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EXPERIENCE:
Communications Manager and Editor of Inside Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y. April 2006 to present
Assigns, writes and edits profiles, news, and feature stories for Inside Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Medical Center’s primary internal newsletter, and contributed to the publication’s redesign
Manages a designer and a team of freelance writers
Assigns photography and manages design and production for newsletters and other publications
Writes and edits press releases and translates clinical and basic science research for both internal and external audiences
Works with individual faculty members to help promote their research
Revises speeches for institutional events
Contributed research and content for the 2007 Dean’s Report; currently working on the 2008 Strategic Plan
Writes background information and talking points for faculty and staff
Conducts video interviews of faculty for the Web
Staff Writer, MedPage Today, Little Falls, N.J. March 2005 to Feb. 2006
Wrote medical news and features, which include posttests for continuing medical education credits for physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals
Read and reported on
articles from professional medical journals including the New England
Journal of Medicine, the Journal
of American
Medical Association, and the British Medical Journal
Brainstormed and
wrote features specifically for our strategic partners at
CNN.com, MSNBC.com,
and WSJ.com
Freelance Journalist, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2000 to Feb.
2005
Specialized in stories on women's health, medical science,
women's legislative issues and health policy, including coverage
of major research findings and on-site coverage of conferences
Wrote travel and general interest feature articles
to major publications
Clients included United Press International, New Physician
magazine, Self, More, People, Elle, Health, Women's Enews, The
Boston Globe and The (Portland) Oregonian
News Writer, OnHealth.com (later WebMD), Seattle,
Wash. May 1998 to Sept. 2000
Wrote daily news briefs on health and medical research topics
Wrote in-depth reports and features on health consumer issues
Provided on-site coverage of national health conferences
Stringer, Newsweek, Seattle, Wash. April 1999
to Jan. 2000
Contributed coverage interviews and research for national
news magazine
Coverage areas included the 1999 World Trade Organization
conference in Seattle, court hearings for alleged terrorist Ahmed
Russam, and Starbucks Corp.'s international efforts
Freelance Journalist, Seattle, Wash. April
1999 to Oct. 2000
Wrote articles for Metropolitan Living, a monthly Seattle magazine, and The Stranger, a Seattle weekly
Newswoman, The Associated Press, Albany, N.Y.
March 1997 to Dec. 1997
Wrote, edited and tracked state and national news in a nine-month
temporary position
Wrote spot news and enterprise features
Wrote, edited and transmitted state report and national stories
for print and broadcast
Staff Writer, Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover,
N.H. Aug. 1996 to Feb. 1997
Reported and wrote education and general assignment stories
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, State University of New York at
Fredonia, May 1995
Semester abroad in London, England, Sept. 1993 to Dec. 1993
Graduate work in journalism, New York University, New York City, Aug.
1995 to May 1996
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