Professional Profile
Accomplished and well-seasoned writer, editor and reporter with a proven ability to meet deadlines with grace under pressure. Over a decade's experience as a freelance writer and columnist. Areas of expertise include arts, technology, parenting, pop culture and opinion.

Skills Summary

• Writing: Professional writer for over a decade, with experience in magazine, newspaper, Internet and business writing. Author of numerous articles for national and regional publications. Contributor to several books. Currently working on second novel.


• Editing: Editor of weekly electronic newsletter, which included interactive components with tens of thousands of readers. Edited feature stories and various columns; experienced in copyediting, content editing, and proofreading.


• Online Projects: Involved with a number of online ventures since the early days of the multimedia boom. Webmaster for home page (http://www.well.com/~julene/). Proficient with HTML, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Office.

	Freelance Writer, 3/95 to present: Conceive, pitch and write articles and columns for newspapers and magazines. Subject matter includes the Internet, technology, arts, news, parenting, features and opinion.
	Writer/Columnist, 1/00 to 8/01, Industry Standard: Sole editor and writer of weekly "Beat Sheet" electronic newsletter, which explored digital music. Wrote many features stories for print and Web.
	Editorial Producer/Writer, 2/97 to 11/98, Snap! Online: Entertainment Producer for this division of c:net; as initial head of the pop culture section formulated projects, management and content.
	Music Editor/Columnist, 10/95 to 8/96, Lycos a2z: Developed and wrote weekly pop culture column, "Nose for Noise," as well as writing and editing for other sections of the site and print projects.
	Music Editor/Columnist, 9/92 to 3/95, SF Weekly: Sole responsibility for music section; assigned and edited stories from freelance writers and staffers. Wrote weekly pop culture/opinion column as well as numerous articles and features.
	Director of Prospect Research, 8/90 to 8/92, St. Mary's Foundation: Created and headed prospect research department for multi-million dollar non-profit foundation of private hospital.

Clients

Included but not limited to the following: Salon.com; America Online; beehive.org; the Industry Standard; Grok; the T Sector; Snap! Online; c:net; the Village Voice; Fodor's; sfgate.com; Sidewalk; San Francisco Chronicle; San Jose Mercury News; San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sonicnet, Bam, Variety; Schwann Spectrum; Lycos; eCast; Bookmark City; Pogo.com; Lycos a2z; San Diego Reader.

Awards

• 2002 prize winner for "Dirty Work," feature story for the T Sector magazine, awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Pro Chapter.
• 2001 and 2002, prize winner for fiction in the San Diego Writers Cooperative Annual Writing Contest.
• 1998: First place award for Best Feature Story, Non-Dailies: "Animal Magnetism," written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, awarded by the Peninsula Press Club.

B.A., Writing and Literature, 1990 – Antioch University West, San Francisco, California