Lifestyle Editor

Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville, Ga.

Jan. 2008-March 2008

• Managed production of five lifestyle sections per week for 65,000-circulation daily.

• Supervised staff of two employees, three interns and several freelancers.

• Edited local and wire copy.

• Wrote one to two feature stories each week.

Copy Editor

Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville, Ga.

May 2004-Feb. 2007

• Edited up to 25 pages per day for clarity, consistency, punctuation and AP style.

• Used Mac-based QuarkXPress to design five to 10 pages per day, including page 1A, for three daily newspapers.

• Created charts and info boxes.

Contributing Writer

Sass magazine, Augusta, Ga.

Oct. 2003-June 2004

• Assisted in launching 25,000-circulation monthly women’s magazine.

• Wrote one to three feature stories each month.

• Assisted editor with selection of content.

Arts & Entertainment Assistant Editor

Metro Spirit, Augusta, Ga.

Feb. 2002-May 2004

• Wrote two to four articles per week for 25,000-circulation alternative weekly.

• Determined all content for music section.

• Edited up to 12 stories per week.

Legal Assistant

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, Ga.

Feb. 2007-Jan. 2008

• Wrote drafts of legal documents.

Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 2001

Proficient in QuarkXPress, Adobe CS3, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office suite, NewsEdit Pro, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML.

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