Seasoned journalist and editor
Resume:
CHERYL A. APPEL * Condor Road
Sharon, Massachusetts 02067
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
****-**** ******* ******** ******, The Boston Globe
• Managed seven reporters covering personal finance, retail and advertising, workplace and labor, and technology, plus numerous freelance writers, from assignment to publication.
• Produced several annual special sections including the Globe 100 Best of Massachusetts Business, Giving philanthropy section, Money Matters personal finance expo, Careers and Your Taxes.
• Produced quarterly Auto, Venture Capital and Mutual Funds sections.
• Edited weekly Business Opinion page, working with prominent industry and academic contributors.
2000-2001 Presentation Editor, Business, The Boston Globe
• Conceptualized, researched and assigned informational graphics, charts, photos and illustrations for both display and inside pages.
• Trained in Quark, Photoshop and other programs to produce charts, tables and layouts on deadline.
1997-2003 Assistant Business Editor, The Boston Globe
• Launched former Sunday Money Matters personal finance section and edited former weekly Emerging Business and consumer technology Plugged In pages.
1995-1997 Layout/Makeup/Slot Editor, The Boston Globe
• Edited and paginated former Money Monday personal finance section.
• Paginated daily business and special sections.
• Edited stories; wrote headlines and cutlines.
1993-1995 Assistant Business Editor, Boston Herald
• Formulated daily business news budget.
• Directed staff of nine reporters plus freelance writers.
• Assigned photos and graphics; edited local and wire copy; determined story play.
• Launched and edited annual Best of Massachusetts Business special section.
1990-1993 Business Copy Chief, Boston Herald
• Designed and edited/slotted daily and weekend business pages.
• Supervised copy desk and production.
• Redesigned stock tables and Sunday Business section.
1988-1990 Editor/Page Designer, Gannett Westchester Newspapers, White Plains, NY
• Real Estate Editor; assigned, edited, designed and paginated Business sections.
1984-1987 Copy Editor/Photo Editor/Reporter, Town Crier Publications, Sudbury, MA
• Coordinated photography; supervised production; designed news and photo layouts; edited, assigned and wrote news and features for weekly chain.
1982 Reporter, Roll Call, Washington, D.C.
• Wrote articles for Capitol Hill weekly; covered 1982 Congressional elections.
EDUCATION
• Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
M.S., May 1988. Courses included graphics/design, copy editing, management,
radio, TV reporting/production, darkroom photography. Designed student
newspaper; art director for student magazine; covered 1988 New Hampshire
presidential primary.
• Brandeis University
B.A., Cum Laude, May 1984. Majors: Politics and Sociology.
Minor: Urban Studies. Awards: Undergraduate Research Funds for Honors
Thesis, A Comparative Study of Mayoral Elections in Boston and Philadelphia;
High Honors from Politics Department.
CONTRACT/FREELANCE WORK
• Project writer, CPC Global Communications, Boston, 2008.
• Contract editor and writer, MIT Venture Mentoring Service, Kauffman Foundation Grant, 2006.
• Copy Editor, “The Right Way to Hire Financial Help,” Charles A. Jaffe, MIT Press.
RECOGNITION/AWARDS
• Certificate of Recognition from The Department of Treasury – IRS, for providing accurate and informative tax information, 2003.
• Judge: Student Online Journalism Awards; John Hancock Financial Journalism Awards; San Diego Press Club; Cleveland Press Club.
• Fellow, 1994 Foundation for American Communications Institute on Economics for Journalists.
• 1st place, 1987, Best Special Section, Suburban Newspapers of America, for “METCO: Where it’s been, where it’s going.”
• 2nd place, 1987, Business, Economic and Consumer Reporting, Harte-Hanks Communications National Writing Contest.
• Massachusetts Press Association Annual Newspaper Contests: 1st runner-up, 1987, Best Special Section; 2nd runner-up, 1987, Best Feature Story; 2nd place, 1986, Community Service; Honorable Mention, 1985, Best Feature Story.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Co-chair, Sharon Middle School PTO, Sharon, MA 2008-present.
• School Council member, Heights Elementary School, 2006-2008.
• Board of Directors, Communications Chair, Temple Sinai, Sharon, MA 2008-present.
• Dues Restructuring Committee, Temple Sinai, 2007-present.
• Treasurer/Officer, Heights Elementary School PTO, 2004-2006.
• School Committee member, Temple Adath Sharon Religious School, 2004-2006.
• Former soloist, board member, Quincy (MA) Choral Society and New Rochelle (NY) Chorale.
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