High School Health

Writer, Editor, Communications Consultant

ALICIA BROOKS WALTMAN

*************@*****.************ EXPERIENCEMedia Specialist, Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Pennington, NJ (2010 present)

Develop, promote and write press releases for media, including websites, district Facebook page, newspapers, on topics in the school district. Assist and advise the Superintendent of Schools on district- wide communication and media strategy for dealing with a variety of educational issues.Editorial Consultant, Hopewell, NJ (2005 present). Clients include:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ. Edit publications on medical issues, such as electronic health records, for the country s largest philanthropic organization for health care.

Baldwin Publishing, Washington Crossing, PA. Write web and newsletter content on health and wellness issues for hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Wickenden Associates, Princeton, NJ. Performed editing and writing services for independent school consulting firm.

New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, Trenton, NJ. Write features for their quarterly magazine, Enterprise.Freelance Writer/Editor, Washington, DC (1997 2005), Hopewell, NJ (2005 present)

Freelance writer published in national publications, including: American Baby, Enterprise, Glamour, Life, Modern Maturity, Natural Health, Parenting, People, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Psychology Today, Reader s Digest, The Washington Post, The Washington Post Magazine, Washingtonian, and Woman s Day.

Washington Correspondent, Washington, DC (1990 97) for

People Magazine, Washington, DC (1993 1997). Reported on Capital Hill, the White House, celebrities, and other stories for Washington bureau of national magazine with a circulation of 4 million.

Scripps League Newspapers, Washington, DC (1993). Provided Washington coverage for 40-newspaper chain.

States News Service, Washington, DC (1990 93.) Reported for news wire serving 150 newspapers. Covered Congress and federal agencies for The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, The Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Honolulu Advertiser and other newspapers. Covered 1992 Democratic National Convention.Editor, The Boston Phoenix, Boston, MA (1990).

Edited and oversaw production of special supplements for weekly newspaper (circulation 135,000). Also wrote feature articles.Suburban Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cherry Hill, NJ (1989 90).

Reported on politics, schools, business and travel. Wrote a weekly business column.OTHER EXPERIENCE

English Teacher, Doshisha Girls High School, Kyoto, Japan (1988 89). Taught English to 200 students in grade 7 & 12.

S.A.T. Test Developer, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (Summer 1985)EDUCATION & AWARDS

Smith College, Northampton, MA. BA in English Literature (1986)

Brown University, Providence, RI (1984 85)

Davidoff Scholarship, Wesleyan University Writers Conference (1996)

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