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I am an award-winning writer, editor, and faculty with more than 15 years in print and digital content creation. In addition to writing thought leadership pieces for the C-suite at the world's leading organizations, I am Senior Editor at The Car Connection, the flagship of Internet Brands Automotive vertical. As Senior Journalist managing the automotive section at the Chicago Tribune, I led annual double-digit growth in digital traffic, as well as proven growth in social media and print.¶ Bylines in the New York Times, Forbes.com, Motor Authority, Green Car Reports, Cars.com, US News & World Report. ¶ Senior journalist, digital content creator, print source editor, photo editor, video producer, social media manager for Chicago Tribune’s Autos section with content available to nine national news markets and hundreds of wire clients. ¶ Syndicated automotive columnist in Chicago Tribune and Tribune Publishing properties; my byline has appeared in more than 100 newspapers print or online, from the Detroit Free Press to the Pocono Record, according to Muckrack.¶ Online content generates 600,000 page views monthly, 275k uniques at www.chicagotribune.com/cars.¶ Traffic increased 20% on average year-over-year since 2014, representing robust double-digit annual growth despite tightening of paywalls and industry-wide declines. ¶ Autos Editor in charge of a stable of freelancers to help produce a dozen online pieces weekly and four print stories for our wire.¶ Social Media Manager responsible for Facebook, Twitter and other channels with 600 percent increase in followers since taking over in 2013.¶ Shot photo and video using GoPro, iPhone, Videolicious, and iMovie. ¶ Vice President, Midwest Automotive Media AssocationSKILLSMicrosoft Office, Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Analytics, Omniture.Wordpress, Wix, P2P, Newsgate, Snap.Slack, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

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