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Jersey City, Nj, Us

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St Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Managed several reporters to plan, coordinate, and write digital stories for three publications covering the automotive industry. This included approximately 30 stories each month that went from print to digital, and 10-15 digital news stories each day.• Wrote two lengthy topical features each month for two publications.• Read through approximately 30 stories for print versions of three magazines each month. Offered editorial suggestions and ways to make content more engaging in digital format. Edited for grammar, spelling, AP Style, and accuracy.• Coordinated with marketing specialist and graphic designer to manage three publications’ online presence and promote writers’ content.• Drastically increased web and social media traffic through planning and experimentation. Traffic on web doubled year over year and nearly tripled on social media.• Arranged, recorded, and edited podcasts for two publications. Downloads for those shows increased exponentially year over year.

St Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Wrote 10-12 stories each month for two magazines, including the feature articles, business strategies, and news regarding various issues affecting the automotive industry.• Edited stories of three monthly magazines for grammar, spelling, AP Style, and accuracy.• Workshopped stories with team of writers each month.• Wrote several daily news stories for three publications.

• Managed news department at three weekly newspapers.• Wrote two to three hard news, feature, or entertainment stories per publication.• Shot photographs or video for each story I wrote. • Increased web traffic to newspapers' websites and Facebook pages by utilizing videos and photo essays and establishing e-editions for each publication.• Designed engaging graphics and charts to relay news and tell stories.• Transformed opinion and entertainment pages’ content and aesthetics to reflect community values and engage readers.• Attended city council and local administrative meetings, becoming expert on local politics and serving as liaison between city government and public.

Champaign, Il, Us

• Wrote and edited features and news about various engineering colleges' achievements.• Facilitated communications between several engineering colleges and IT branch.• Redesigned Engineering IT website for web-friendly access and reading, making it more organized, informative, and representative of the department.• Wrote HTML and designed layout for several engineering colleges' websites.

Champaign, Illinois, Us

• Edited and wrote for two monthly magazines, Central Illinois Business and At Home.• Interviewed local businesses, restaurants, and homeowners to write unique, community-centric stories, with focus on portraying city's unique culture and personality.• Worked with designers to outline pages and determine layout of magazine.• Created and managed story schedules for a team of freelancers.