MICHAEL KAROL *** Third Avenue **F, New York, NY *0010 | 212-***-**** | Cell: 917-***-****

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EDITOR ● MANAGING EDITOR ● COPY CHIEF ● AUTHOR

I supervise a publication’s production from concept to the printed page, in print, online, or on a tablet. I edit for clarity and logic, suggesting changes in text that preserve the writer’s voice and echo the magazine's style.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE:

•Editorial, in print, online, tablet: Write, assign, edit, copyedit, and proofread text; social networking, including blogging, Twitter, and Facebook; traffic pages between art and editorial; develop, write and produce all collateral materials. Use AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style, and Merriam-Webster.

•Managerial: Department head/supervisor; direct all editorial operations; train employees; hire, assign, and bill freelancers in art and editorial; conduct yearly employee reviews.

• Computer, MAC and PC: Adobe InDesign/InCopy on K4; QuarkXpress; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Adobe Photoshop (modifying image size and scale, formatting) and Acrobat.

• Author: Nine books, including the best sellers Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia, 2008; and The ABC Movie of the Week Companion, 2009. Guest lecturer at conventions and charity events.

• Web/Internet: Code HMTL; Web producer/content manager, www.Sitcomboy.com; SEO Best Practices; Co-Manager/Web site editor, SoapOperaWeekly.com; Web Site Content Manager, CMP’s Planet IT.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• THE WRITE STUFF, New York, NY May 2011–Present

Freelance Copy Chief, Copy Editor, Digital Editor, Writer/Clients include Westchester magazine, Prevention, OK!, Soap Opera Digest, In Touch, Fortune, Gateway Computers, CNET, The College Board, Martha Stewart Living, Toshiba, and Ladies Home Journal

• AMERICAN MEDIA, INC., New York, NY November 2011–December 2011

Copy Chief/One Life to Live Special Farewell Issue

• SOURCE INTERLINK MEDIA, New York, NY July 2003–May 2011

Copy Chief/Editor, Soap Opera Weekly, July 2003–May 2011

Copy Chief, Pixie, a magazine for tweens, September 2006–May 2011

• MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA, New York, NY May 2002–March 2003

Freelance Copy Editor/Copy Chief, Martha Stewart Living / Martha by Mail

• CNET NETWORKS, New York, NY July 2001–June 2003

Editorial Consultant/Co-Managing Editor, the Gateway Guide and the Fortune/CNET Tech Review

• THEDEAL.COM, New York, NY July 2000–July 2001

Editor, E-Mail Newsletters Created, edited, and dispatched 10 e-mail newsletters a week.

• CMP MEDIA, INC., New York, NY May 1998–January 2000

Web Site Content Manager, Planet IT; uploaded and edited 17 high-tech newsletters a week.

• ZIFF-DAVIS, New York, NY September 1996–March 1998

Copy Chief, Computer Shopper magazine

• CAHNERS PUBLISHING, New York, NY January 1990–August 1996

Managing Editor, Graphic Arts Monthly

EDUCATION

M.S. Communications, 1977, Boston University College of Communications, Boston

B.A. Sociology/Communications, 1975, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

AWARDS

Cahners Publishing Editorial Medal of Excellence, 1996

Folio: magazine Eddie Award for Outstanding Editorial and Design, Soap Opera Weekly, 2003

American Business Media Jesse H. Neal Awards Finalist, 1993 and 1996

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