An Independent Educational Consultant specializing in writing and college admissions, I also work with emerging writers - defining goals, formulating strategy, focusing content, clarifying voice, editing words. I've been writing stories since the moment I first wrapped my fingers around a no. 2 pencil. Many of them have found their way onto the printed page or a television screen or, fantastically, into the mouths of strangers. Count me as a happy denizen of the world according to Muriel Rukeyser: "The universe is made of stories, not atoms."

* Managed the newsroom day to day - logistics, strategy, personnel, content, and resources, combining a robust multi-platform web and social media strategy with our on-air product for a fully integrated approach to audience engagement and news content development and distribution * Developed and mentored multimedia journalists, most of whom came to us directly out of college/university* Hired and managed news production personnel, designed and implemented our news internship program * Represented our station and the wider Michiana community of journalists on local and regional committees mediating common ground between news media and the institutions that we cover

Taught writing and English literature

* Developed and implemented strategies designed to position our station in our market as a proactive community leader and to reinforce our branding* Designed and managed collaborative cross-departmental projects to accomplish the goals of those strategies, including the development and production of prime-time programming - documentaries, which I produced and anchored, and nearly all of which received multiple state, regional, and national recognition* Cultivated and nurtured critical relationships between the station and community leaders

Taught writing and history

Taught expository and essay writing