My Writing and Editing
AARP New Hampshire and AARP Connecticut
As the Director of Digital Media Communications at AARP Massachusetts in Boston, I wrote hundreds of articles for the state website, social media posts, and email marketing, on a variety of issues: health care, legislative advocacy, community outreach, educational events, volunteer spotlights and calls for volunteers, and political news.
I served as Interim Communications Director for the AARP Connecticut state office for six months in 2016, and Interim Communications Director for the AARP New Hampshire state office for several months in 2017. During this time I wrote press releases, articles for each respective state website, social media posts, and email marketing, on a variety of issues: health care, legislative advocacy, community outreach, educational events, volunteer spotlights and calls for volunteers, and political news.
As the Senior Editor of the Melrose Free Press print newspaper and corresponding, melrosefreepress.com, I wrote and edited hundreds of stories. I managed one staff reporter and up to seven freelance writers at any given time. My staff and I covered everything from breaking news, local government and commerce, to politics, transportation, health, education, crime, feature stories, and more.
At School Family Media, I served as Editor-in-Chief of the SchoolFamily.com website. I helped redesign and re-brand the site, adding in a section of content on Social/Emotional Wellness for children. I wrote content and edited content that I assigned to several freelance writers and regular columnists. I also worked from wireframing up to the launch of the School Family Recipe Share, a media-sales partnership.
