Work Experience

    Writer
    Specializing in health care coverage, film, business, disaster readiness, crisis management
    and government stories. Currently finishing a memoir; freelance stories continue to appear
    in the Southeast Missourian and the Holland Sentinel.

    Staff writer
    The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
    July, 2007 to May, 2009
    - Write six dailies weekly, one centerpiece a week, breaking news
    - Blog an average three times weekly
    - Generate story, image, video and Web ideas for my beat
    - Produce audio and video clips using non-linear editing software
    - Voice work for video
    - Develop continuing coverage digest for my beat

    Staff Writer
    The Holland Sentinel, Holland, Mich.; May, 2005, to June, 2007
    -Wrote six to nine features weekly; one to three news stories monthly
    -Defined feature budget and maintain yearly story index
    -Photographed people and events
    -Produced Web-ready audio slideshows

    Producer
    StartupNation, LLC; May 2004 – January 2005
    -Researched topics, pre-interviewed and booked guests for nationally syndicated weekly
    radio show
    -Produced online business seminars (webinars)
    -Digitally edited webinars and radio shows and posted online

    News editor
    The South End, Detroit; 2003 fall semester
    -Assigned, edited and wrote news and feature stories
    -Developed a writing pool of 24 students

    Media specialist
    Henry Ford Health System, Detroit; 1997-2002
    -Wrote press releases, brochure copy and Web content
    -Assembled and sent daily Web-based health news updates to executive group
    -Booked media interviews for medical specialists
    -Updated intranet news site daily
    -Provided tech support to co-workers

    Overnight news producer
    WWJ-AM, Southfield; 1996-97
    -Built news package
    -Wrote stories
    -recorded and edited taped phone interviews for broadcast
    -Researched and booked live interviews

    Editorial assistant
    Detroit Monthly Magazine, Detroit; 1995-96
    -Wrote features
    -Fact-checked calendar listings and others’ stories
    -Shot some photos
    -Developed “Biteback,” a restaurant column

    Columnist/editorial assistant
    The Macomb Daily/Daily Tribune, Mount Clemens/Royal Oak; 1990-94
    -Established and wrote Macomb Daily weekly columns on service and veterans
    organizations
    -Wrote advertiser profiles for special sections
    -Developed junior varsity and summer league sports columns for both papers
    -In-house prep sports coverage for both papers

    Marketing assistant
    Adra, Inc.; 1988-89
    -Doubled sales seminar attendance
    -Reduced seminar set-up costs 20 percent for this automotive design software company

    Programming assistant/public affairs director
    WXYT-AM/WVAE-FM, Southfield; 1986-88
    -Responded to listener calls and maintained public files
    -Reviewed audition tapes for station manager
    -Verified credentials of job applicants

    Morning news producer
    WXYZ-AM, Southfield; 1983-85
    -Coordinated live and pre-recorded daily news coverage with news director, writer and
    street reporter
    -Edited network feeds
    -Some enterprise reporting

    Freelance Experience

    Magazine features
    Women`s HealthStyle; Hour Detroit; Metro Times; Premier Living.

    News
    The Detroit News; The Daily Oakland Press; The Macomb Daily; Daily Tribune; The
    Advisor/Source; C&G Publishing; Third Street Publications.

    Reference
    Metropolitan Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau (research, writing and editing of the
    1997 Insider’s Guide); Gale Research, Inc., profiles for Something About the Author;
    International Director of Company Histories; and Notable Hispanic-American Women.
    (renamed "Latinas! Women of achievement")

    Research assistant
    "The Power of the Purse: How smart businesses are adapting to the world's most important
    consumers -- women"

    Community service
    Water Works Theatre Co., Royal Oak, Mich.
    2001-03 seasons
    Publicist (pro bono for this non-profit)

    Education

    Wayne State University: Bachelor of Arts, journalism, 2004. I consistently received
    academic scholarships from the WSU president`s office and one-time awards from WSU`s
    journalism area and the Detroit Chapter of Women in Communication.

    Macomb County Community College: Associate of Arts, 1995

    Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts., Inc. Radio and Television certificate, 1982
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