Mikala C. J. Email & Phone Number

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

I serve as lead editor and manager for DCG's internal editorial service. I edit a wide range of content across many teams supporting federal clients such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of State, USAID, and more. I manage a team of editors, edit proposals to earn new work, and support the workflow of editorial content.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

As the senior content creator on a team serving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), I wrote 80-100 articles per year featuring veteran/VA partner/health care provider interviews; implemented editorial strategy; and posted content to VA's main blog, VAntage Point, with articles earning up to 150,000 unique page.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

As part of a new contractor team supporting offices within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), I created unique style guides, editorial calendars, and workflow strategies; implemented editorial time frames/processes; and wrote several articles per month for both veteran and health care provider audiences.

I write features for publications such as The New York Times' Smarter Living newsletter, The Atlantic, Washington Post's The Lily, New York Magazine's The Cut, and more. Clips available upon request.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I worked with GPJ's reporters from pitch to publication to help produce unique local journalism from more than 26 countries. I helped develop the in-house style guide and managed the Sri Lanka news bureau.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Lead daily workshops in creative writing and essay writing for students ages 8 to 18. -Created curriculum and programming for the application-only Teen Seminar summer writing intensive. -Managed events such as Writopia Lab's annual Write-In for more than 50 writers.-Instructed in-school workshops offsite at schools like The SEED School in Wash., DC..

Rewire.news

I copy edited, fact-checked, proofread, and maintained style standards for Rewire's news pieces and was responsible for copy editing up to 10 stories per day; I wrote and worked on other editorial projects as needed.

Greater Philadelphia Area

In May 2013, I completed my second workshop at Mighty Writers as a volunteer instructor. In my first, "Middle School Memoirs," I guided 11- to 13-year-old students through the process of writing about their personal feelings and experiences. In my second, I worked with girls of the same age group in the workshop, "Girls Who Rule the World." In this.

I managed and edited the arts and culture section of the newspaper and a team of freelancers and interns, and reported on arts and culture stories regularly. I wrote several cover stories per year and won two Keystone awards for my reporting.

Greater Philadelphia Area

I wrote for, edited, and designed the Star community newsweekly [starnewsphilly.com/], which is published in two editions and delivered door-to-door every Wednesday to Philadelphia's River Wards neighborhoods: Northern Liberties, Fishtown, Kensington, Port Richmond and Bridesburg. For Star, I successfully executed the readers' choice contest, "Best of the.

Melville, NY

Reported on, wrote, or contributed to more than 50 Long Island news stories including breaking news, crime, politics, and arts and entertainment. Most notably, I was among the first to report on the high-profile and tragic murder of four employees at the Haven Drugs Pharmacy in Medford, New York.

Philadelphia, PA

Wrote weekly previews and reviews of Philly arts and entertainment, wrote blog reviews, interviewed business owners and members of the arts community, and maintained a fashion column, "Neighborhood Watch," on the paper's blog, "Critical Mass." I also updated event listings for live music and fashion events.

Wrote and researched posts for Tahmincioglu’s blog, CareerDiva.net, which has up to 20,000 readers monthly, as well as contributed to Tahmincioglu’s MSNBC.com posts.

Tutored an average of five students per week to help them develop writing skills. I assisted with issues of clarity, style, grammar, organization, MLA/APA format. I also assisted students of ENGL 416: "Designing Online Information" with course-specific writing concerns, mainly writing for the web.

Reported and wrote approximately 20 articles for the features (Life) section of Delaware's primary print news source. Most notably, I interviewed celebrity chef Paula Deen prior to her appearance at the Delaware State Fair.

I wrote advances for events in the tri-state area for TSN’s Out&About magazine in the Feburary and March 2008 issues. The magazine is distributed monthly to more than 500 locations throughout Wilmington.