I have many skills that add value to business beyond those of an EA. Following are several examples in the publishing disciplines.
The first is this Web site, which features my copywriting and editing, page layout, and Web publishing gifts. It demonstrates my ability to combine many skills to present information and communicate effectively to a professional audience using the latest technology and software.
I originally conceived, constructed, wrote and published this site in one weekend. Like everything I write and design, I carefully polish it over time and add new features.
The New York Times has published five pieces I wrote – humorous observations about life in New York City. The editors hired cartoonist Lars Leetaru to illustrate one of them (left). Competing for an editor’s attention requires one to be selective, speak to a diverse audience, and communicate elegantly and entertainingly in as few words as possible.
published May 29, 2006 (second item on the page)
published March 19, 2007 (fourth item on the page)
published December 17, 2007 (fourth item on the page)
published May 5, 2008 (fifth item on the page)
published March 29, 2010 (fifth item on the page)
Feature writing and research is another of my passions. I wrote the photographic essay on Wikipedia about New York’s Village Halloween Parade. Wikipedia content can be edited, rewritten, and even deleted by anyone. My goal was to create a composition too exceptional to invite major rewrites. I am pleased to report that up until three years later it was almost exactly as I originally published it. Editors have given it high praise, and it was even translated for the Hungarian WP, where it was selected as a front page featured article. In addition to writing it, I interviewed the event organizer and exhibitors to check facts, selected all the photographs, and secured agreements from their owners for use under GNU’s Free Documentation License.
“...and then he yelled, SHUFFLE! and the crowd went wild!”
Photo credit: Jim Boden
