Manager Assistant

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Phone 917-***-**** . E-mail ******@*****.***

Dena Croog

EDUCATION

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SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND LIBRARY

STUDIES (SCILS) RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW BRUNSWICK,

NJ

B.A. in Journalism and Mass Media

Minor in History, with focus on U.S. Cultural

History

Work experience

July 2005 - October 2010, Primary Psychiatry

NY, NY

Senior Editor

Edited peer-reviewed journal for primary care

physicians and psychiatrists

Formatted & edited peer-reviewed CME and non-CME

articles, interviews, columns, quizzes, and in-house

news pieces for grammar and style (AMA and in-house

style guides), using Word and InDesign

Assigned & wrote news pieces and interviewed experts

for quotes

Checked accuracy and style of references using

PubMed and Internet

Website Manager

Formatted, posted, and updated journal content onto

Website

Edited podcasts of interviews for journal Website

Trained and managed work of Webmaster and interns

Hosted phone interviews with doctors

Sept. 2000 - July 2005, Publishers Weekly NY,

NY

Assistant Editor (started as Editorial Intern)

Liaison between publishers, PW editors, and

freelance book reviewers

Formatted articles, author interviews, and book

reviews

Selected jpeg jacket art and wrote captions for book

review section

Coordinated submissions and author interviews with

book publicists

Trained and managed work of interns and assistants

Sept. 2000 - Jan. 2007, Publishers Weekly

NY, NY

Freelance Writer and Book Reviewer

Wrote freelance articles and book reviews

Interviewed authors and publishers via phone and in

person for print in magazine, Website, and PW Daily

e-newsletter

Wrote short book descriptions for special topic book

listings and semi-annual "Announcements" Issues

1997 - 1999, Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

The Edition, Copy Chief and HR Director

Guidebook Editor, Rutgers University Jewish Student

Union

Computer Skills

Word, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook Express,

Excel, ACT!, Transmit

References and writing samples are available upon request.

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