Writer and Editor

Resume

Confident writer and editor who creates engaging articles and content for digital and print publications.

Experience

Wellness Reporter

HuffPost, New York, NY

  • Pitch, report and write health and wellness service journalism stories

  • Interview experts on health and wellness topics

  • Stay on top of the latest health and wellness research and trends and actively pitch stories daily

  • Package stories in smart and creative ways

  • Update evergreen stories with new, relevant information

  • Analyze traffic and trends to inform new story ideas

  • Work with the audience team to generate new story ideas and improve evergreen content

2022 – Present


2021 – 2022

Service Editor

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

  • Helps manage and maintain service journalism inventory

  • Pitches stories to assign to journalists and freelance writers

  • Writes reported stories

  • Edits and produces stories from freelance writers

  • Updates stories to make them more accurate, accessible, inclusive, and useful

  • Works with digital producers and product teams to improve story forms and presentation

  • Works with photo and video teams to make our content more media-rich and engaging

  • Sends weekly Things to Do newsletter


2020 - 2021

Freelance Events Writer

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

  • Researches and curates events for The Philadelphia Inquirer’s weekly digital and print events calendar.

  • Writes content for events calendar.

  • Gathers imagery to accompany written content.


2018 – 2020

Freelance Writer

Visit Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

  • Wrote long-form articles about Philadelphia happenings for visitphilly.com and uwishunu.com.  

  • Researched and fact checked all information in articles.

  • Wrote engaging article headlines.


2019 – 2020

Senior Copywriter

Athena Global Advisors, Philadelphia, PA

  • Wrote internal-facing and external-facing copy for presentations, reports, social media channels and client proposals.

  • Edited and fact checked content created by colleagues.

  • Interviewed clients and internal teams for marketing collateral.

  • Worked with designers to enrich presentations with visuals.

  • Shaped language and tone in all company updates.

  • Created and oversaw reports on content.

  • Wrote voiceover scripts for client projects.


2019 + 2021

Freelance Writer

Fodor’s Travel

  • 2019: Wrote, fact-checked and updated the content for the Rittenhouse/Center City West and Fishtown/Northern Liberties chapters in the publishing-soon Fodor’s Travel 2020 Philadelphia book.

  • 2019: Wrote copy for the “Where to Stay” chart and the “What to Read and Watch” introductory sections of the book.

  • 2021: Wrote Mid-Atlantic Chapters for Fodor’s Bucket List Travel 2021 book


2017-2019

Digital Content Producer II

AmeriHealth Caritas, Philadelphia, PA

  • Updated digital content on four websites.

  • Worked with teams throughout the company to gather information for content updates and new initiatives.

  • Distributed a daily social media tracker to key executives.

  • Led status update calls with representatives from departments throughout company.

  • Wrote content for email newsletter updates, ranging from monthly newsletters to emails about specific campaigns.


2012 – 2017

Digital Content Manager; Associate Editor; Editorial Assistant; Intern

Visit Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

  • Wrote content for visitphilly.com and uwishunu.com.

  • Assisted in establishing content strategy for large-scale events.

  • Edited articles submitted by freelance writers.

  • Pitched compelling content ideas.

  • Wrote talking points for on-camera interviews.

  • Sourced photos for articles and social media channels.

  • Provided copyediting and photo selection feedback to team.

  • Managed Uwishunu Twitter and Instagram accounts.

  • Attended media events as Visit Philadelphia representative.


Education

2012

Temple University

B.A. in Communications


2014

Temple University

Certificate in Editing


Skills

Writing, Editing, Proofreading, Content Brainstorming, Content Strategy, Content Production, Business Storytelling