Experience
Wellness Reporter
HuffPost, New York, NY
Pitch, report and write health and wellness service journalism stories
Interview experts on health and wellness topics
Stay on top of the latest health and wellness research and trends and actively pitch stories daily
Package stories in smart and creative ways
Update evergreen stories with new, relevant information
Analyze traffic and trends to inform new story ideas
Work with the audience team to generate new story ideas and improve evergreen content
2022 – Present
2021 – 2022
Service Editor
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Helps manage and maintain service journalism inventory
Pitches stories to assign to journalists and freelance writers
Writes reported stories
Edits and produces stories from freelance writers
Updates stories to make them more accurate, accessible, inclusive, and useful
Works with digital producers and product teams to improve story forms and presentation
Works with photo and video teams to make our content more media-rich and engaging
Sends weekly Things to Do newsletter
2020 - 2021
Freelance Events Writer
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Researches and curates events for The Philadelphia Inquirer’s weekly digital and print events calendar.
Writes content for events calendar.
Gathers imagery to accompany written content.
2018 – 2020
Freelance Writer
Visit Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Wrote long-form articles about Philadelphia happenings for visitphilly.com and uwishunu.com.
Researched and fact checked all information in articles.
Wrote engaging article headlines.
2019 – 2020
Senior Copywriter
Athena Global Advisors, Philadelphia, PA
Wrote internal-facing and external-facing copy for presentations, reports, social media channels and client proposals.
Edited and fact checked content created by colleagues.
Interviewed clients and internal teams for marketing collateral.
Worked with designers to enrich presentations with visuals.
Shaped language and tone in all company updates.
Created and oversaw reports on content.
Wrote voiceover scripts for client projects.
2019 + 2021
Freelance Writer
Fodor’s Travel
2019: Wrote, fact-checked and updated the content for the Rittenhouse/Center City West and Fishtown/Northern Liberties chapters in the publishing-soon Fodor’s Travel 2020 Philadelphia book.
2019: Wrote copy for the “Where to Stay” chart and the “What to Read and Watch” introductory sections of the book.
2021: Wrote Mid-Atlantic Chapters for Fodor’s Bucket List Travel 2021 book
2017-2019
Digital Content Producer II
AmeriHealth Caritas, Philadelphia, PA
Updated digital content on four websites.
Worked with teams throughout the company to gather information for content updates and new initiatives.
Distributed a daily social media tracker to key executives.
Led status update calls with representatives from departments throughout company.
Wrote content for email newsletter updates, ranging from monthly newsletters to emails about specific campaigns.
2012 – 2017
Digital Content Manager; Associate Editor; Editorial Assistant; Intern
Visit Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Wrote content for visitphilly.com and uwishunu.com.
Assisted in establishing content strategy for large-scale events.
Edited articles submitted by freelance writers.
Pitched compelling content ideas.
Wrote talking points for on-camera interviews.
Sourced photos for articles and social media channels.
Provided copyediting and photo selection feedback to team.
Managed Uwishunu Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Attended media events as Visit Philadelphia representative.
Education
2012
Temple University
B.A. in Communications
2014
Temple University
Certificate in Editing
Skills
Writing, Editing, Proofreading, Content Brainstorming, Content Strategy, Content Production, Business Storytelling