PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYTech-savvy and versatile editor with experience writing, editing, web production and page design for award-winning online and print publications. Highly skilled and detail-oriented with extensive experience producing top-quality work under stringent deadlines. Strong organizational and communication skills, and adept at creating compelling content for target audiences.ACCOMPLISHMENTS •As assistant managing editor/night editor for MarketWatch, responsible for populating homepage in afternoons and evenings, using news judgment and analytics tools to maximize trending stories and deliver timely, compelling content to a global audience.• Serves as primary editor on breaking news stories, particularly earnings and after-hours developments, with an eye toward accuracy, readability and SEO-friendliness.• Monitors breaking news, and seeks out and writes developing news – from markets to tech to national news to sports – and buzzy stories on trending topics. Also writes a monthly personal finance/entertainment column focusing on what streaming services are worth watching. •Maintained and created multimedia content for the Bay Area News Group online news sites, including MercuryNews.com, InsideBayArea.com, ContraCostaTimes.com and SiliconValley.com. Specialties included writing headlines maximized for SEO, creating slideshows and photo galleries, writing blog posts for SiliconBeat.com and editing articles, and spearheaded social media efforts.•Played integral role in every aspect of production for The Press Democrat, a New York Times Co. newspaper: selecting top stories and photos, designing pages, content and copy editing, writing headlines, coordinating offsite printing and clarifying editorial vision in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.• Flexible and able to learn on the fly, a team player and strong collaborator in the newsroom, yet also self-motivated and independent enough to thrive in a remote work environment, and has been a recipient of peer-nominated awards for excellence at past three workplaces.•Proven expertise in editing for both content and style (AP and local) under tight deadlines.•Skilled writer and researcher who can develop accurate, concise and compelling content.•Experience maximizing online presence and keeping homepage fresh with breaking news while focusing on immediacy and accuracy.SPECIALTIESCopy editing to adhere to AP and local style, content editing to clarify editorial vision, superior news judgment, ability to multitask, extensive experience working under tight deadlines.
Listed skills include Copy Editing, Newspapers, Editorial, Storytelling, and 31 others.
