Assistant Managing Editor, SEO Specialist, TechTarget, May 2008-present
Manage electronic magazines and books for the CIO/IT Strategy Media Group, including story planning and assignments, content writing and editing, proofreading and working with director of online design on layout. Serve as group’s main SEO contact, editing content for our Web audience across four websites aimed at top technology professionals.
As the associate editor for SearchCIO.com from 2008-2010, wrote weekly articles and guides, launched the TotalCIO blog, managed daily newsletter production, crafted stories, headlines and summaries according to SEO best practices, uploaded content via CMS, engaged in social media such as Twitter, created traffic reports in Hitbox and built surveys in SurveyGizmo.
Correspondent at The Boston Globe, Dec. 2007-present
Report one to two articles each week for the Boston Globe West section, covering Ashland, Bellingham, Franklin, Medway, Norfolk, Plainville and Wrentham, Mass.
Reviewer at TableCritic.com, June 2008-present
Interview chefs and restaurateurs, write detailed food reviews and photograph meals and atmosphere at Boston-area dining spots.
Freelance Journalist, June 2007-present
Have contributed freelance articles to Time Out Boston, GateHouse Media, The Tico Times (Costa Rica), Patch.com and Trazzler.com.
Past positions:
Writer-Editor at ZweigWhite, May 2007-May 2008
Reported on business and marketing trends in the architecture and engineering industry; laid out newsletters with Quark; edited company’s flagship publications.
Assistant Editor, Reporter at GateHouse Media (Aug. 2004-May 2007)
Anchored weekly newspapers’ coverage of government, education, finance and lifestyle; edited and laid out newspaper, blogged and produced multimedia content.
Honors and awards:
Rookie of the year, New England Press Association, 2005.
Best election coverage, first place, New England Press Association, 2007.
Best education reporting, history reporting and general-excellence awards, New England Press Association, 2006.
Best feature series, first place, Suburban Newspaper Association, 2005.
Grace Short Book Award for excellence in American studies, Brandeis University, 2004.
Eugene C. Black Award for excellence in history, Brandeis University, 2004.
Education:
B.A., magna cum laude, American studies, history and journalism, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.
3.96 GPA; Phi Beta Kappa; Justice Brandeis Scholar, Dean’s List every semester
Semester abroad at University College London, England, with intensive coursework in European, British and art history
