Various publications, Los Angeles, CA
Freelance writer, 3/04-present
-experience includes magazine and newspaper articles; marketing and promotional materials for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; “advertorial” marketing work for law firms; and rewriting/localization for Asian comic books.
Daily Journal Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Business reporter, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 8/04-10/05
-generated, researched and wrote stories on the business of law
-beats included business litigation and large law firms
Editorial Assistant, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 11/03-8/04
-updated and maintained stories on newspaper's website
-compiled weekly entertainment calendar and sports listings
-corrected minor technical problems in editorial department
-wrote stories as assigned
Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Los Angeles, CA
Staff Writer, 8/02-11/03
-wrote news stories about the legal community
-planned and organized content of daily newspaper
-proofread, wrote headlines and refined layout
-chose appropriate wire stories
Hill Country News, Cedar Park, TX
Staff Writer, 2/02-8/02
-wrote news and feature stories as assigned
-generated story ideas
-took publication-quality photographs
-processed photos in Photoshop
-proofread pages
-laid out pages in QuarkXpress and sent to printer
Round Rock Leader, Round Rock, TX
Freelancer, 10/01-2/02
-wrote feature stories as assigned
TimeSys Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Technical Writer, 9/00-2/01
-wrote and updated software documentation
-wrote, proofread, and formatted other company documents as needed
-worked cooperatively with head technical writer and software engineers
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
B.A. with university honors in professional writing, May 2001; GPA: 3.67