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| L.A. Weekly | Features Writer | | 12/10 to Present |
| Writing feature articles and blogging on culture, arts, music, and news for Los Angeles' second-largest newspaper. |
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| Giga Granada Hills | Editor | | 6/09 to 12/11 |
| Creating and promoting a hyperlocal blog serving the Granada Hills neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley which reached 10,000 unique readers per month. |
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| Valley Life Magazine | Editor | | 12/09 to 12/10 |
| Assigning, editing, proofreading, fact-checking articles for bimonthly lifestyle publication. Responsible for overseeing work of freelancers and working with lead designer to determine the look and direction of the magazine from month to month. |
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| Various Publications | Freelance Writer and Blogger | | 1999 to Present |
| Researching and writing articles for a variety of publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Babble.com, Utne, L.A. Weekly, Daily Mantra.com, and others. Complete list of publications is below. |
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| W. W. Norton, Inc. | Freelance Writer | | 1/01 to 12/01 |
| Working with authors of a college textbook writing supplementary materials for the text and developing content for its companion website. |
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| Feed The Monster Media, Inc. | Writer/Editor | | 11/99 to 10/00 |
Developed new content and features for award-winning web design firm serving major-market radio stations (e.g. KROQ.com, LIVE105.com, and B96.com). Wrote, researched, and edited daily music news, artist biographies, promotional copy, interactive quizzes and entertainment content. The firm closed in October 2000. |
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| LFP, Inc. | Editor & Monthly Columnist | | 12/98 to 8/99 |
Edited true crime magazine. Responsibilities included editing articles, writing a monthly column, contributing book and movie reviews, acting as liaison between freelancers and Executive Editor, expediting copy flow between departments, composing cover lines, headlines, deck heads, photo captions, table of contents and "Coming Next Month" pages. Additional responsibilities included fact-checking, implementing changes in Quark XPress layouts and supervising blueline changes. |
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| All About You Magazine | Freelance Writer | | 3/98 to 1/99 |
| Wrote various lifestyle articles for national newsstand publication that reaches more than 1 million teen girls. |
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| L.A. Weekly | Fact-Checker | | 1/98 to 1/99 |
| Edited and fact-checked articles for alternative weekly as part of the newspaper’s internship program. |
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| Eton-Derma Labs | Advertising Copy Editor | | November 1996 |
| Composed and edited advertising copy for cosmetic company's web site on a freelance basis. |
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| The Daily Nexus | Weekly Columnist | | 1990-1994 |
Wrote weekly advice column addressing college community health and sexuality concerns. |
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| Education: | | | |
| University of California at Santa Barbara | B.A., Sociology | | June 1994 |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | A.A., English | | June 1990 |
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Windows and Mac operating systems, Quark XPress 4.0, Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Access Database, Fact Checking and Research |
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| Interests: | | | |
Backpacking, drums, performing arts, costuming
Los Angeles Area Coordinator, The Burning Man Project |
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Linda Williamson's Writing Has Appeared in: The Los Angeles Times L.A. Weekly The Christian Science Monitor Sunset Magazine American Way Salon.com The Utne Reader Babble.com OnEarth Magazine DailyMantra.com Hipmama Birmingham Black & White News Nevada Magazine Santa Cruz Good Times Rocky Mountain Bullhorn Ottawa Citizen Colorado Springs Independent The Hook (Charlottesville) The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine Hampton Roads Monthly |
