Lauren M. Walker
Employment
Self-employed Freelance Writer/Editor
July 2000-present
Freelance writer and editor for magazines and websites, primarily in the health care industry. Development editor for The 200 Superfoods That Will Save Your Life, by Deborah A. Klein.
I also run a retail website for my small business selling fabrics to reënactors and historical costumers. I'm in the process of moving the webstore on a new host platform.
Inflexxion, Inc. Senior Writer
320 Needham Street 2011-2013
Newton, Massachusetts, 02158
Brought in to upgrade the editorial quality of multiple web-based behavioral health programs and tools, including ASI-MV, MyStudentBody and MyStudentBody-Admin, PainAction, and PainEDU. Wrote and produced client newsletters for institutional users of these products. Wrote and edited other client-facing materials. In 2013, several of these products were purchased by Hazelden. Writing samples.
The Bard Group, LLC Senior Writer
140 Kendrick Street 2006-2009
Needham, MA 02494
Worked with principals to upgrade the professional quality and appearance of client-facing written materials, including thought-leadership articles, PowerPoint presentations, proposals, and contracts. Content and content architecture for new website and client newsletter. The Bard Group was purchased by Navigant Consulting in 2009. Writing samples.
Dollhouse Miniatures Editor
Madavor Media 2005
420 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Editor during Dollhouse Miniatures’ transition to Madavor. Edited all articles, helped design and lay out issues, maintained relationships with established contributors and recruited new ones, assigned and wrote articles, represented the magazine at trade shows. Writing samples.
Hippocrates Senior Editor
Massachusetts Medical Society 1999-2000
860 Winter Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 07451
Joined Hippocrates when it was acquired by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Established non-clinical editorial departments and standards, oversaw redesign, recruited and assigned freelance contributors, edited non-clinical articles and sections. Writing samples.
Prior Experience
Senior editor at Medical Economics, CPI Purchasing, and The Cambridge Chronicle. Freelance contributor to The Boston Phoenix, Corporate Meetings and Incentives, Medical Meetings, Coding Compliance Alert, Business & Health, American Health for Women, Physician’s Management, and Psychlink. Senior writer at Medco Containment Services, Inc. and Philip Johnson Associates.
Education
New York University Certificate
School of Continuing Education Video Production
New York, New York
Bowling Green State University M.A.
Department of Popular Culture Popular Culture Studies
Bowling Green, Ohio
Boston University M.S.
School of Public Communication Journalism
Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard University A.B.
Radcliffe College General Studies
Cambridge, Massachusetts Concentration in Englis
Miscellaneous
Handweaver and historical costumer. Reading knowledge of French.
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