Rhonda Van Pelt Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Collaborating with other editors to polish stories about southern Colorado cities and communities, and being part of the team telling the stories.

Editing printed materials for various entities and fiction and nonfiction books for various authors.

Interviewing alumni and leaders, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, the chair of the board of trustees and the incoming president, for the CC Alumni Bulletin.

Supervise text, photography and design of the Alumni Bulletin. Shepherd freelance writers, interact with co-editors, CC faculty and staff, and lead meetings.

Manitou Springs, Colorado, United States

I write investigative news and feature stories, edit all press releases and copy from freelancers, supervise from four to seven freelance writers and photographers, mentor high school journalism students, take photos as needed, attend community meetings and other events, handle social media and update our website.

218 W. Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs

I help publicize art exhibits through online outlets and social media.

I compile information about upcoming events via online listings and personal contacts, select photos and write informative, entertaining blurbs about the events.

Millibo Art Theatre

Handle publicity through local media and social media for this annual event.

I interview people and write about their activities. I focus on creative and performing arts, but I also write about other topics for the newspaper's special editions and about nonprofits for the Give! campaign.

Colorado Springs And Manitou Springs

Working with artists to showcase their art; planning and publicizing events; graphic design and social media activities.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Publicizing and helping to organize art exhibit that will raised funds for breast cancer research.

Manitou Springs

Writing/photographing/posting for social media to publicize events, activities and businesses in Manitou Springs; website maintenance; and customer service. I was laid off due to economic difficulties.

Manitou Springs, Co

Spreading the word about this great place! I work with the staff and board to write press releases for local news outlets and write and design the email blast.

Writing about the art community of the Pikes Peak region for Examiner.com, a network of local experts throughout North America. This entails: contacting organizations, schools, galleries and individuals for information about their activities; interviewing and photographing local artists and others involved in the community; and publicizing my site through various marketing techniques.

Writing headlines, cutlines and capsules for sports, metro, business and features departments; trimming stories and verifying facts; correcting spelling and grammar; selecting wire stories; assisting with page design; and writing book reviews.

Using Macintosh hardware and software including PageMaker 5.0, Microsoft Word 5.0, OmniPage Professional, Aldus Typetwister and Photoshop 2.5; scanning photographs and line art; and assisting customers on self-serve Macintosh and IBM- compatible computers.

news, feature and column writerChecking copy for errors; assigning articles to reporters; writing two to three pieces per week; and assisting with page layout for weekly newspaper.

Certificate, Web Site Development

Website development

Bachelor'S, Bs In Mass Communications

Activities and Societies: Associated Women Artists, Prairie Art Group, Women in Art, Society of Professional Journalists