Writing samples
I have written and edited a wide range of copy for electronic and print communications projects. These written pieces include internal news articles, scripts for live and recorded video events, promotional copy, e-newsletter headlines and teasers, and more. See selected writing samples below.
'Society Talk' program guide
Click the button below to see an example of an original script I wrote for a 'Society Talk' show broadcast in October 2017. I developed the script in collaboration with a variety of ACS colleagues, including Organizational Communications staff, Multimedia staff, and guests appearing on the show.
Script for video tribute from CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Click the button below to read a video script that I developed for CEO Jim Clark. The video tribute to a prominent BGCA volunteer was featured during a major annual fundraising gala for the Variety Boys & Girls Clubs in Los Angeles, CA. To develop the script, I collaborated closely with Jim Clark and our in-house multimedia team, and with Scott Forman, a Senior Vice President at Warner Bros. and gala co-chair.
News article: ACS participates in global cancer conference
Click the button below to see an example of an internal news article that I drafted for posting on the American Cancer Society intranet. The article summarizes ACS activities at the 2012 UICC World Cancer Congress. I gathered relevant information from colleagues attending the conference.
Magazine article: Nonprofit communicators and resourcefulness
Click the button below to view an article I drafted for publication in IABC Atlanta's 'Empart' magazine. The article features two nonprofit communicators based in metro Atlanta. I developed the article based on interviews with both of them, and my own experiences in nonprofit communications.
News article: Promotion of ACS book 'And Still They Bloom'
Click the button below to read an internal news article I drafted for posting on the ACS intranet. This article promoted a new book published by ACS that addressed loss and healing from a child's perspective, due to a cancer diagnosis of a mother or father, or the loss of a loved one to the disease.
News article: ACS CEO speaks at Moscow conference on noncommunicable diseases
Click the button below to read another internal news article that I drafted for posting on the ACS intranet. This article provided a summary of remarks by ACS CEO Dr. John Seffrin at a public health conference in Moscow, Russia. Dr. Seffrin warned of the coming "tsunami" of noncommunicable diseases if we did not take action to prevent it.