I'm a writer and editor living near Chicago. Prior to starting my freelance career, I worked as a daily newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a TV news producer for an NBC affiliate. More recently, I worked as the online editor for GetEducated.com (I am currently a contributing editor for the site, which helps consumers learn about distance education).
I hold a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, where I majored in English and minored in journalism. I recently enrolled in a graduate program in media psychology at Fielding University.
As a freelance writer, I have produced articles for newspapers, magazines, and websites, including the Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, CNN.com, Smithsonian, Bottom Line/Health, MSN.com, Lifescript.com, Learning Solutions, Smart Computing, Workforce Management, InsuranceQuotes.com, and many others. I've written numerous articles about education for the National Council of Teachers of English's member magazine, The Council Chronicle; have produced white papers for the Center for Digital Education and Center for Digital Government; and have created brochure and booklet copy for Arts For Learning. As a member of the Public Access Journalism team, I wrote a childhood obesity package for Knight-Ridder Tribune, which was picked up by many national newspapers and websites, including the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the San Jose Mercury News. An article I wrote about adoption for the Chicago Tribune was picked up for reprint in the Contemporary Issues Companion series Adoption, published by Thomson Gale.
Please see the Articles section of this website for samples of my writing.
In addition, I've written a book called Tilli's Story: My Thoughts Are Free, about the life of Tilli Schulze, who grew up in a small East German farming village during World War II and the subsequent Soviet occupation.
The book was selected by iUniverse for its exclusive Star imprint in 2005 and won an honorable mention in the memoir category from the Independent Publishers Association. The book has been optioned for film by producer Kathryn Lekan, with German filmmaker Matthias Glasner set to begin work on a screenplay in 2012.
For a copy of my resume, please email me.
I look forward to hearing from you!