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Curriculum Vitae

Media professional with highly developed writing, editing, research and communication skills.
Website manager and online editor, who handles content management, editing and distribution.
Accomplished reporter and editor who conceptualizes and produces sharply focused news and feature stories for print and online publications.
Creator of custom-published newsletters and magazine-style publications, who successfully manages projects, client relationships and content production from start to finish.
Technically proficient user of Quark and MS Office Suite; Mac and PC platforms; Netrimedia Content Management System for publishing of Web content and email newsletters.

Develop custom web content on behalf of upscale and midrange hotels in the Caribbean and Florida.
Write destination feature stories and general-assignment news as a contributing editor of Travel Weekly.
Edit and managed editorial production onsite on an ad-hoc basis at Travel Weekly.
Handle webmastering and editing of Travelweekly.com.
Served as acting cruise editor of Travel Weekly newspaper; generated news and feature stories with regular front-of-book and Page 1 exposure.

Oversaw day-to-day operations of monthly trade magazine, web site and twice-weekly email newsletter.
Improved production process and delivery speed of breaking email newsletters; increased frequency of news bulletins and added value for subscribers.
Increased value of Web-only content by creating new feature sections for paid subscribers and streamlined systems to permit additional coverage of major industry trade shows.
Planned and produced print issues on tight deadlines with increasingly limited staff.
Improved management of editorial budget, and increased deadline compliance among editorial and production staff.
Reported directly to group vice president and editorial director and managed a staff of four editors, two freelancers and three interns.
Produced onsite daily print issues of Vision Monday and VMail from conventions in Las Vegas and New York, and handled setup and management of news rooms on the show floor.

Consumer writing includes feature travel articles with a focus on luxury destinations and resorts. Outlets include American Eagle's Latitudes Magazine, Ritz-Carlton Magazine, Family Travel Forum and Bergen Health & Life Magazine.
Created onsite destination reports and special sections. Outlets include Travel Weekly, Travel Management Daily, as well as TravelAge Magazine and Travel Counselor Magazine.
Reported on health and wellness, interviewed medical experts. Outlets include About.com, Spirit Airlines' Skylights Magazine, Baylor Health Magazine and custom-published newsletters for Dowden Health Media.

Reported and wrote news and feature stories for Travel Weekly, its monthly Caribbean magazine sections and twice-monthly destination sections.
Traveled extensively in the Caribbean, the continental U.S., Europe, Hawaii, Mexico and Canada.
Developed and maintained a network of contacts among tour operators, hoteliers and industry executives.
Served as a panelist at industry functions. Successfully expanded island coverage, which spurred ad buys and increased revenues.
Covered retail travel agencies and tour operators.

Supervised a staff of six editors and as many as 10 freelance writers at a time.
Handled all aspects of assigning, editing and production of more than 80 reference guides and special supplements each year, including an award-winning travel industry survey issue.

Wrote and edited reference guides, created page layouts, wrote and edited weekly ‘Insider’ column.
Handled line editing and headline writing on copy desk.

BA Communications, with concentration in English/Creative Writing, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ