“We’re in this business because we love stories. We tell stories about pain so that people don’t suffer in isolation, and we tell stories about delight so that people can share it. We fill in the naturally occurring gaps between people so that we don’t have to live like complete strangers.”
— Mark McCormick, Witchita Eagle
Work Experience
January 2013 to present
Freelance Journalist | San Francisco Bay Area, Calif. | Ann Arbor, Mich.
Watchdog and features reporter for Silicon Valley Voice
Contributor to Metro/San Jose Inside, San Jose Spotlight, The Ann Magazine, The Ann Arbor Observe, The Ann Arbor Independent
January 2022 to August 2023
Content Writer | San Francisco Bay Area, Calif. (remote)
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Produced SEO-optimized marketing posts for international tech consulting firm
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Interviewed subject matter experts to inform content
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Collaborated with marketing and design teams to ensure timely content delivery for demand generation campaigns
December 2019 to November 2020
Copy editor | Airkit | San Francisco Bay Area, Calif. (remote)
Edited marketing content at B2B SaaS company (newsletters, case studies, e-books, email campaigns, website copy, landing pages, social media posts) for grammar, style, SEO, brand voice and content​
July 2019 to December 2019
Editor/proofreader | Mode | San Francisco Bay Area, Calif. (remote)
Proofread and edited B2B SaaS marketing content for SEO optimization
November 2015 to January 2016
Reporter | Daily Post | Palo Alto, Calif.
General assignment reporter responsible for local coverage along the San Francisco Peninsula
January 2012 to July 2013
City Reporter | Times-Republican | Marshalltown, Iowa
Coverage of local politics, courts, police and fire departments
Education
Class of 2007
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism | Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, Mich.
Magna cum laude
May 2013
Maucke-Stauffer Workshop | Drake University | Des Moines, Iowa
December 2013 to March 2014
Narrative Journalism Course | Creative Non-fiction Magazine | Online course
