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Barbara Trainin Blank

Silver Spring, MD. 20902 301-***-**** adzbzf@r.postjobfree.com traininblankwriting.com.

Freelance editor/copyeditor with diverse experience (highlight

Copy Editor, Montgomery County Sentinel, Rockville, Md.

2017-2019: Copy edited/proofread articles of weekly newspaper-24/7 digital publication.

Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader, Strategic Studies Institute, Carlisle, Pa.

2000-2016: Proofread or copyedited academic studies for publications.

Copy Editor, Mary Sachs Interior Design of Harrisburg, Pa. and New York City

2005-2013: Copy edited publicity materials and two of her books: The Interior Design Business Handbook and Marketing and Client Relations for Interior Designers.

Edited or copyedited books, including;

Stewart W. Husted: George C. Marshall: Rubrics of Leadership.

Laura Starke: Being the Change, about community leadership

Michael Sand: Managing Religious Organizations

Gary Grobman: The Nonprofit Handbook

Writing Experience

Book Author:

·Mary Sachs: Merchant Princess, a biography, Sunbury Press, 2015.

·Co-authored What to Do about Mama: A Guide to Caring for Aging Family Members (Sunbury Press, 2013.

·What to Do about Mama: Expectations and Realities of Caregiving, 2020 (revision)

Freelanced for newspapers, magazines, and web site,1986-present

Education

Barnard College, Columbia University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, Honors in Sociology(major).

Graduate credits in journalism at Temple University Harrisburg campus.

Skills

Proofreading symbols; Word; Pages; Excel; Track changes; strong grammar/syntax.

Memberships/Affiliations

· American Society of Journalists and Authors (pending)

·Alliance of Jewish Theatre

·Michael Sand Associates (nonprofit consultants)

·Writers’ Center (Bethesda, Md.)

·Playwrights of Pennsylvania

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