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Stellar storyteller | Creative communicator. 

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Contributing Writer

The Huffington Post | Atlanta, GA

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• Assist in the ideation, execution and production of sharable and engaging articles. 

• Conduct targeted research, identify credible sources and analyze key issues. Ensure copy meets editorial guidelines.

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Senior Writer

OddlyMe | Atlanta, GA

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• Style and source trending blogs for social mobile AP.

• Source innovative material across user-generated social media channels.

• Help to develop tone, style, voice and structure of editorial content that will increase visibility.

• Develop audience through awareness campaigns.

• Oversee communication efforts as assigned.

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Editorial Coordinator/Producer

CNN | Atlanta, GA

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• Recognize and pursue news events and newsmakers. 

• Create new approaches to presenting CNN's content, bridging both the interactive and television divisions.

• Direct photo shoots.

• Compile proposals for new programming initiatives.

• Produce forward-thinking, high-impact evergreen packages, and vignettes for CNN sponsors.

• Generate compelling news copy that brings stories and newsmakers to life.

• Distill detailed plans and strategies into the elusive yet incredibly effective “big idea.”

• Script writing

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EDUCATION

 

B.A., Communications 

University of Denver

1997

 

MFA in Narrative Nonfiction Writing

University of Georgia 

2019-present

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AWARDS

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2010 Peabody Award for coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill. 

2009 New York Festivals Bronze World Medal Award for co-producing documentary, “We Have Autism.” 

2007 American Association of Black Journalists Award for Outstanding Public Affairs Programming for CNN Connects: The New South Africa 

2005 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for coverage of the South Asia Tsunami Disaster.

2005 Peabody Award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

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OTHER

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Proficient in iNews, WordPress, MS Word, Excel and SquareSpace.

Member of Press Corp for The Institute for Policy Studies in D.C.

 

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LITERARY CITATIONS

 

“The Problem with Black Women,” essay cited in the book, Color Stories: Black Women and Colorism in the 21st Century. Essay, “The Picture of Health” is included in Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings, a college textbook.