Los Angeles Walt Disney

Liane Bonin Starr

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Professional Summary

Award-winning writer and experienced editor who has interviewed a wide spectrum of people and experts on issues ranging from dating after cancer to winning an Oscar and more. Written internal and customer-facing content for brands including Korn Ferry, Discovery Networks, Walt Disney Records and others. Excelled at working with staff writers and freelancers to create smoother workflow. Unique history in elevating finished work beyond expectations and in mastering disparate technologies to better assist employers in reaching a wider audience. Editor of STREAM THIS NEXT, a curated collection of 1,000 international TV show recommendations released by Rizzoli Books.

Work History

Editor, CHEAPISM (2015 to present)

Generate story ideas, work with writers and create weekly round-up of competitor content.

Work with two staff editors to conceive, prioritize, and assign work.

Work with multiple regular freelance contributors to evaluate and approve or reject pitches, receive copy, place copy into site-specific CMS, and coordinate with photo editors.

Edit on tight deadlines, work closely with photo editor and top editor.

Editor, RAINBOW RUMPUS (2015 to 2017)

●Supervised all staff and freelance writers, illustrators, and reporters for nonprofit website.

●Developed workflows and aided production.

●Commissioned fiction and non-fiction as well as illustrations on a monthly basis.

●Published all content with site-specific CMS.

●Acted as point person for all incoming content and as public face of the site.

Editor, WSA TODAY (2008 to 2010)

●Built relationships with executive staff and external industry contacts after exit of previous EIC.

●Generated TOC and theme issues.

●Hands-on management of content production, publishing workflow and audience development.

●Created, deployed and executed new calendar and editorial focus while working collaboratively with the marketing department.

●Assured high level of quality control with internal content producers.

●Learned B2B style specific to a niche publishing operation and communicated changes to freelancers and staff.

●Assigned stories, planned editorial calendar and edited all content for six show daily issues a year, a monthly magazine, and a Web site (updated daily).

●Created and edited an industry-specific eco-ethics blog.

●Actively covered industry, consumer and service beats while meeting daily deadlines.

●Wrote both editorial and marketing content for a growing trade publication.

●Worked with InDesign and Photoshop.

Senior Editor, HITFIX (2011 to 2014)

●Wrote hundreds of blogs, reported stories and conducted interviews for the site.

●Crafted tight, compelling and accurate copy under deadline pressure.

●Selected, curated and optimized images for editorial.

●Worked closely with digital video production and wrote and performed video scripts.

●Formed network with independent and network publicists.

●Covered TCAs, Comic-Con, and events in the Los Angeles area.

●Assisted with hiring and print publication resourcing.

●Published on site-specific CMS.

Associate Producer, KCRW/NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO and WEEKEND AMERICA (2005)

●Covered and produced a broad range of human interest stories. Radio segments have also aired on BBC RADIO, KUOW (National Public Radio in Seattle), and on TRANSOM.ORG.

Staff Experience:

Senior Writer, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY/ EW.com and Senior Reporter/Copy Editor, SW RADIO NETWORKS

Byline has appeared in FASTCOMPANY.COM, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEXT AVENUE, INDIEWIRE, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, BUDGET LIVING, PEOPLE, TEEN PEOPLE, PREVIOUSLY.TV, DAILY VARIETY, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE LOS ANGELES READER, RIP, NEXT, BIKINI, REACT, WRITTEN BY, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE, WRITER’S DIGEST, FLAUNT, MADEMOISELLE, TEEN and others.

Senior Writer, WSA TODAY (2006 to 2008)

●Wrote business, fashion and feature articles on tight deadlines.

●Managed own beat and gained in-depth contacts within area.

●Assisted Editor-in-Chief as needed.

B2B Freelance Experience:

Wrote marketing material for DISCOVERY NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL, SONGTRUST, MEDIA PLANET, PULSE POINT, SILVER LIVING and KORN-FERRY INTERNATIONAL.

Education:

University of Southern California, B.F.A. in Screenwriting, School of Cinema/Television

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