Writer, content provider, journalist, reporter, researcher
Resume:
DONNA CHRISTOPHER
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Clips at http://donnachristopher.tumblr.com
Ridgefield, CT
Qualifications Summary
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Award winning staff writer and content editor from daily newspaper skilled in use of social media, staff blogs, and web and traditional reporting methods.
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Trusted team player recognized for excellent ability to build relationships with newsroom staff, community members and business leaders in coverage area.
Professional Experience
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH BOARD – NORWALK, CT
Program Associate/Evaluator/Writer (July-Present)
AMERICAN LAW MEDIA (ALM) VERDICT SEARCH
Reporter (June-Present)
Proofreader (May/2014)
“Cows in the Fog,” memoir/poetry by author S. T. Haggerty available on amazon.com
Freelance Writer (9/2014-Present)
Wrote white paper Healthy Minds, Healthy Communities - Fairfield County, Connecticut Report of the 2013-14 Mental Health Conversations published May 1, 2014 by Fairfield County Community Foundation, Connecticut.
Wrote Two cancers, two victories as marketing collateral for Western Connecticut Health Network about the Praxair Cancer Center at Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut published Feb. 1, 2014 on the hospital website.
Wrote Food featured article on 3 hotel based restaurants published Jan. 1, 2014 at isuu.com/timessquare.com, New York, N.Y.
Wrote TV and the mind for Healthy Life Magazine, Hearst magazines published Jan. 1, 2014 in Times Union Newspaper.
Author/creator Reviewing what’s amusing, blog on CT suburbs and city fun and restaurants published on brookfieldpatch.com
Author/creator Hartford Motherhood Examiner on parenting adult children
HEARST MEDIA SERVICES - THE NEWS-TIMES - DANBURY, CT
(Daily newspaper serving the Greater Danbury, Conn., area.)
Staff Writer (12/2004 - 09/2013)
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Reported news and information for web and print editions.
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Wrote news and traffic reports, business, health, arts and entertainment articles and restaurant reviews.
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Produced advertising content for digital sales publications.
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Edited images, press releases, columns, briefs and announcements.
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Provided customer support and community relations in Danbury region.
DANBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Adult Education, DANBURY, CT
Teacher of English as a second language
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Taught English conversational skills to non-native speakers whose children attended the public schools.
HERSAM ACORN NEWSPAPERS - RIDGEFIELD, CT
(Publisher of weekly newspapers in Fairfield County, Conn.)
Reporter-Stringer (04/1996 - 12/2004)
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Wrote local news and feature articles and 5 weekly columns for The Redding Pilot and other weekly newspapers.
Education
Western Connecticut State University - Danbury, CT
B.A. Political Science (1986)
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Office Productivity: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook
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Media Productivity: Adobe In Copy, Photoshop
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Media Tools: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Blogger
Awards
Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists:
Second Place, 2012, Excellence in Journalism, Reporting, Feature Whatever Happened To…Years later, he’s still half the man he used to be
First Place, 2008, Excellence in Journalism, Daily Newspaper, Features category Half the Man He Used to Be
First Place, 2008, Excellence in Journalism, Daily Newspaper, Arts & Entertainment category Sex and the City
Second Place, 2008, Excellence in Journalism, Daily Newspaper, Special Supplement Feature Series 125th Anniversary Commemorative Issue
Public Service
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Member/Advocate and Trained Facilitator for Support Groups for families with mental illness, Bloomfield, CT June, 2014
Judge -Hearst Regional Spelling Bee, Danbury, Conn., 2012-2014
Judge –Danbury CityCenter Winter Chili Warm-up community event, 2011-2013
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