Quality Assurance Manager

DIANA FASANELLA

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732-***-**** ( **************@*****.***

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS ANALYST, JOURNALIST, WEB & PRINT CONTENT EDITOR, &

QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST

Award-winning Journalist/Photographer, detail-oriented Content Editor, and

Quality Assurance Specialist with 20+ years working for Gannett/USA Today

newspapers and DoD contractors, specializing in Aviation and Aerospace.

Active Secret Clearance. Proven ability to create and edit copy, conceive,

brand and promote original columns and blogs, and manage web content.

Dedicated writer and editor. Certified Grief Counselor.

Areas of Expertise

Web/Print Content Editing ( Journalism/Reporting ( Quality Assurance (

Blogging ( Photography ( Social Networking ( CMS

SEO ( Branding & Promotion ( Newspaper Publication ( Online Media

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CARLEY CORPORATION, Orlando, Fla. ( 2011 to 2014

Quality Assurance Specialist

Edited custom-designed, technology based products, including e-Learning

courseware, training

systems and classroom simulators, for all branches of the Department of

Defense.

. Worked closely with Subject Matter Experts, Instructional Designers,

Graphic Artists, and Programmers during development of courseware to

comply with government project standards

. Researched Government Furnished Information and compared schematics

during courseware development to comply with project standards

. Rewrote Designers' text, applied correct rules of grammar, punctuation

and sentence structure to developed text

ASBURY PARK PRESS, Neptune, New Jersey ( 2000 to 2011

2nd largest newspaper in NJ, with web edition and circulation of 165K daily

and 225K Sunday.

Social Interaction Digital Web Editor

Managed all content for online edition, APP.com. Edited breaking new

stories and launched them on the website. Wrote humor column and blogged

about news oddities. Promoted with social networking. Assisted PR contacts

and readers in the maintenance of web presence. Acted as backup for

breaking news editor and web producer for JerseyShoreMoms.com.

. Created, branded and wrote humor column, Kickin' Back and NJPA award-

winning news blog Say What?

. Pulled in several hundred thousand page views per month with Say What?,

greatly increasing digital circulation

News Editor

Served as assignment editor for reporters, photographers and

correspondents. Edited stories and processed page layouts, supervised page

designers and wrote headlines.

. Planned budgets for 12 weekly hyper-local news sections.

Night Desk Copy Editor

Processed print pages, including managing and editing copy, laying out

pages and writing headlines. Performed final proofing before going to

press.

TIMES BEACON NEWSPAPERS, Manahawkin, New Jersey ( 1993 to 2000

4 weekly Gannett newspapers in So. Ocean County with combined circulation

of 50K.

Managing Editor

Managed newsroom and stringer staff, assigned stories, performed final

proofs, oversaw finance and budgeting process and coordinated

administrative functions including hiring and payroll. Worked with

advertising department to implement news sections and features, including

Community Commerce business page and revenue-generating special sections.

. Developed and implemented a "Meet the Press" campaign to create an open-

door policy with local officials, police and public.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Communications/Journalism concentration, minor in Women's

Studies

College of New Jersey - Ewing, New Jersey

Associate of Science, Electronic Media/Television/Radio

Mercer Country Community College - West Windsor, New Jersey

American Institute of Healthcare Professionals/Grief Counseling

Certification

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Investigative Reporters and Editors

Society of Professional Journalists

AWARDS

14 New Jersey Press Association Awards:

News, Business, Editorial, Headline & Column Writing, Photography, Blogging

New Jersey Society of Professional Journalist Award for Headline Writing

2nd-place NJPA honors as 1998 Journalist of the Year, weekly division

COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook), CMS, Saxotect,

WordPress,

Basic HTML, SEO, Coyote Print Program, Harris Pagination, Authorware,

Captivate, Nikon 200 Associated Press style guidelines

PUBLICATIONS

Author of 2 children's books under Hippie Nana Publications trademark

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