Copy Editor

Lois Heyman

**** ***** ******, ***.**

Brooklyn, NY 11226

Phone: 908-***-****

Email: ******.****@*****.***

Copy Editor (currently since March 2024) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEWS GROUP (branch of national company MediaNews Group)

Copyedit local, national and international news and feature articles in 12 regional daily print newspapers; write headlines and captions; proofread designed pages for publication via InCopy/InDesign.

Freelance Copy Editor (2022 to 2024) Climate and Capital Media weekly newsletter; (2023) Kirkus Reviews; (2022 to 2023) Patch.com; (2022) Smithsonian magazine; CoStar North America/Homes.com (also Writer)

Copy Editor (May 2015 to September 2021) 1199SEIU FUNDS, New York City – Administering health, education and child-care benefits to 400,000 healthcare workers

●Copyedited and fact-checked all editorial content, online and in print: medical research conference journals, pharmacy preferred drug listings, legal contracts, benefits registration packages (including forms, instruction sheets, postcards and flyers), professional training course catalogs and camp catalogs, emailed newsletters, provider letters, posters for display at partner institutions, annual reports, presentation PowerPoints.

●Edited and proofread monthly 1199SEIU publications For Your Benefit, Child Care News, Retired Members Division Bulletin.

●Edited and proofread digital content in CMS for development of 1199SEIU Funds’ mobile app.

●Project-managed journals of annual fundraising and award galas from planning through production.

●Performed all duties as Copy Editor remotely from March 2020 until leaving this position September 2021.

Copy Editor (2014 to 2015) THE BTN GROUP, NORTHSTAR TRAVEL MEDIA, New York City – Global leader in B2B travel media

●Copyedited Business Travel News

●Edited and managed website via CMS.

●Edited and proofread biweekly and monthly print magazines via InCopy/InDesign.

●Compiled, coded via HTML and managed email delivery of daily, weekly and monthly digital newsletters.

Freelance Copy Editor (2011 to 2014) Amplify Education; Niche Media (Hamptons, Gotham, Michigan Avenue magazines); iTech Post media group (iTechPost.com, Mobilenapps.com); personal memoirs (private clients, self-published).

Senior Food Writer/Editor/Photographer (2008 to 2011) GANNETT NEW JERSEY GROUP — Courier News, Home News Tribune, Daily Record, Asbury Park Press

●Wrote daily and weekly long-form features; WordPress daily blog posts, engaging readers and helping boost click-through rates and social media shares and likes.

●Shot and posted photos and videos to website MyCentralJersey.com, some now viewable at https://www.youtube.com/HeyloVideo

●Reported, wrote and posted from the field, long before remote work was widespread, covering the Central Jersey/NYC metro area food scene with occasional in-office days.

Community Sections Editor (2000 to 2008) Courier News, GANNETT NEW JERSEY GROUP

●Assigned and edited staffers’ and freelance writers’ feature stories.

●Designed and produced four weekly 16-to-24-page tabloid sections with local news and features that helped elevate the newspaper’s storytelling, leveraging the best practices of print and digital journalism.

●Wrote compelling, snappy headlines that entertained and engaged readers.

EDUCATION: Barnard College, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City; Bachelor of Arts degree

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