Editor and/or writer

Carol Feineman

530-***-**** (cell) or ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Award-winning editor looking to revamp a general or specialty newspaper, magazine, newsletter or website to increase appeal and readership.

HIGHLIGHTS:

* Remodel weekly and daily newspapers, from front to back, to gain new readers to the publication.

* Train high school and college students, often with little experience, to write news stories and features.

* Produced a popular entertainment publication, featuring nightlife, events and arts for all ages.

* Write stories picked up by AP and television stations.

* Helped increase circulation at weekly newspaper by 20 percent the first four months there by emphasizing local news and giving disgruntled readers a chance to talk.

RELEVANT WRITING SKILLS:

* Write articles on government, business, lifestyle and the arts that offer new information.

* Give staff and freelancers encouraging feedback so they learn how to make their stories more relevant.

* Provide information concisely, accurately and clearly.

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:

* Keep staff members on schedule.

* Produce interesting issues, even with reduced staffing.

* Plan new events for greater community involvement, from providing free concerts to starting a food/clothes drive.

* Meet all writing and work-related deadlines.

FLEXIBILITY/INITIATIVE:

* Organize new features to attract new readers.

* Solve potential problems by looking for solutions in which all parties, whether employees against each other, or employees and a public member, "win."

* Self-motivated.

HONORS:

* Received first-place for editorial comment, third-place for columns and fifth-place for general excellence from California News Publishers Association in 2022.

* Won first-place in public service from California News Publishers Association two consecutive years. Received second-place for feature writing.

* Received honorable mentions from California News Publishers Association for general

excellence, front page, investigative reporting and editorial pages.

* Received first-place and second-place best opinion column award from Suburban Newspapers of America two consecutive years.

* Received second-place for best general reporting and third-place for best front page in Brehm Communications, Inc. Weeklies' Better Newspaper Contest.

WORK HISTORY:

Managing Editor 11/2008 to 6/2023 Lincoln News Messenger, with Loomis News,

Placer Herald and Roseville Press Tribune added March 2018

Editor 8/2007 to 11/2008 The Examiner’s City Star, San Francisco, California

Editor 1/2005 to 8/2007 Colfax Record Newspaper, Colfax, California

Arts and Entertainment Editor 8/1997 to 1/2005 The Union, Grass Valley, California

Executive Director 3/1993 to 8/1997 St. Joseph's Cultural Center, Grass Valley, California

Freelance Writer/Paralegal 1986 to 1993 Campbell, California

Public Relations/Membership Manager 1981 to 1985 Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce, Sunnyvale, California

Sports Information Director Assistant 1980 San Jose State University, San Jose, California

Publicity Director 1980 Santa Clara & Santa Cruz Counties Council of Camp Fire, Inc., San Jose, California

Lifestyle Editor & Food Editor 1978 to 1979 Brandon News, Brandon, Florida

Lifestyle Editor & Food Editor 1978 Plant City Courier, Florida. Transferred to Brandon News, Florida

Community Editor 1977 to 1978 Auburndale Star, Auburndale, Florida

EDUCATION:

PARALEGAL STUDIES, De Anza College, 1992. Graduated with 4.0 average. Courses included civil litigation, advanced civil litigation, legal research and writing, advanced legal research and writing, partnerships and corporations, business law and family law.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN JOURNALISM, University of Florida, 1977. Major: Reporting . Minor: Political science .

References and writing samples available upon request.

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