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NEWS
Man bites dog. Stories that get to the point, show and
tell what happened and why and how it happened in a way that's
interesting enough for readers to care. New contacts to expert,
hot sources who can substantiate cold hard facts. Freethinking
and fresh new news.
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"Press.
Profit. And Provocation.
Library promotion for the over-educated."
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column
Writer, monthly column
on how-to market libraries
for Ex Libris, an e-newsletter with a subscription
audience of 7,000 academic, librarian and IT professionals.
Publisher
Marylaine Block (former librarian, information-broker
and columnist for Fox News Online ) quoted Tia in her
latest book "The
Thriving Library" in the chapter on Marketing.
[pub. Information Today, March 2007]
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"United
We Brand. How one American company takes a stand for
its USP."
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news essay
Writer
Down-to-the-DNA
researched essay to answer U.C.L.A. advertising
professor's ? "Is Wal-Mart's current advertising
on brand?" Only student to interview Wal-Mart
executive, agency reps from both ad firms and
others. The posted comments are from ad professionals
off the social membership portal AdHoles.com.
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"2006
Digital Entertainment & Media Directory"
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online
Editor
of media, entertainment and educational
organizations, law firms and advertising sectors for
inaugural edition directory covering technology and
content companies in the digital domain. Publisher:
Digital
Media Wire
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"Free
Cash to Change Your Life"
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stories
Writer, monthly columns
Ghostwrite for New York
Times best-selling author Matthew Lesko (the guru of government
giveaways). Interview government-money program experts
and entreprenuers who had received from $500-$5M in free
government money for their business. Cover city, county,
state and federal government funding programs. Get photos
and releases signed. Write one or two monthly columns
published in print and online for fee-based membership
newsletters/Web sites for "The Highlander Club"
and "Tax-Wise Money." For separate project in
same genre, get testimonials from entreprenuers for Agora's
usage to help sell Lesko's books. Agora,
Inc. is a holding company for various international publishers
of financial, health, travel and special interest books
and newsletters. The company was founded by William Bonner.
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Broadcast
News
Radio Sports Stringer
Interview pro ball players
and coaches like Nolan Ryan, Payne Stewart, Bill Fitch,
Yogi Berra and more from NBA, Major League Baseball, NFL
and N.H.R.A. for live and pre-recorded radio interviews
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Business
journalist, online
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stories
Writer/Editor
"Win at the shelf."
Designed with information about the end-user (consumer)
in mind, build a new content sector (packaging)
for online, subscription-based business intelligence
service serving a readership of 50,000. Use research,
analytical, interviewing and online-content aggregating
skills to develop new concepts, determine relevance
to client audience, write stories developed on breaking
news and post live to content management system.
Follow packaging trends, get permission rights to
repost/repurpose content. Develop relationships
within packaging industry. Only reporter to cover,
produce beat content.
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"Leasing
agents painting brands on the city's multifamily
skyline."
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story
Writer
Asked by HBJ to write article
for special real estate section publishing in print
and online. Day of press: received reprint request
by local trade
Abode magazine.
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"I'll
Get Back To You: 156 Ways to Get People to Return
Your Calls and Other Helpful Sales Tips"
Read Amazon review
Story researcher
Built a book by
cold-call pitching and phone interviewing dozens
of CEOs and celebrities to ferret their stories
on how they get people to return their calls.
(Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, discount broker
Charles Schwab, Prudential Securities CEO Hardwick
Simmons, Walter Cronkite, other high-achievers.)
Wrote release contracts, responsible for content
and contract delivery. Finished manuscript sold
to -- and published by -- McGraw-Hill.
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"The
Power of Ten: Sidney Yuan Celebrates
10 Yutopian Years"
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story
Writer, cover story
Interview
Dr. Sidney Yuan, a cryogenics research scientist
by day, and an entrepreneur to the merchandise of
a 4,000 year-old game called GO the rest of the
time. |
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Broadcast
News
Copyeditor, teleprompter
operator
Assist in the delivery of
the spoken word by copyediting news, talk-show,
and documentary scripts, then formatting them
into ASCII text and following some of the greatest
talking talent in America (Walter Cronkite, Dan
Rather, Mike Wallace, the news journalists from
CBS local news in New York City, 60 minutes,
Dateline, Geraldo Rivera, Conan O'Brian
and more). In the hotseat where "no mistakes
can be made," maintain the ability to concentrate
and never let them see you sweat. Work with top
news talent wordsmithing non-stop daily news stories.
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Broadcast
News
Field Producer
1992 Republican National
Convention held in the Astrodome, Houston, Texas.
Work with Kathy Baker out of Fox News (D.C.);
wrangle talent (politicians) for live interviews.
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