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RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE |
Editorial Director, BrainPOP.com
March 2006 - Present -Planned, wrote, and edited scripts and features for BrainPOP's animated movies -Managed daily activities of BrainPOP writers, interns, and fact-checker -Coordinated with production, marketing, and PR departments to plan BrainPOP initiatives -Served as point person for all editorial projects Production Editor, Discover August 2004 - February 2006 -Designed layouts for monthly departments and supervised art delivery to prepress dept. -Managed text flow, page routing, copy changes, and design revisions on all articles -Coordinated file packaging and transfers between editorial depts. and prepress -Wrote articles for news and reviews sections, as well as several department columns Reporter/Researcher, Discover June 2001 - July 2004 -Reported and wrote regular science news briefs for Discover and Discover.com -Performed research and fact-checking duties for Discover feature articles and departments -Edited "Ask Discover" news column; occasionally edited "Sky Lights" astronomy column -Wrote reviews of science-related books, websites, toys, shows, and gadgets Assistant Editor, Aviation Week's AviationNow.com January - June 2001 -Edited e-newsletter, career channel, quizzes, and calendars for AviationNow.com -Re-purposed Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine content for Internet use -Wrote occasional aviation and space news stories for AviationNow.com Staff Writer, SPACE.com March - October 2000 -Wrote regular articles on astronomy and space-related news -Produced the site's space colleges section, fact pages, and several image galleries Assistant Editor, Science World June 1999 - March 2000 -Performed editing duties for the science classroom magazine, Science World -Wrote regular feature and news articles for Science World -Co-wrote and edited Science World teacher editions |
| EDUCATION |
Brown University, Providence, RI 1995 - 1999 Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1998 Coursework in Graphic Design School of Visual Arts, New York, NY &nbs p; 2007 - 2008 Coursework in Jewelry Design |
| SKILLS |
Social Media: Well versed in tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Delicious, etc. Internet Publishing: Created various websites and blogs; HTML proficient Graphics: Film and digital photography; Proficient in Adobe Photoshop Languages: Conversational Spanish and Catalan |
| AFFILIATIONS |
National Association of Science Writers - Member National Geographic Society - Member New York Gothamettes - Founder Young New Yorkers' Chorus - Tenor, board member, webmaster |
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ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS |
Hobbies include travel, photography, music, reading, film, and blogging. Sports include baseball, squash, skiing, volleyball, cycling, and tennis. |