Dan Watson: in Baltimore, MD
Dan Watson
Baltimore | United States
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Ozu
Proust
The reconstruction era of u.s. history
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Work experience
Frontline Medical Communications
Editor, Ob.Gyn. News | 12/2017 - 07/2018
Managing a website and monthly print publication for doctors. Assigning writing to staff writers and freelancers, coordinating production planning and layout. Editing and writing news articles and features, making email newsletters. Monitoring letters, comments, and news in the specialty. Running social media accounts, reporting from medical conferences.
Frontline Medical Communications
Associate Editor | 10/2015 - 11/2017
Copy editing medical journals and news wires. Custom style guide maintenance. Layout and production in InCopy and Drupal. Collaboration with editors, staff writers, freelancers, and art team. Writing 400-600 word articles summarizing medical news.
Progressive Publishing
Freelance Proofreader / Copy Editor | 10/2009 - 03/2017
(intermittent)
- Proofread textbooks, e-books, law books, and Red Cross and test-taking manuals. Compiling and editing exams for textbook materials, checking for style, accuracy. Writing substitute questions. Tagging answers, subjects, complexity, Bloom's.
Stansberry & Assoc
Proofreader / Assistant Managing Editor | 08/2012 - 10/2014
Organized and developed advisories at the draft stage with managing editors and writers. Maintained model portfolios for editorial reference, legal backup, and reports to CEO. Layout and editing in CMS for the website. Maintained a modified AP style.
Miller-McCune Magazine
Research and Reporting Fellow | 06/2011 - 10/2011
Wrote articles for Miller-McCune.com (since renamed Pacific Standard magazine) on a variety of legal, environmental, and other subjects, conducted interviews, researched and fact-checked print feature stories, and produced podcasts. Magazine layout in InDesign.
Grist.org
Editorial Intern | 09/2010 - 06/2011
- Researched and wrote articles on green living and politics, and special features for the environmental website. Site layout in ExpressionEngine.
- Collaborated with technology team on testing, staging, and redesigning the home page.