Lynn W. Adkins

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North Potomac, MD, USA

Full-Time Editor/Writer Profile

Financial Journalist and Economics Wordsmith with 20+ years of progressive experience creating comprehensive content for the business community and individual investors.

Leveraged journalism, public relations, and publishing expertise to write comprehensive, but concise content about an array of economic and financial issues and events.

Adept at targeted and thorough research and analysis to support and inform written products for the corporate financial services industry and individual investors with particular attention to risk management and strategic planning.

Supervised the integrity of products with style guides and strict deadlines. Covered major events in the US, and served as pool reporter for President Bill Clinton and President George H.W. Bush traveling on the ground and Air Force One.

Areas of Expertise

•Content Development & Management

•Writing & Deadline Management

•Collaboration Management

•Editing & Proofreading

•Research & Fact Checking

•Ghostwriting Financial Books

•Public Relations (PR)

•Quality Assurance (QA)

•Investor Relations

Accomplishments

●Demonstrated excellence in public relations, creating reports and marketing plans for clients like G.D. Searle and McDonald’s Corporation, Kemper Corp., Arthur Andersen and Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

●Extensive ghostwriting experience, writing content for books targeted to community banks with such titles as The Art of Risk, The Art of Tax Efficiency, and The Art of Strategic Planning. Also ghosted business-to-consumer books such as If You Are Clueless about Retirement and Want to Know More, Dearborn Financial Publishing.

●On a freelance basis, served as Chicago Correspondent for Money magazine, and reported and wrote editorial content for Forbes, US News & World Report, World Trade, and International Business magazines.

Career Experience

Economic Essentials Bethesda, MD 2010 – 2020

Executive Editor

Established comprehensive services for print and website publications, including reports on a wide range of economic matters for community bank clients. Conducted thorough review of content, proofreading and editing prior to release in order to ensure products met quality standards.

●Delivered customized reports about complex financial instruments, fiscal & monetary policy, behavior of debt & equity markets, US & international credit markets and The Federal Reserve & US Treasury reports/actions.

●Provided industry and subject reports for clients covering trade, agribusiness, oil, currencies, and banking and financial institutions; Increased efficiency by creating multiple versions of previously published articles for different platforms.

●Authored weekly column of 1200-to-1500 words, and supplied quarterly and breaking-news economic reports and articles, explaining economic indicators such as GDP and events at Federal Reserve meetings and open market operations.

●Analyzed impact of economic events and statistical data on equity, debt, and commodity markets and positioned those developments within the stages of the business cycle.

BNK Advisory Group Bethlehem, PA 2006 – 2010

Director of Communications & New Product Development

Oversaw new product development and communications for community banks by focusing on economic forecasting, strategic planning, and risk management. Developed new products by ghostwriting books and reports. Identified new opportunities to promote products and services offered by the company.

●Acted as Ghostwriter for books targeted to community banks while managing the publishing and editing as well as The Art of Risk, The Art of Tax Efficiency, and The Art of Strategic Planning.

●Drafted, edited, and published monthly reports on asset management, debt & equity markets, tax-reduction strategies and maximizing shareholder value and monitored conversion of products from print to digital.

●Created new features for Economic Survival Kit product; Produced reports for the print Website and teleconferencing; Established publications for members of the board of directors at community banks; Provided daily and weekly overview and analysis of unfolding turmoil and collapse of the housing sector in 2007-2008, as well as the dysfunction in the credit and equity markets resulting in the Great Recession.

Additional Experience

Financial Managers Society, Editorial Director

Produced, and managed editorial communications that contributed to 50% of organization’s income, including successful bi-weekly newsletter, website content, and additional publications.

Financial News Bureau, Owner

Served as Chicago Correspondent for Money Magazine, regular contributor for Chicago Tribune’s Sunday Tempo section, and stringer for US News & World Report on a freelance basis.

Dun’s Review, Senior Editor/Midwest Bureau Chief

Developed features by covering corporate finance/accounting, steel, real estate, and automotive industries.

Reuters Ltd: Financial News Service, National Reporter

Covered Federal Reserve’s open market maneuvers, national bond markets, and corporate financial news within New York City, and covered national options and future markets and regional financial news in Midwest.

Forbes Magazine, Researcher/Reporter

Produced research and reporting for articles from magazine’s Washington bureau, with emphasis US Treasury Securities and Exchange Commission, World Bank and IMF, and emerging agricultural and defense policy.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & English

Dickinson College Pennsylvania, US

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