I am driven by making sure people know what they need to know so they may make informed decisions. To date, that's been serving newspaper readers, but the same skills translate to any industry.This is where being nosy but kind and asking good questions pays off. I've revealed to readers child sex trafficking in Southern Illinois and shared detailed stories about important events in regular people's lives. I've covered a Major Case investigation and chatted up a nationally syndicated comic artist. Wonder what I get to do next?Back when I was an editor, my specialties were improving readability and finessing rough patches. I've edited and designed at four midsize dailies, championed special sections at a legal weekly and was production editor for medical textbooks (ask me about lab mice!). My writing experience was then done behind the scenes. The headlines that drew you into stories? I wrote those. The photo captions that helped the picture tell more than a thousand words? Mine again. But I've also written policy and summaries (which are much easier than getting information and nuance into a five-word headline).I'm passionate about communications because I'm always learning, and getting to share what I learn. It's a great gig.Specialties: Critical thinking, editing, writing