More than 16 years of experience as a writer and editor, encompassing nearly all media forms: newspaper, magazine, radio, Web and book. Seasoned in a broad range of coverage, including business, technology, consumer issues, investigative reporting, politics, travel, and women’s and children’s issues. Owner, publisher and designer of several parenting social networking sites. First began building web sites and writing online in the early 1990s, and have served as a guide for About.com, a New York Times company, since 2002.

EXPERIENCE

Web consultant, writer and publisher
Self-employed
December 2007 to present
Working for a variety of clients to provide writing, blogging, web design and social networking expertise. Also write for various blogs and web sites, including About.com and Suite101.com. Design, publish and operate Type-A Mom, momShare (a Digg for moms), Foodie Mama, and co-publish Dadosphere.

Online Content Editor
Asheville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
November 2006 to present
Responsible for myriad tasks related to operating and maintaining the official Asheville tourism site, as well as various related CVB sites such as Foodtopian Society and AshevilleCVB.com (which I personally redesigned and built from scratch with a new Joomla CMS from a former html-based, non-CMS site). I left the full-time online editor position in December 2007, but continue to do contract web work for the CVB.

Real estate editor and assistant business editor
Asheville Citizen-Times
May 2006 to November 2006
Worked on a wide variety of tasks, ranging from special project stories to editing the real estate and business sections to covering transportation.

Projects and enterprise reporter
The Times of Northwest Indiana
September 2004 to May 2006
Serving as special projects and investigative reporter, pursuing a mix of short turn-around and long-range enterprise stories.

Freelance writer
Self-employed
August 2003 to August 2004
Writing and editing for various national print and online publications. Lived in France for a year and much of my writing was based on extensive traveling around Europe.

Reporter
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.
June 1998 to August 2003
On business team, specializing in special projects, technology and consumer coverage.

Reporter
Prince William Journal, Manassas, Va.
Jan. 1997 to April 1998
Covering police and courts.

Reporter
Fauquier-Times Democrat, Warrenton, Va.
Oct. 1994 to Jan. 1997
Covering crime, courts, state legal issues and Warrenton town government, as well as some feature writing.

Editor and Reporter
Valley Wide Newspapers, Hesperia, Ca.
April 1992 to Sept. 1994
Editing, headline composition, layout, paste-up and proofreading for this company’s four weekly newspapers. Also worked as a reporter, covering city of Hesperia government and a wide variety of general news coverage.

TRAINING

I have attended numerous conferences and seminars on investigative reporting, libel and Freedom of Information laws and to hone writing skills. Knowledge of French language.

AWARDS

I have received several awards for investigative projects, spot news, news series and feature writing. I also received the National Association of Press Women’s first place award for travel writing.