I've successfully straddled two career lanes. I've spent 20 years as a professional writer, managing editor, and copy editor of critical, news, feature, technical, educational, promotional, and business writing. I spent twelve of those years as the Director of Publications for the International Communication Association, in which I particularly honed my skills as an editor.In addition, I am a freelance jazz journalist who has written for The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, JazzTimes, Down Beat, NPR, WAMU, Slate, The Village Voice, AV Club (D.C.), Bandcamp.com, and Jazz.com. I have also written a number of CD liner notes, and served as a board member of the Jazz Journalists Association, for whose website I still edit the monthly “Member News."Proficient in: APA, AP, Chicago, Vancouver literary styles; Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Dreamweaver; Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook; Google Docs; Thomson Reuters ScholarOne Manuscripts platform.