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Sarah
Jersild
Writer
| Editor | Proofreader | Content developer
Freelance writer and editor
with more than 10 years' experience in content development, skilled in
both print and online communications. Clients include the Chicago
Tribune, Diagnostic
Imaging, Tribune
Company, The
Journal of Intranet Strategy and Management and Lawrence
Ragan Communications.
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Writing
& Editing Experience
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- Bylined articles
have appeared in the Chicago Tribune and Diagnostic Imaging
- Provide regular
content on two television shows to several Tribune Broadcast web sites.
- Edit the Journal
of Intranet Strategy and Management
- Developed content
for Tribune Company corporate intranet
- Proposed, planned,
researched, wrote, edited, and commissioned copy and features for multiple
web sites
- Researched and
wrote career advice columns for US and Canadian audiences
- Managed deadlines
and copy flow for staff across two web sites
- Wrote and edited
copy to make it "web friendly" and easily navigable
- Wrote and edited
freelance copy for TV-show web site
- Wrote and edited
programs, newsletters and publicity for Chicago-area not-for-profit
arts groups
- Wrote and edited
copy for four Hong Kong-based 20,000-circulation magazines
- Managed three staff
and 14 freelance writers in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, who produced
copy for three magazines with three separate deadlines
- Proposed, researched
and wrote special features and industry reports as main feature writer
for three magazines
- Edited copy from
native and nonnative English speakers for four magazines
- Interviewed industry
leaders and high-level government officials for special report
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Web
Experience
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- Oversaw content
plan for BrassRing.com and BrassRingCampus.com
- Researched topics
to gain a quick and thorough understanding of subjects for inclusion
in web sites
- Found and hired
expert contributors
- Planned, designed
and built web sites for syndication to online newspapers throughout
the country as part of the WebPoint division of Tribune Media Services
- Organized and managed
teams of artists and technical consultants to produce sites.
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Honors
& Awards
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- Matrimony
Mambo awarded three and a half stars by Yahoo Internet Life
- Writer of the Year,
ASM, 1993-1994
- Best Lead, ASM,
1992-1993
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Work
History
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BrassRing.com,
Chicago, IL
Senior Producer, 1999-2002
Tribune
Media Services, Chicago, IL
Producer, 1996-1999
Asian
Sources Media Group, Hong Kong
1992-1995
ASM, Asia's largest trade publishing company publishes more than 45
magazines. Positions held: Hong Kong Bureau Chief, Senior Sub-editor,
Feature Writer, Sub-editor.
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| Education |
Medill
School of Journalism, Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL
BSJ in print journalism, concentrations in History and Political Science
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Contact
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sarah@sarahjersild.com
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