public relations and sales of a department worth $68,000. Maintained national clients — such as AT&T and Apple Computers Inc. my predecessor scored for our publication and left in my capable hands. Updated business policies to accommodate a fast-growing enterprise, which only earned $10,000 in annual sales two years earlier. Supervised the ad layout for each edition. This student-run newspaper received a national first-place achievement from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. As an advertising and sales representative, I conducted my own market research, generated sales leads, and contacted marketing agents at local, regional and national companies. I helped my first client save money by advertising in six consecutive issues. Helped other local businesses coordinate their long-term ad campaigns. Designed advertisements for clients. Launched the newspaper’s subscriptions department. The surge in ad revenue purchased new computers for the newsroom, increased pay stipends for hard-working reporters and provided job training opportunities for staffers at college journalism conferences nationwide. Show less

Charleston, S.C.

Copy editor of The Cougar Pause, the student-run newspaper at the College of Charleston. Processed stories written by reporters, press releases, and news wire reports. Edited copy for style, grammatical and libel errors according to AP Style guidelines. Helped with newspaper layout.Staff writer who wrote articles for news, entertainment and sports sections. Also reviewed Charleston restaurants with a Johnson and Wales culinary school graduate, who worked as a sous chef for a… Show more Copy editor of The Cougar Pause, the student-run newspaper at the College of Charleston. Processed stories written by reporters, press releases, and news wire reports. Edited copy for style, grammatical and libel errors according to AP Style guidelines. Helped with newspaper layout.Staff writer who wrote articles for news, entertainment and sports sections. Also reviewed Charleston restaurants with a Johnson and Wales culinary school graduate, who worked as a sous chef for a top-rated restaurant in the historic district. Introduced the College of Charleston to its new crew team through a sports feature I wrote. Show less