Deborah K.
Longmont, CO, USA9 reviews
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Reporter / Journalist
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About Deborah
A writer and editor turned business owner. Experience in journalism and content marketing, along with client relations, retention, and customer service. Marketing and public relations experience with nonprofit organizations. Extensive experience writing for the Web. Knowledge of AP style, APA style, and MLA style garnered through professional experience as a journalist and copywriter and through education in journalism and business. Knowledge of CMOS through editorial work. Writing and editing skills acquired through Master’s level education and through experience working for three newspapers, writing for the web, including Search Engine Optimization (SEO) content, and helping local nonprofits and small businesses with their publicity materials. Bilingual English-Spanish. I have used my bilingual skills in a variety of roles including content writing and translations and creating bilingual publicity materials. As a business owner, I am required to perform marketing duties, client retention duties, and customer service/satisfaction duties. Additionally, in my business, I have performed a wide array of writing and editing services that include, but are not limited to, search engine optimization (SEO) content writing, resume and cover letter writing, and editing. I have also edited academic papers. Strong business knowledge gained through graduate-level education (including courses on accounting and financial management) and as a result of running my own small business. Additionally, I worked as an Administrative Director for a small, but rapidly growing local business. In this role, I had to work with partner organizations, develop the website and other marketing materials and engage with students and professional singers Have successfully written a grant for a local nonprofit
Top Projects
Census Article
- Reporter / Journalist
Story on pivoting 2020 census efforts to new methods of counting the underserved and undercounted during the Covid-19 Pandemic. There Is also a Spanish translation. English: https://www.longmontleader.com/longmont-features/counting-historically-undercounted-groups-for-the-census-amid-covid-19-2401626 Spanish: https://www.longmontleader.com/en-espanol/censo-2020_-como-somos-contando-la-gente-bajo-contados-entre-la-pandemia-de-covid-19-2410816
Produced for McClatchy on Storyhunter
June 2020
Hobby Merchandiser Magazine
- Copy Editor
I am the copy editor for the monthly issues. The most recent issue (May) is up on this website. I also am the sole editor of the NRHSA Show Guide and the Fall and Holiday Buyers Guide.
We Ranked The 11 Best Latin American Countries To Start A Business
- Copywriter
Article (Listicle) about starting a business in Latin America. Why should you do it? How should you do it? Which countries are the best ones to start a business?
Child and Migrant Services raises $12,000 at concert/Servicios de Nino y Migrante recauda $12,000
- Reporter / Journalist
Written under my maiden name (Deborah Goldbaum). This was a bilingual story on a benefit concert for Child and Migrant Services in Palisade, Colorado. It was written for the Palisade Tribune.
Feb 2021 invoice
- Reporter / Journalist
Produced for McClatchy on Storyhunter
February 2021
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