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Whether you're an editor looking for a professional freelance journalist or a marketing executive seeking a fresh approach to your corporate message, I would be pleased to speak with you and discuss your needs.
Media
Human interest. That's what I respond to, so that's what I seek when writing for publication. I've explored the human side of stories in insurance company home offices and Main Street businesses, on farms, in the health care clinic and behind a camera.
Specialties: property/casualty insurance, health care, photography, the environment, gardening, popular culture.
Writing services: news, features, reviews, profiles, Web site content. Rates negotiable by the word or by flat fee. Kill fees requested.
As a youth, I taught myself to juggle, providing me with a skill that has come in handy many times as an editor. The challenge of motivating writers to be creative yet meet their deadlines is perhaps equaled only in negotiating between ad sales people, designers, circulation staff and printers to see that an engaging, accurate publication is delivered to readers on schedule.
Editing services: proofreading; copy, substantive and developmental editing; project management; new publication development. Projects have included nearly every text format: brochures, newsletters, Web sites, newspapers, magazines and books. Rates by the project or by the hour.
Corporate
Distill the message. On the Web, it's the mantra to keep the reader engaged. It takes insight and instinct into what a user seeks when coming to your site. In print, that translates into identifying the strongest message, then seeking lively ways to convey it, whether to customers, the media or associates.
I apply journalistic techniques to tell your story in a lively, involving manner, whether creating a new tagline to inspire your Web designer, profiling a customer's experiences or delving into hot issues in a Q-and-A with the company president.
For your message to catch the attention of a busy editor, it helps to think like an editor. You're in luck! In my career, I have served as a business press editor for more than a decade, and edited consumer publications for another five years. I can help you find a news hook, craft the message and present it in an editor-friendly way.
Specialties: health care, insurance, law, meeting planning, small business, non-profit organizations.
Writing and editing services: Web content; print and e-mail newsletter writing; marketing copywriting; public relations strategizing, writing and packaging; Web site and in-house publication editing; corporate communications; marketing consultations. No-strings, no-cost estimates, with services billed by the hour or on a flat-rate project bid.
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