Freelance Writer
I provide high quality written and visual content for websites and social media platforms.
Content provider for Medicine 360, LLC, Phoenix, AZ: August 2008 – present
- Provide SEO-optimized medical articles and blogs. I have researched and written several hundred informational articles on cutting-edge health care procedures and technologies including robotically-assisted surgery, cosmetic surgery, and cancer treatment.
- Recommend, develop and post social media content for healthcare professionals on multiple platforms.
Content provider for Solarity, Inc., Lexington, KY: 2015 — 2020
- Write project management articles for web-based newsletter and website. Topics include Agile vs Traditional Waterfall project management methodologies, maximizing teams, leadership strategies and business analysis.
- Interview staff and ghost-write blog posts to ensure timely blog updates
- Consult with upper management on written content, both internal and external
Correspondent for Highlands Today Newspaper, Sebring, FL: August 2009 – 2015
- Sourced and/or wrote several articles a week for this local newspaper. Assignments included a heavy emphasis on medical content for the monthly Your Health insert as well as the Breast Cancer and Medical Guide inserts. Wrote the extensive Sunday Centerpiece front page articles on a monthly basis and covered some general news.
- Sourced, wrote and provided photographs for the weekly Agri-leader agriculture insert
- Was awarded the 2015 Newsperson of the Year Award from The Florida Farm Bureau and received many accolades from the editor-in-chief for my written work and photography as well as my rapport with interviewees and contacts in the medical field.
Heartland Living Magazine, Sebring, FL: 2012 – 2017
- Feature writer and sometime photographer for this classy, local magazine which currently publishes once a quarter. Cover articles have included pieces on a local fire department, a nearby ape sanctuary, and the county’s foster care provider, Heartland for Children.
- Provided ad content.
Contributing Writer for Suite 101 Online Magazine: December 2007 – 2012
- Wrote over 100 articles on Health and Wellness, Parenting, Gardening and other topics.
- Received the Editor’s Choice Award for my article on the Midwives Model of Care.