Alice Straight

Experience

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  Chariho Times

  Apr 1998 - Dec 1998

  Reporter

  Covered the town of Hopkinton and the area's regional school district.Produced a minimum of five stories a week as well as photographs.Assisted in production and layout of the weekly newspaper.

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  East Greenwich Pendulum

  Dec 1998 - Sept 2000

  Editor

  Assigned stories to staff of two reporters and coordinated art coverage.Edited stories and led production of the weekly newspaper.Assisted in the launch of the newspaper's Web site.Managed freelance budget.

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  Taunton Daily Gazette

  Nov 2000 - May 2001

  Freelance Reporter

  Wrote assignments as directed on a daily deadline

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  Chariho Times

  May 2001 - Aug 2001

  Editor

  Assigned stories to full-time and freelance staff and coordinated art coverage. Edited stories and led production of the weekly newspaper.Managed freelance budget for publication.

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  Middletown Press

  Jun 2001 - Dec 2001

  Lead Night Editor

  Worked with reporters to edit and fine-tune their stories.Worked with editor to select page one stories and photographs.Executed the design plan.Responsible for seeing the daily newspaper through to deadline.Responsible for uploading and maintaining Web site.

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  The Herald Press

  Dec 2001 - May 2002

  Sunday Editor

  Coordinated and managed staffs from three daily publications to produce joint Sunday edition.Responsible for assigning and editing features.Designed advance feature pages.Directed story placement and guided three editions through to deadline.

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  Middletown Press

  May 2002 - Aug 2008

  Editor

  Responsible for assigning and coordinating stories and photographs.Direct and guide story placement and priority.Manage and control feature and freelance expenditures. Public representative of the newspaper to community organizations, schools and business organizations.Led paper through conversion from broadsheet to tabloid format.

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  Journal Register Company

  Aug 2008 - Jan 2009

  Special projects editor, CT Central

  Launched a monthly lifestyle publication for the Farmington River Valley.Managed freelancers to ensure a variety of topics focused on arts and living covered.Managed and produced two to three 12-page special sections a month for The Middletown Press, The Herald and The Bristol Press

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  Middletown Press/ West Hartford News

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2009

  Editor

  Managed and coordinated coverage for a weekly and a daily publication.Managed editing staff to produce two quality products.Managed freelance and features budget for newsroom.

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  TMC

  Mar 2010 - Jul 2010

  Web Editor

  Daily responsibilities included assigning stories to freelance writers, editing copy to conform to company standards and managed channels as assigned.Repurposing between 6-10 press releases daily on writing shifts.Ran slot position on the desk, editing and posting between 60-80 stories a shift for website channels.

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  Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

  Jul 2010 - Jul 2014

  Communications Officer

  Day-to-day responsibilities included managing print, online and social media communications designed to promote Foundation brand, image and values and writing and editing press releases, op-eds, articles, web content, advertising copy and publications for internal and external audiences. Designed and wrote educational and marketing materials, saving the Foundation $15,000 annually and reducing production time by 60 percent by bringing projects in-house.Increased capacity of Foundation and nonprofit partners to respond to sensitive or breaking news within the tighter deadlines created by the new media environment. Decreased response time to breaking news by 80 percent.Leveraged in-house capacity to build and launch successfully public forum series. Saved Foundation approximately $15,000 in supportive creative services including brand development, marketing and systems controls.Led in-house training to increase social media assets, capacity and systems. Incorporated team approach to social media management. Increased staff skill sets, developed protocols including implementing and managing editorial calendar to coordinate multi-platform postings and website updates, resulting in the media seeking out the Foundation for input. Show less

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  Pratt & Whitney

  Oct 2014 - now

  Communications and Public Relations

  Day-to-day responsibilities include writing stories for internal website, press releases, managing reporter queries, supporting executives in communications to employee and external audiences.Managed product specific website and social media channels for the Geared Turbofan engine.Work with associate director to manage advertising placement decisions.