WELCOME
TO MY
MAGAZINE
PORTFOLIO
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TO MY
MAGAZINE
PORTFOLIO
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@BeccaRovenstine I don't tweet spoilers.
May 12th at 5:28pm
Experience
Copy Editor, Gotham, Hamptons, and Michigan Avenue magazines
• Copy edit manuscripts and galleys.
• Write display type for cover and throughout magazine.
• Input all staff’s galley edits into InDesign document.
• Attend and participate in creative and editorial meetings.
• Write display type for cover and throughout magazine.
• Input all staff’s galley edits into InDesign document.
• Attend and participate in creative and editorial meetings.
Freelance Editorial Assistant, Popular Mechanics
• Prereported and interviewed sources for stories.
• Wrote copy for FOB pages; worked with PR contacts to acquire images and products.
• Created art memos for infographics; researched info and wrote captions for infographics.
• Provided photo research for print and Web articles.
• Wrote copy for FOB pages; worked with PR contacts to acquire images and products.
• Created art memos for infographics; researched info and wrote captions for infographics.
• Provided photo research for print and Web articles.
Professional Resume Writer
• Write clients’ resumes and cover letters and/or edit for grammar, clarity, and style.
Editor-in-Chief
• Guide all parts of production — editing, proofreading and final designing — of each issue’s content
• Approve all department content story pitches
• Manage six department editors; review their edits to reporters and contributing writers
• Lead staff of 20 through pitch meetings and brainstorming
• Serve as liaison with partner newspaper editors to collaborate content
• Write weekly editor’s letter
• Approve all department content story pitches
• Manage six department editors; review their edits to reporters and contributing writers
• Lead staff of 20 through pitch meetings and brainstorming
• Serve as liaison with partner newspaper editors to collaborate content
• Write weekly editor’s letter
Deputy and Online Editor
• Copy edited and proofread online and print content
• Published online content (text and visuals) to web using CMS
• Published online content (text and visuals) to web using CMS
General Beat Reporter
• Served as general beat reporter; wrote incoming news briefs
Adjunct Professor
• Taught basic computer skills, Microsoft Office and freshman orientation courses
Education
Master of Arts in Magazine Journalism
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication/Journalism