Will Christensen Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Copy-edit and fact-check for University of Illinois Alumni Association, Illinois Alumni magazine.
• Copy-edit and fact-check for LendingTree.com family of sites.
• Performed quality-assurance reading of Subaru dealership reports for DCI Artforms.
• Proofed prepress version of Packing for Retirement, James L. Flanagan, Gatekeeper Press, 2018.
• Produced executive bios for an Austin, Texas, health-care marketer and website thought leadership for a Franklin Park, Illinois, histology-equipment repair company.

• Develop editorial lineup and schedule for monthly B2B magazine.
• Edit copy, proofread and input articles into content management system.
• Lead feature and news writer for magazine and website.
• Identify, assign and edit stories from up to six freelance writers per issue.

Deerfield, IL

• Oversaw editorial direction, including content and copy editing, of up to 11 features and six departments at bimonthly national consumer magazine.
• Oversaw all daily news for web, including reporting and posting.
• Supervised up to four senior editors, a copy editor and freelance personal-finance authors.
• Maintained editorial calendar.
• Hired authors, negotiated terms, directed edits and re-reported and rewrote copy as needed.
• Interviewed and assisted in hiring senior editors and copy editors.

• Edited copy for AM News without a drop in quality during prolonged staff absences.
• Became most published author per issue at Chicago Home & Garden.
• Produced baseball game reports covering Columbus Clippers home games with the fewest corrections of any scorekeeper for The International League.
• Published article in The Fenway Project, Rounder Books, 2004.
• Created and published BaseballTruth.com, a weekly blog of original baseball writing.

Columbus, OH

• Assisted with planning and implementing a redesigned Monday business tab at 280,000-circulation metropolitan daily, including cover and center spread, with new focus on small-business and workplace issues.
• Produced weekly layouts for Monday tab and Saturday Wheels auto section.
• Managed and provided content editing of two freelance Business columnists.
• Edited daily copy and produced daily layouts and stock pages on deadline.
• Named The Dispatch’s outstanding news headline writer, 2003.
• Solidified Carried Away restaurant-review feature for Food section.

Flint, MI

• Planned and produced sports section at the 110,000-circulation urban daily, on deadline.
• Directed staff of up to 10 reporters and copy editors on Friday nights.
• Oversaw introduction of two zoned Metro sections for Fenton and Lapeer areas before moving to sports.

Arlington Heights, IL

• Oversaw revisions of up to 18 zoned editions for regional news, alerting staff of errors in prepress.
• Met multiple nightly deadlines for the 80,000-circulation suburban daily.
• Edited daily local and wire copy.

New Buffalo, MI

• Ran editorial department of 9,000-circulation weekly.
• Directed staff of up to six freelance correspondents.
• Reported on local news and sports.
• Started newspaper’s editorial page.
• Assisted with copy editing and reporting for parent daily Michigan City News-Dispatch as needed.

Msj, Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts, English