Sheryl Devore Email & Phone Number

Mundelein, IL, US

Writing stories and taking photographs and videos for Chicago and its suburbs, with a focus on community news, social issues health, arts and entertainment and nature. Articles and photographs regularly appear in the Chicago Tribune as well as suburban papers owned by the Tribune Company.

Chicago Tribune Company

Pitch and write news and investigative stories for the Lake County News-Sun and Chicago Tribune on the environment, health, social issues, education and arts and entertainment. News stories and photographs for the News-Sun often make front page. Each story comes with a series of photographs and video I take and upload to the Tribune's server. Serve as.

Illinois

I have written full-scale books on beginning bird watching, a guide to crystals and stones, CBD oil, gardens of the world, and castle and great houses.

Through my career in education and journalism, I have garnered the necessary 21st century communication skills needed to make a business or nonprofit successful. I can write, edit, design, and manage Web sites and social media, as well as teach others ways to improve their skills in those disciplines. Numerous first-place awards in marketing, journalism.

Chicago, Illinois

Worked with scientists, writers, photographers, designers and editors to produce quarterly ornithological journal for a nonprofit organization. Helped establish a grant program for PhD and graduate students -- managed their manuscripts to be submitted to the journal.Help in public relations and marketing endeavors.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Copy editing, writing and curating health, financial and real-estate stories for accuracy, grammar and style, focusing on nursing and special healthcare projects. Interviewing physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals and writing stories for Nurse.com as well as curating and writing white papers for financial services.

Grayslake, IL

Awards: 2013Best Newspaper Design -- First PlaceBest Spot News Story -- First PlaceBest Special Report -- First PlaceBest Feature Story -- Second PlaceWrite and edit stories, manage reporters and freelancers, manage website, twitter and facebook, take photos and videos. Promoted to Editor and now managing two newspapers, Lake County Journal and Gurnee.

I manage 10 Web sites for north suburban communities, taking and posting photos, writing stories, and engaging community officials and members to post events, stories and photos as well. This position requires many diverse skills and a desire to help and encourage others, as well as a knack for selling a product. Among the tasks required: analyzing.

Edited stories for accuracy; wrote news and feature stories pertaining to the environment and nature.

Awards 2009Best Donor Publication As senior writer at the Chicago Botanic Garden, I wrote and edited the member magazine as well as the visitor's guide, and other publications such as donor books, one of which recently won a Silver Trumpet Award. In addition, I contributed various pieces to the Web site including profiles of bird species seen at the Garden.

As Managing Editor for the Lifestyles section, I edited the Food, Home & Design, Health & Family, and North Suburban Focus pages. I also continue to write an award-winning column, Backyard Beat, as well as do other freelance work there.Over the years, I have won numerous awards including being named Suburban Journalist of the Year (in competition with.

This is a freelance position I held for at least six years, writing, editing and designing a quarterly newsletter for the Friends of Ryerson Woods, Lake County Forest Preserves. I worked with several different executive editors, Forest Preserves Staff and administrative staff as well as a printer to produce these newsletters.

For four or five years, I taught Journalist Writing Practice at Northwestern University's Continuing Studies department. My students gave me highly favorable comments on sealed evaluation forms. I have a degree in Education and really enjoy teaching. I continue to teach adult education courses at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Writing, Writing: Technical, Business, Feature And Scientific, 4.0 Out Of 4.0

Earned a degree in writing

Bachelor Of Science In Education, Education, Magna Cum Laude

Earned a degree in education

Writing, General