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Editor and Writer

Location:
Dallas, TX
Posted:
March 30, 2021

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Morgan B. Horst

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Education

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Class of 2019, Bachelor’s degree in English—Creative Writing

GPA: 3.903, Summa cum laude

Organizations: The Cougar — Copy Editor 2017, Copy Chief 2018 & 2019, Managing Editor 2019; Glass Mountain — Reviews Editor 2018, Prose Editor 2019; Chi Alpha 2017 & 2018

Dallas County Community College District North Texas Central College

Farmers Branch, Texas Gainesville, Texas

Online Courses Summer 2019 Dual Credit Courses 2015-2017

GPA: 4.0 GPA: 3.734

Experience

Scribendi

Freelance Editor January 2020 – present

Editing and proofreading academic, business, and personal documents for clients, particularly ESL clients

Guiding Hands Christian Academy — Sanger, Texas

Lead Infant Teacher June 2020 – November 2020

Caregiver for children 18 months and younger at the local daycare

Ensured the classroom was clean and safe and Texas Minimum Standards were followed

Recently CPR certified and background checked

Regular training on child development, discipline, and psychology

The Cougar — Houston, Texas

Managing Editor May 2019 – December 2019

Copy Chief January 2018 – May 2019

Managed upper editors for UH’s weekly print and daily digital newspaper

Hired and managed copy editors for UH’s weekly print and daily digital newspaper

Organized schedules and distributed strikes

Fact checked articles and edited articles for AP style and grammar

Published web content daily and print content weekly

Attended weekly meetings and recruiting events

Attended the National College Media Conference in Washington, DC for professional development and journalism workshops

Participated on a search committee to hire a new adviser for the newspaper and activities coordinator for the Center for Student Media

UH Barnes and Noble Bookstore — Houston, Texas

Bookseller August 2017 – August 2018

Assisted manager with ordering textbooks from publishers and assisted student customers



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