Jason Wermers

Experience

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  South Jersey Times

  Jun 1996 - Dec 1996

  Reporter

  Covered police and local government for 10,000-circulation daily, then known as Bridgeton Evening News.

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  The Times Herald

  Dec 1996 - Feb 1998

  Staff Writer

  Covered local government and education news for 25,000-circulation daily in Norristown, PA.

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  The Express-Times

  Feb 1998 - Jun 1999

  Staff Writer

  Covered police and local government news, was chief of Bethlehem bureau for 50,000-circulation daily based in Easton, PA.

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  The Intelligencer

  Jun 1999 - Sept 1999

  Staff Writer

  Covered police, local government and education in Quakertown bureau for 46,000-circulation daily based in Doylestown, PA.

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  Philadelphia Inquirer

  Sept 1999 - Sept 2000

  Suburban Staff Writer

  Covered police, local government and education news as part of newspaper’s two-year internship.

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  Richmond Times-Dispatch

  Oct 2000 - Jun 2004

  Staff Writer

  Covered education in city of Richmond, Virginia Board of Education and national trends for 190,000-circulation daily. Posted updates on timesdispatch.com.

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  LRP Publications

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2005

  Editor

  Wrote, edited and laid out stories for Your School and the Law, a 1,200-circulation biweekly read by school superintendents and other education professionals. Posted updates on educationdaily.com. Based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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  The News-Press

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2008

  Staff Writer

  Covered education in Cape Coral and Lee County, Fla., for 90,000-circulation daily. Posted online updates, shot photos and videos for print and news-press.com.

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  The Sumter Item

  Dec 2008 - Aug 2010

  Content Team Leader

  Served as assistant managing editor. Responsible for editing copy, suggesting headlines, posting stories and updates to theitem.com, assigning stories, developing daily and weekend news budgets, writing some stories. Promoted in 2009 from education reporter, in which I covered education in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties in central South Carolina for 8,000-circulation daily.

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  The Augusta Chronicle

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

  Assistant Local News Director/Community and Education

  • Led staff of 7 reporters on nights and weekends at daily newspaper, edited and assigned stories, edited wire copy and assisted copy desk with proofreading and headline writing.• Started as education editor, directing newspaper’s education coverage of four school districts and two states (Georgia and South Carolina). Made sure our education stories were in context for either or both states and the nation.• Administered internship program for high school students interested in pursuing journalism as a career. Mentored these students, helped them find and write newsworthy articles. Show less

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  Statesboro Herald

  Apr 2012 - Mar 2015

  Editor

  • Directed news staff of 9 reporters and editors to produce daily newspaper. Copy-edited nearly every story that appeared online and in print.• Coached young reporters and led veteran staffers to cover a small but growing college town in southeast Georgia as completely and fairly as possible given limited resources• Learned how to shoot high-quality video and take photographs worthy of the front page and helped grow newspaper’s Facebook to thousands of followers

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  Coastal Courier

  Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  Managing Editor

  • Led 2 newsrooms, Coastal Courier (twice weekly) and sister paper Bryan County News (weekly in Richmond Hill, GA)• Coached 5 reporters, assigned stories and helped improve their writing, photography and videography skills and cover breaking news, features and enterprise/investigative projects to keep residents of these small, contrasting communities on different sides of a military installation in southeast Georgia informed• Designed front page and several inside pages for nearly every issue of both newspapers. Copy-edited nearly all text that appeared both in print and online for both newspapers. Show less

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  News-Leader

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

  Copy Editor

  • Mentored staff of 3 reporters, helped them find news and worked to strengthen their stories, from breaking news (with turnaround times measured in minutes to less than an hour) to more in-depth features and investigative pieces developed over longer time periods• Designed Lifestyle section of each issue of twice-weekly newspaper in North Florida beach town and surrounding community. Copy-edited nearly every article, obituary and news item that appeared in the newspaper, rigorously checking for grammar, spelling and accuracy.• Assisted editor-in-chief and served as newsroom leader in her absence Show less

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  MedStar Health

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2024

  - Edit and submit manuscripts by fellows and attending physicians to peer-reviewed journals- Managing editor of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal - Manage internal communications for MedStar Cardiovascular Research Network- Managing editor of CRTonline.org, a website with the latest news, videos and other developments in interventional cardiology - Press coordinator and marketing team member for Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) annual meeting Show less Medical Writer Associate • Mentor fellows and collaborate with attending physicians to prepare manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals• Track progress of submitted manuscripts and ensure that revised manuscripts include responses to reviewers’ and editors’ comments• Lead internal communications efforts by developing and writing news articles featuring MCRN physicians and associates’ work on ongoing clinical trials, spotlighting their latest peer-reviewed publications, and overseeing production of monthly electronic newsletter and quarterly print publication Managing Editor of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine journal June 2017 – Present• Select manuscripts for publication in each monthly issue• Invite physicians and others in the interventional cardiology field to write editorials• Draft Twitter and Facebook content to disseminate journal articles to the publicManaging Editor of CRTonline.org June 2017 – Present• Cover breaking news on device and medication approvals and recalls, newly released studies and other stories• Attend national medical conferences and draft news articles about latest advances in interventional cardiology• Edit stories written by interventional cardiology fellows for posting on website Show less

  • Medical Editor

    Oct 2022 - Jul 2024

  • Medical Writer Associate

    Jun 2017 - Apr 2023
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  POLITICO

  Jul 2024 - now

  Manager of Research Operations at AgencyIQ

  I edit and distribute reports on the latest regulatory developments that matter to the life sciences industry.