Writer Biography

SKILLS
— Accomplished, professional writer offers years of experience and success, as well as an eclectic knowledge on a wide array of subjects gleaned from a diverse journalistic background.
— Origin as a hard news reporter, editor and columnist in busy, deadline-driven newsrooms has fostered meticulous attention to accuracy, detail and brevity as a guide in the era of digital media.
— Relentless researcher and fact-checker whose experience as a copy editor and section editor has given insight into all sides of the editorial process; fluent in AP style.
— Thorough knowledge of WordPress, blogger, SEO, HTML and most other new media protocols.
— Cross-trained in copyediting, graphic design and pagination, as well as online media uploads, Web design, photo correction and selection, and video editing.
— Fluent and nuanced in all social media; savvy in garnering exposure through popular blogs and boards like Digg, StumbleUpon and Reddit.
— Thoroughly versed in pop culture, news, politics, current events and entertainment.

EXPERIENCE

NATIONAL
— The Gannett News Service: Was one of the youngest nationally distributed columnists for the largest newspaper syndicate in the country and the author of a weekly, award-winning (NJPA) column that was published hundreds of times in dozens of print and online publications in most states across the country.

LOS ANGELES
— AmericasComedy.com: Currently a writer for one of the most respected and widely read publications in the country to cover performance, screen and television comedy. Regularly authors features, editorials, interviews and reviews, earning an intimate knowledge of — and many contacts in — the comedy circuits of New York and Los Angeles.

NEW YORK CITY
— amNewYork (Tribune Media): Wrote and reported business features, assigned projects and hired, supervised and collaborated with a network of freelance writers as the Money Section editor for amNewYork (Tribune Media), the most widely distributed paper in Manhattan.
— thestreet.com: Worked as freelance copyeditor for Jim Cramer’s financial industry icon in the heart of Wall Street, further cementing an already-strong propensity for business writing.

FOUNDATIONAL EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION
— The Daily Journal, Vineland, NJ: First job at small, but thriving community paper instilled the necessities of credibility, accuracy and accountability to readers. Realities of a lean staff required each member to learn every vantage point of the craft. Learned to collaborate with a diverse field of editors, artists, writers, managers and advertisers, each with their own unique perspectives.
— Hofstra University, Long Island, NY, 1999, BA, journalism/history.