Medical Copy Editor
Resume:
Dean M. Takehara
***-* ***** ******, *** Francisco, CA 94112
*********@*******.***
SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES
. Copy editor and proofreader with 14 years of experience with daily
newspapers,
magazines, a Web site, and a television station
. Meticulous and detail-oriented, known for quick turnaround on stories
. Acquainted with HTML, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Quark XPress
. Efficient and productive in a deadline-driven environment and a team
player
. Familiar with The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of
Style
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
. DEMAND STUDIOS May 2009 to
present
Copy Editor
Worked on 500- 3,000-word general information articles.
. LAW.COM May 2007 to January 2009
Copy Editor, Proofreader
Worked on 200- to 2,700-word law columns and legal news.
. LIPPINCOTT, WILLIAMS & WILKINS June
2004 to August 2004
Copy Editor
Worked on medical education materials for CD-ROM tutorials.
. TECH TV September to November 2001
Copy Editor
Worked on 50- to 100-word television news scripts about the latest
products and developments in the high-tech industry.
. BUSINESS 2.0 September 2000 to July 2001
Copy Editor
Worked on 100- to 1,500-word high-technology business news
for the magazine's Web site; updated databases, created hypertext,
created and updated the Web site's style guide.
. INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY--USA January 2000 to March 2000
Copy Editor, Proofreader
Worked on 500- to 1,000-word medical abstracts involving medical
reports
and research; proofread and copyedited marketing materials.
Dean M.
Takehara
178-A Foote Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112
*********@*******.***
. NURSEWEEK
November 1996 to June 1999
Copy Editor, Proofreader
Worked on 200- to 900-word education articles, columns, hard news
and feature stories about the nursing and health care industries;
wrote
headlines and cutlines; helped out in production department; edited
with Quark XPress.
. ALAMEDA NEWSPAPER GROUP September 1994 to October 1996
Copy Editor, Proofreader
Worked on hard news, feature, business, education and
government stories; wrote headlines and cut lines; designed pages,
helped out with production.
. THE RAFU SHIMPO
September 1987 to August 1994
(Los Angeles Japanese Daily News)
Copy Editor, Proofreader, Staff Writer, Columnist, and Business Page
Editor
Copyedited, proofread, and selected business stories for the English
section;
wrote headlines and designed the business page; wrote hard news,
business
and feature stories affecting city, court, and government issues;
wrote and edited weekly opinion pieces.
. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
March 1990 to December 1992
Freelance Writer
Wrote feature stories for the View section.
. THE HAWTHORNE WAVE
October 1985 to September 1987
(Central News-Wave Publications)
Reporter
Wrote city, government, school, police, court, and
feature stories.
EDUCATION
*Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of
Hawaii
*Editcetera Copyediting Class
*Graphic Arts 25, San Francisco City College
*Advanced Copyediting, UC Berkeley
*Copyediting 1, UCLA
*Quark Xpress 3.3, New Horizons Computer Learning
Center
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