Steven Shaw Email & Phone Number

East Islip, NY, US

Running the day-to-day operations of the fire industry's most-trusted website.

Write, edit, and proof for both the print and Web versions of Firehouse Magazine.

Companies served: Cygnus Business Media - Firehouse Magazine, Wide-Format Imaging, Studio Photography, Kitchen & Bath Design News; Primedia - Soap Opera Digest; Lloyd Staffing - Bookspan, American Institute of Physics, Curran & Connors, Inc., Publishers Clearing HouseGeneral responsibilities: Duties at Cygnus ranged from writing freelance feature articles.

General responsibilities: Copy edited all sections of weekly publication. Wrote headlines, decks, captions, etc. In charge of processing all art work through the art department. Copy chief of special Top 50 Distributors issue, working with section editor and art director. Wrote and edited table of contents page. Read final page proofs. Worked on Macintosh.

Editor in chief: Studio Photography and DesignEditor in chief: The Commercial ImageTransitional Editor: Sporting Goods DealerEditor: Industrial Photography

General responsibilities: Edited regional copy of 31 consumer magazines, which were distributed nationwide (six million circulation). Responsibilities included heavy editing and rewriting - from raw manuscript to final blues. Assisted in developing topics for seasonal coverage.