Freelance Experience

Writing 2007–2015

• Publications include Red Bulletin, Latina, Time Out New York, The Hollywood Reporter, Sound & Vision, TelevisionWithoutPity.com, YourTango.com, The Barnes & Noble Book Blog, CBS Watch, and Metro.

Copyediting, Proofreading, and Fact-checking 2007–present

• Read copy to detect and correct factual errors and errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and house style for clients including the Journal of Popular Romance Studies; Barnard College; Linkwell Health; New York; Latina; étapes: International; TV Guide; and New York, Philadelphia, and Boston editions of Metro.

• Book clients include Podium Entertainment; Harry N. Abrams Books for Young Readers; Stewart, Tabori & Chang; Kirkus Media; RosettaBooks; Macmillan; Dystel & Goderich Literary Management; Start Publishing/Cleis Press; and Harlequin Books.

Publishing & Journalism Experience

INSIDE HIGHER ED                                                                                                                 

Washington, DC

Copy Editor 2015–present

• Read and edit copy for style, content, and accuracy for daily website with 5.2 million page views per month.

• Establish and maintain house style guide.

• Manage contributing opinion columnists.

PREVENTION MAGAZINE SPECIAL EDITIONS

New York, NY

Associate Editor 2010–2011

• Responsible for coordinating eight special issues and bookazines on health, fitness, and cooking topics annually, with circulation of 500,000.

• Prepared, rewrote, and edited copy; selected art; and worked with designers on layout routing.

• Supervised and coordinated work of test kitchen and photographers for food-focused photo shoots; conducted photo research and negotiated fees with photographers.

• Interviewed contestants and wrote features for The Biggest Loser product line.

ESPN THE MAGAZINE

New York, NY

Senior Researcher 2007–2010

• Verified facts, dates, and statistics for stories and columns on deadline for 26 issues per year
  of 2.2 million–circulation national sports magazine.

• Wrote front-of-book items and contributed original Olympic content to ESPN.com.

PREMIERE MAGAZINE

New York, NY

Associate Editor 2003–2007

• Promoted from copy associate (2006) for national film magazine with circulation of 500,000, published 10 times per year.

• Arranged interviews with actors, directors, and other film professionals to report stories; developed story ideas and content for monthly front-of-book pages.

• Reported on 2006 Tribeca Film Festival and reviewed DVDs and films.

Education

New York University

New York, NY

M.S. Magazine Publishing

College of William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

B.A. English Literature

·       Minor in Business Marketing