Elizabeth
L. Peterson
M.S.
Publishing
Sunnyside, NY
(908) 303-9426 (cell)
liz.peterson926@gmail.com
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EXPERIENCE:
Independent
Freelancer
May 2010 - Present
May 2010 - Present
New
York, NY
Focus
is on editing, writing and design. Past and current clients include:
-Sunnyside
Post: Writes articles for online news source.
-Queens
Blvd. Merchants Initiative: Prepared brochures, presentations, and
invitations.
-Lear
Marketing: Wrote, edited and posted online articles, with photos. Edited e-books.
-Other:
Creates copy and design for event invitations and mementos, resume
editing, logo design, etc.
Production
Editor
– Forum Newsgroup
Oct. 2011 – June 2012
Howard Beach, NY
Oct. 2011 – June 2012
Howard Beach, NY
-Managed
team of reporters and art department. Responsibilities included
-Edit all content for newspaper.
-Write headlines, articles and editorials.
-Regulate workflow during production, create and maintain weekly in-list of articles
-Act as liaison between art and editorial departments, manage any problems that arise
-Run weekly editorial meeting, maintain schedule, assign articles
-Final content approval for each page.
-Planned, wrote and oversaw production of all special sections, including obtaining any artwork.
-Edit all content for newspaper.
-Write headlines, articles and editorials.
-Regulate workflow during production, create and maintain weekly in-list of articles
-Act as liaison between art and editorial departments, manage any problems that arise
-Run weekly editorial meeting, maintain schedule, assign articles
-Final content approval for each page.
-Planned, wrote and oversaw production of all special sections, including obtaining any artwork.
-Managed legal advertising, including formatting and preparing affidavits.
*The May 31 editorial was linked by cityandstateny.com, queenscrap.blogspot.com and junipercivic.com.
Copyeditor
~
Forum Newsgroup
May 2008 - May 2010
Howard Beach, NY
Howard Beach, NY
-Copyedited
high volume of news articles under deadline for content, style and
grammar..
Reporter
~ American Lawyer Media, VerdictSearch
Oct.
2007-July 2009
Brooklyn, NY
-Wrote
detailed reports on closed civil lawsuits, largely from Calif. and
N.Y.
-Reports
frequently chosen to be featured in medical malpractice, Top 100,
National, and products liability publications.
Business
Editor,
Reporter
~
Hunterdon County Democrat
Aug. 2006-Oct. 2007
Aug. 2006-Oct. 2007
*
Business
Editor
-Designed
business pages, editing all stories and headlines.
-Assigned
stories, with deadlines, to reporters.
*
Reporter
-Wrote
features for monthly Hunterdon
Life
magazine, including cover stories.
-Covered
several beats, including in-depth reporting on politics, government,
development, and crime in two towns.
EDUCATION:
New
York University
M.S.
Publishing
2008-2011
- New York, NY
3.7 GPA
Focus
on magazine and digital publishing.
New
York University Publishing Alumni Committee, founding member
The
College of New Jersey
B.A.
English Teaching, Minor in Psychology
2001-2004 – Ewing,
NJ
3.4 GPA;
3.6 major GPA
Phi
Sigma Sigma International Fraternity, Inc.
The
University of Edinburgh
Focus
on senior-level psychology
Fall 2004 – Edinburgh,
Scotland
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
*Created in-depth, brand-new, 20-page bridal section for The Forum, including features, guides, and a contest. It was the first section of its kind for the newspaper. I planned all content and artwork, wrote everything save , and supervised the design. It can be viewed in its entirety here.
*Editorial was linked to by a respected state-wide politics blog and several community civic organizations.
*Editorial was linked to by a respected state-wide politics blog and several community civic organizations.
*Doubled
reader response at The Forum within six months, as shown by the
letters pages.
*Created
password-protected wireless network for five-person office, after the
previous network was hacked.
*Installed
new and updated design software and operating systems to all art
department computers at The Forum.
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
*Proficient
in all standard office programs on both PCs and Macs
*Experienced
with content management systems, including Wordpress
*Excellent
presentation skills, particularly utilizing powerpoint
*Competent
with InDesign
*Html
& CSS
