Work Experience

Freelance Writer & Editor, June 1999–Present
Recent projects include writing articles for Every Day with Rachael Ray, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Mountain Parent, 5280, Denver Life, Aviation for Women, Chesapeake Family, Grandparents.com, GoColorado.com and WritersWeekly.com; writing press releases for the Aspen Skiing Company, Resort Trends and Barto Communications; editing brochures for Group Voyagers, Inc. (see below); writing e-newsletter copy for Affordable Tours; writing brochure copy for Vernon Design; proofreading for Rock & Ice and Trail Runner magazines. Past freelance-written articles published in Aspen Sojourner, Boulder Magazine, Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Snowmass Portfolio and Working Mother.

Group Voyagers, Inc., Littleton, CO (International travel company doing business as Globus & Cosmos)
Editor & Public Relations Manager: June 1998–May 1999
Served as the liaison between Globus & Cosmos and our public relations firm, while continuing to perform all duties outlined below. Gathered information for use in press materials and fact-checked all press releases. Answered questions from the media. Wrote destination articles and created product news sheets as sales tools for our account managers and travel agents.

Editor, Promotional Publications: October 1995–June 1998
Responsible for copyediting internal and external company publications, including twelve annual tour brochures, various tour documents and tour director manual. Editor of Journeys, an annual, four-color travel magazine published for 750,000 past clients. Wrote and edited advertising and marketing copy. Wrote, handled layout and coordinated printing of quarterly tour director newsletter, On The Move.

Aspen Magazine, Aspen, CO
Associate Editor: October 1994–March 1995
Generated story ideas. Wrote and edited short front-of-the-book articles. Edited freelance-written features. Wrote captions and headlines. Shared responsibility for copyediting entire magazine. Instituted fact-checking system. Fact-checked articles. Supervised interns.

Working Mother Magazine, New York, NY
Assistant Editor: March 1992–April 1994
Founding editor of “Mother To Mother” section. Wrote features, sidebars, captions and fashion/beauty copy. Conducted research. Reviewed books for possible excerpts. Created reader panel, internship program and statistics library. Represented the magazine at press functions and trips, including a study tour of school-age child care programs in Denmark and Sweden.

Editorial Assistant: June 1991–February 1992
Performed clerical duties for three senior editors.

Parents Magazine, New York, NY
ASME Editorial Intern: Summer 1990
Fact-checked, proofread and wrote articles. Responded to reader mail and unsolicited manuscripts.

Boston Magazine, Boston, MA
Editorial Intern: Fall 1989
Conducted interviews and research for feature writer.

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Education                      

• Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. B.A. in English. Cum laude graduate.

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Computer Skills

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, QuarkXPress, Pagemaker and Excel