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• Accomplished and versatile writer, editor and tech writer. Computer and web savvy. Extensive knowledge of international affairs, health, government policy, business. Publications manager from start to finish. Converts technical matter into text accessible to nonspecialist readers. Strong web site planner, writer, blogger. Skilled at working with colleagues to improve documents. Knowledgeable about social media.
• Documentation Tools Technical Skills
• Word, PowerPoint,, Excel, SharePoint, Access, QuarkXpress, SharePoint, Urchin, Twitter, FaceBook.
• Tech Writing, Editing and Communications Experience

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Writer, editor and online communicator for the NASA Office of the CIO. Write and edit articles and web copy supporting IT innovation. Write video scripts and speeches for senior NASA officials. Rewrote and reorganized web site on IT acquisitions. Used Twitter, Facebook and internal NASA networks to promote major IT conference.

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Chief writer and editor in thorough rewrite/relaunch of Cpagency web site. Worked with subject matter experts to rewrite web content to make it accessible to broad readership. Did thorough quality control and content review, simplified web architecture, worked with designers to improve attractiveness of site.

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As a full - time contractor, wrote and edited documents on Smithsonian contracts. Wrote internal reports on telecommuting, e-verify ID system. Edited and updated business/legal correspondence on contracting process. Created and updated forms in Word 2007. Maintained database in MS Access.

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Edited proposal from LongView International Technology Solutions, for National Cyber Security Division, Confidential Department of Homeland Security a multi-million dollar contract, 2008.

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As a freelance writer, wrote success stories on U.S.-Russia technical cooperation projects for Confidential . Industry Coalition project supported by U.S. Department of Energy DOE . Interviewed scientists, engineers, national laboratory officials in U.S. and former Soviet Union to determine history and achievements of projects, and how they supported WMD nonproliferation.

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As a full-time contractor, wrote and edited on business process improvement and organizational effectiveness for FAA websites and newsletter. Wrote reports on conferences and meetings. Wrote congressional correspondence on aviation issues and agency news developments. Ghostwrote article in aviation magazine for senior manager. Wrote FAQs, technical documents.

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Wrote and edited annual reports for arms control group, Nuclear Threat Institute and for the Grameen Foundation, an organization that promotes micro-lending to Third World projects.

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Edited and supervised production and senior staff review of 60-page publication on anti-tobacco youth health programs. Coordinated graphics, wrote copy, liaised with design firm.

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Wrote complete websites for new tech businesses: digital signage business based in Maryland and software engineering startup .

Built, designed, maintained, and created content for professional websiteConfidential

Wrote, edited, planned and strategized on legislative communications. Organized press events. Produced booklet on Voting Rights Act. Drafted advertising. Hired and supervised staff.

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Managed bimonthly newspaper for nonprofit advocacy organization, Public Citizen. Supervised editorial process, news writing, layout in QuarkXPress. Maintained blog on government secrecy. Wrote and edited materials on pharmaceutical industry, including legal, regulatory, and medical-scientific issues, Copyedited monthly health newsletter written by organization's Health Research Group.

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Wrote 60-page booklet, Navigating Election Day, explaining to new U.S. citizens and young people the whys and hows of voting. Client was so pleased with results that I was given a bonus and numerous additional assignments, including brochures, articles and editing of two major books on the U.S. presidential election system, Choosing the President 2004 and Choosing the President 2008.

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Monthly newsletter for City of Takoma Park, Md. As part-time editor of the city's official newsletter, transformed house organ into lively newspaper that people talked about..

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Planned and edited bi-weekly newsletter of InterAction, a coalition of foreign assistance agencies. Wrote foreign assistance success stories for InterAction Web site.

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• Managed all aspects of monthly foreign affairs magazine, including editorial, production and business.
• Worked with editorial board to plan future issues.
• Developed article ideas, assigned stories, found and recruited authors, including journalists, freelance writers, government experts, academics.
• Edited articles for substance and style.

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• Planned, edited and produced four-color bi-monthly university magazine with a circulation of 135,000. Developed story ideas, planned special issues. Assigned and solicited articles from university faculty, freelancers, staff.
• Collaborated with professional design firm and printer to ensure high quality, graphically polished magazine. Assigned and art-directed photography. Supervised assistant editors. Directed circulation of the magazine. Negotiated with printer, designer, and other vendors to control costs.
• Wrote news and feature articles. Interviewed prominent GW alumni, including U.S. senators, cabinet members, for profile stories.
• Edited university annual report.

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Associate editor and then editor-in-chief of the leading journal of record in the field. Generated story ideas, solicited manuscripts from prominent authors in government, academia. Hired and supervised news and production staff. Wrote news, reviews. Conducted interviews with senior government officials.