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Content Strategy & Editorial Management

Are you trying to figure out how to cover a new area, tackle a new topic or just improve the bang for your buck for your day-to-day content?

I’m here to help.

Having run newsrooms and built teams for more than 8 years, I’m well versed in analyzing competitive properties, finding a strong position, and gearing up a team to hit the ground running.

As a managing editor I can:

Workshop content ideas with stakeholders
Assign and manage freelance writers
Developmental and structural editing to improve copy
Line edit to ensure content follows the style and editorial guidelines of the publication

Photo: Shining Lake Confirms Presence of Liquid on Titan

Photo: Shining Lake Confirms Presence of Liquid on Titan

WIREDScience Blog, December 17th, 2009.

SAN FRANCISCO – A glint of light from a large lake confirms the presence of surface liquid in Titan’s northern hemisphere. This image, released Thursday here at the American Geophysical Union meeting, was captured on July 8, using the Cassini.. →

The Climate Costs of Contrails

The Climate Costs of Contrails

Americal Geographic Union GeoSpace Blog, December 17th, 2009.

Trucks belching emissions are obnoxious, but I don’t feel the same disgust when I see fluffy white contrails in the sky. Maybe I should.

Contrails are the artificial clouds formed by condensation of water and emissions from.. →

Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, Stanford researcher says

Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, Stanford researcher says

Stanford University Medical Center, December 14th, 2009.

Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study led by a researcher now at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Overweight adults who cut television time in.. →

Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals in Stanford study

Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals in Stanford study

Stanford University Medical Center, December 4th, 2009.

A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine’s ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric reflux.. →

Menlo-Atherton High School wins prize for sleep program with Stanford class

Menlo-Atherton High School wins prize for sleep program with Stanford class

Stanford University Medical Center, November 16, 2009

The California School Boards Association has awarded Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton a 2009 Golden Bell Award for its comprehensive sleep education campaign. The program was developed in collaboration with well-known sleep researcher.. →

Prize honors Pizzo for his work with children

Prize honors Pizzo for his work with children

Stanford University Medical Center, November 16th, 2009.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities have awarded their Medical Award of Excellence to Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the School of Medicine, for his contributions to childhood medicine. The award includes a $100,000 grant to donate to a.. →

Seed grants to faculty support six community health projects

Seed grants to faculty support six community health projects

Stanford University Medical Center, November 16th, 2009.

The Stanford Office of Community Health awarded six seed grants to faculty members that promote community health through collaboration between Stanford and local agencies. The projects include community-health-oriented research and.. →

Summer program for minority high school students receives $1.3 million in NIH funds

Summer program for minority high school students receives $1.3 million in NIH funds

Stanford University Medical Center, November 2, 2009

The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program will receive a $1.3 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health, spread over the next five years. The grant will extend science educational opportunities.. →

Stanford helps establish tissue bank, patient registry for lymphatic diseases

Stanford helps establish tissue bank, patient registry for lymphatic diseases

Stanford University School of Medicine, November 2, 2009

Millions of people in the United States may suffer from lymphatic diseases, but little is known about what causes these illnesses or how widespread they may be. To try to answer these and other questions, researchers at the Stanford University.. →

MRI abundance may lead to excess in back surgeries, study shows

MRI abundance may lead to excess in back surgeries, study shows

Stanford University Medical Center, October 14, 2009

Patients reporting new low-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of magnetic resonance imaging machines, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

This.. →