WORK HISTORY

Sept 2000 - Present
Freelance feature writer, Palm Beach Daily News, Palm Beach, Florida
Responsibilities:
Generate and write real estate and auto features. Take photos for the stories.
Achievements:
Created the weekly feature about Palm Beach homes for sale. Also created the interior design column in the Palm Beach Daily News' monthly marketing section, Grandeur.
In the past year, I have also freelanced for The Coastal Star and The Real Deal.

August 2010 - June 2011
Staff writer for Palm2Jupiter
Responsibilities:
Generate and write real estate, interior design, science and health features and news stories.
Achievements: Have begun to get a grasp on Chemistry 101!

May 2006 - August 2008
Editor - Residences, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida
Responsibilities:
Head the team that puts out the Sunday five-zone real estate section featuring homes for resale. The largest zone runs up to 140 pages.
Achievements:
Created and write features for a new series on neighborhoods, showcasing a homeowner and residence. Suggested and pushed for an online component that adds revenue. This opened the door for similar packages in other areas of the newspaper.
Created and write features for a new series, "Going Green"
Created a new column, "Sales Success Stories," to help readers understand what makes a home sell

Dec 2003 - 2006
Writer/Copy Editor, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach
Responsibilities:
Write features, organize and lay out sections.
Achievements:
Seven-part series on Palm Beach's first generation architects won the 2007 Acme Award of Excellence and first place from Inland Press Foundation and Newspaper Special Sections Network's Special Sections Idea Competition.
Created “Ask a Local” column and “Good Neighbor” column

Jan 2000 - May 2006
Freelance Writer, The Palm Beach Post's Neighborhood Post, West Palm Beach
Responsibilities:
Generate and write a weekly column on the local horse scene, both feature and sports articles
Achievements:
Covered Olympic-level events and equestrians

Jan 2002 – Apr 2004
Freelance writer, Miami Herald’s Jewish Star Times, Miami Florida
Responsibilities:
As the paper’s lone county reporter, found and wrote local features and news articles.
Achievements: Was working for the Jewish Star Times during the time of 9/11. As a result, was involved with reporting that news as it related locally.

Apr 1995 - 2003
Freelance Writer, Sun Sentinel, Delray Beach, Florida
Responsibilities:
Found and wrote feature articles for Sun Sentinel’s local sections as well as wrote longer features for South Florida Parenting
Achievements: Created a popular series on how local street names tell local history. Wrote a local monthly column, “Culture Corner,” and a series reporting on social services that targeted immigrants.

EDUCATION
Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY. – Bachelor of Arts degree
Palm Beach Community College - software, photography and communication courses

SKILLS
Strong interviewer and writer - Goal oriented – Can work as a team player or solo - Excellent researcher.

Proficient at Macs and PCs and experienced in the following software programs: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, PageMaker, Photoshop, InDesign, DreamWeaver. Learning IMovie and Final Cut Pro.

REFERENCES Available on request