Freelance Writer and Editor [August 2003–present]
Santa Fe, NM and Phoenix, AZ
• Have published more than 200 articles, interviews, cover stories, in-depth features, and arts and culture reviews in regional and national magazines and newspapers
• Recent projects include ghostwriting nonfiction book for Boston publisher, managing content for startup health and fitness website, and profiling artisans for New Mexican food magazine
• Provide wide range of clients with accurate, reliable and detail-oriented fact-checking, copyediting and proofreading services; familiar with AP, Chicago, and MLA styles
Film Critic [November 2004–June 2006]
Web Editor [October 2005–January 2006]
Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, NM
• Wrote and laid out 4,000 words of polished copy per week under deadline, including two full-length reviews, 20-35 previews, monthly column ("Watch It"), and special issue stories
• Helped determine direction of award-winning alternative weekly paper's culture section, initiating relationships with theaters, managers, distributors, production companies and filmmakers to create strong content profile slanted toward local and independent film
• As web editor, copyedited, corrected and made additions to print issue
• Maintained high-traffic site on tight deadline-driven schedule while introducing new features, graphics and content to increase site stickiness
Managing Editor [June 1998–January 2000]
Partisan Review, Boston University, Boston, MA
• Oversaw production and distribution of international literary quarterly
• Served as first reader and editor from submitted manuscripts to blueline proofs
• Designed and typeset journal and advertising; all fact-checking and copyediting
• Managed circulation, sales, accounting; supervised junior staff and interns
• Initiated and completed projects such as promotional mailings, grant proposals, website design, conference and special issues, book production, and 60-year cumulative index
Special Collections Assistant [June 1996–August 1996]
Girton College Library, Cambridge, UK
• Catalogued private donor's entire bequeathed personal library, collection specializing in the history of women’s suffrage/civil rights in the US and UK
