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WORK

Mastering the art of communication

My career history includes some diverse job choices but each
of these shares a common skill -- communication. From my
earliest work as a print reporter to my current work as a
content provider, I have mastered the skill of telling a story in
the most clear and concise way possible.

Writing has been a driving passion for a couple of years teaching and it was
me since I was child. As early as junior wonderful. The kids were amazing. If it
high school, I’d already picked out two paid better, I might still be doing it.
career paths for myself -- journalist and Fast forward to a career in marketing
teacher.
communications. Though it’s taken me a
I managed the first career right out of few years to find the same sense of pur-
an early graduation from college - be- pose in this career as the two previous,
coming a young, and highly idealistic, I think it’s finally come. I’ve identified the
newspaper reporter. I learned how to companies whose services and prod-
consider my audience, and process ucts I can be passionate about and I’m
for them large amounts of information helping them make a difference in the
from specialist sources. In bringing the world.
two together I helped make the com- In addition to a love of writing, I’ve used
plex understood without sacrificing the my addiction to learning to supplement
integrity of the information shared. my job skills. I code (html, css, javas-
Sadly, idealism wanes and journalism cript), I’m an award-winning photog-
with it. Fake news was never my passion rapher, I have a minor in graphic de-
and the public’s allergy to facts put a sign and certificates in Adobe Suite
stop to my love of reporting. So, I spent products.

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