Making money to spend on my husband and son.
I am taking up animal photography as a hobby.
Music
Love classic 70's rock. Classic 70's Southern Rock. The Rockabillies. Classic country. Folk.
Enjoy classical.
Movies
Love dvds
Television
Watch dvds
Books
"Gone With the Wind" is probably my all-time favorite, followed by "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Tender Is the Night"
Heroes
Abe Lincoln
Karla's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking
Hometown:
Newton, Iowa
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Grad / professional school
Karla's Schools
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Graduated: 1979
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Journalism
Minor: History
1975 to 1979
Newton Senior High School
Newton, IA
Graduated: 1975
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Business and College Prep
Clubs: Journalism
About me: Writer and Editor
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Writer and Editor, Full-time or Free-lance - Serious responses only
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers
Karla, Red Hook, NY, E-Mail: krcfunk@yahoo.com
SKILLS
Word Processing and Desktop Publishing. Microsoft Works 2000 & Microsoft Works 3.0, Microsoft Publisher 2.0, 2000 and 2003, WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 , 7.0, 8.0., 10. Microsoft Word 2000. Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000 platforms. Microsoft Excel 2000 and some knowledge of HTML. News copy, press releases, technical documentation, medical reports, memos, meeting minutes and letters.
Keyboarding speed 63 words per minutes.
Researching, writing, editing and proofreading (technical and general materials).
Project coordination.
Data Entry and filing.
EDUCATION
M.S. Technical Communications, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1984.
B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University, 1979.
AWARDS
Employee Suggestion of the Year Award at Peale Center & IBM Cost Effectiveness Award
WORK HISTORY
1995 to Present: The Children's Home of Kingston, Kingston, NY. Secretary. Produce MARCH OF CHAMPIONS Drum and Bugle Journal. General office duties, including switchboard, processing mail (including coordinating standard or “bulk” mail projects), typing medical reports, ordering office supplies, data entry, and filing medical records. Projects for the Board of Directors, the Executive Director, and the Director of Development using Microsoft Publisher and WordPerfect. Minutes of Board of Directors' Meetings. Supervised the work of volunteers and graphics artist. Maintained database of contributors. Also helped coordinate and write grant applications.
1994 to Present: Freelance writer and editor. Assignments on consultant basis: writing, editing, proofreading, desktop publishing, secretarial. 35 mm and Canon A540 photography. Published "Caring for Foster Children" in Hudson Valley Parent and Capital District Parent, December 1998. Edited a users' manual for an "automatic" prison lock-up system in January and February of 1999. Currently editing and producing church newsletter and church website.
1994: Church Secretary for St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Red Hook, NY, part-time. Worship bulletins and newsletter. Normann Temporary Services, Kingston, NY. Data entry and microfilm research at a medical insurance company, United Health Care (formerly Metropolitan Life).
1987 to 1994: Copy-editor/proofreader, Peale Center, Pawling, NY. Copy-edited and proofread magazines, newsletters, books, booklets, pamphlets, marketing promotional copy, and fund-raising letters. Secured permission to reprint articles and handled copyright registration of published materials.
1986: Associate Information Developer, IBM, Kingston, NY (consultant). Planned, rewrote, and edited a users guide for design system. Reporter, The Taconic Media, Millbrook, NY. Feature reporting. Development Researcher/Writer, The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY. Fund-raising items.
1985: Technical Writing Consultant, NYNEX Services Co., White Plains, NY. Planned, researched, wrote, and edited technical glossary for an engineering planning task report.
1984 to 1985: Assistant Manager, Technical Writing, Bell Communications Research, Inc., Piscataway, NJ. Edited software documentation and oversaw production phases: text editing, graphics arts, printing.
1979 to 1983: Production Editor, Bell Laboratories, Piscataway, Whippany, and Murray Hill, NJ. General editing and proofreading, and other activities supporting in-house and product documentation. Edited user-oriented software documentation.
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Who I'd like to meet: Employers
People who know employers
Free-lance customers
Aspiring writers and other artists
Check out www.freewebs.com/funksmag
www.freewebs.com/krcfunk
www.freewebs.com/stpaulsluthchurch
Check out this website where you can buy some of my photos:
