Sarah N. Woody
10452 Malone Court
Fairfax, VA 22032
Phone:  [Send email to request phone number] 98-7702
E-mail: [Send email using form at bottom]

EDUCATION
Indiana State University, B.A. journalism, 3.46 GPA, December 2002

WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2006–present: HomefrontOnline.com, freelance copy editor and consultant.
As a copy editor for this Web site, I edit at least 24 stories per month. I also
write headlines and captions. As a consultant, I have played a part in the
redesign and organization of this Web-based publication.

May 2007–present: GamersInfo.net, associate editor. As an associate editor for
GamersInfo.net, I edit reviews, find images and game information, create game
profiles and image galleries, and post reviews. I do this for at least one review
per day. I also work with reviewers to help with their writing, and I sometimes
write reviews.

August 2007–January 2009: KSA-Plus Communications Inc., project manager. As a
project manager for this small communications firm, I edited copy, proofread
pages, worked with printers, designers and clients, and sometimes did page
layout. I created schedules and kept projects on track. I also was in charge of
updating our company’s Web site and one client’s Web site.

January 2003–August 2007: Army Times Publishing Co., Springfield, Va., copy
editor/page designer; freelancer; Web editor. As a copy editor/page designer, I
worked on news and feature spreads. I edited and designed at least 10 stories and
10 pages and proofread at least 10 separate pages per issue during my time as
strictly a copy editor/designer. I also wrote headlines and captions. As a
freelancer for Army Times, I wrote a story or two, but I mainly did freelance
editing for supplemental publications. I also helped in the library to update the
archival database when years of stories and data were lost. As a Web editor, I
edit and update stories for 10 Web sites. I also write headlines and captions and
fill in for the print side of the publications as a copy editor and designer.
Besides editing on the Web desk, I have developed and maintained how-to files for
processes and procedures for the company’s newly created Web desk. Besides
editing and designing on the copy desk, I also created how-to files for many
processes and procedures for the copy desk. I’ve also started production on a
thorough database of company contacts.

February 2005–July 2006: Military Spouse Magazine, copy editor. As a copy editor
for this magazine, I edited at least 20 stories and 80 pages per issue. I also
wrote headlines and captions. 

August 2002–December 2002: The (Terre Haute, Ind.) Tribune-Star, copy
editor/page designer. I edited at least 20 stories and 10 pages per issue. As a
slot person, I assured all copy was free of error and followed The Associated
Press and Tribune-Star style. I designed at least four pages per issue, including
writing headlines and captions. 

May 2002–August 2002: Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, copy-editing intern. I
edited and wrote headlines and captions for at least 10 stories per issue for
this daily, five-edition newspaper.  

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, Corel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, Atex Prestige, SmartFTP, Hermes
and QuarkXPress

REFERENCES
Regina Galvin, editor, HomefrontOnline.com, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., (913)
682-7997.

Jessica Palmer-Kramer, senior project director, KSA-Plus Communications Inc.,
Arlington, Va.,  [Send email to request phone number] 84-7103.

Kelly Heckman, managing editor/owner, GamersInfo.net, Mesa, Ariz., (602)
904-5421.