Writer/reporter: Creating compelling, interview-based or research-based content to meet the need of various magazines and clients
Managing editor: Planning, orchestrating and editing all content for a particular magazine issue or project, while coordinating the work of contributing freelancers
Book editor: Bringing out the best in a manuscript, whether as an early editor or the final, eyes-on proofreader
Coach: Leading workshops to train other writers and editors — via my “Write Your Life Lessons” online course and various live and online workshops
My work has shaped:
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- travel writing — Ethiopian Airlines’ inflight magazine
- relief-and-development communications — World Vision and Preemptive Love
- higher-ed communications — University of Virginia, Seattle Pacific University and Duke Divinity School
- faith-based nonprofit communications — Cru and the Evangelical Free Church of America
- cultural/governmental projects — U.S. Postal Service publications
- … and multiple author memoirs
In 2022, my freelance article “The Seeds of a Martyr” won second place at the Evangelical Press Association’s annual contest (see page 54 in ISSUU).
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