Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Freelance Writer/Editor (www.writerruth.com)
Experience
Going on 30 years of experience in writing, editing, proofreading, desktop publishing, speaking/training and more on a wide range of topics, professions and industries; for magazines, newsletters, newspapers, websites, non- and for-profit organizations. “I can write about anything!”™ Active networker. Details at:
Awards
APEX – feature writing
EFfie (Editor’s Forum) – feature writing,newsletter editing
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)/DC – feature writing; Communicator of the Year
Washington (now American) Independent Writers (W/AIW) – Philip M. Stern Award – for service to freelancers
IABC/Baltimore – feature writing
IABC/District 3 – feature writing
Professional affiliations
NAIWE (Member of the Month; webinar presenter)
American Society of Copy Editors (ACES; conference workshop presenter on freelancing, editing & proofreading, websites; newsletter contributor)
American Independent Writers (former newsletter editor)
Association for Women in Communications (Rochester, NY, chapter president and newsletter editor)
Brighton Schools Alumni Association (BSAA; media contact, co-webmaster)
Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA; Rochester, NY, chapter coordinator; national newsletter editor; workshop presenter; 2005 conference coordinator)
Encampment for Citizenship Alumni Association (past communications chair, webmaster)
Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists (GSLABJ; webmaster; past high-school workshop committee member)
IABC (past member – St. Louis, DC, Baltimore chapters; past international conference and committee member, onsite newsletter editor; past international magazine feature writer; 2010 Heritage Region conference speaker)
Society for Technical Communication (STC; “Freelance Basics” blogger, webinar and workshop presenter on freelancing, editing & proofreading, websites)
Education
MA studies, Journalism (Ford Fellow), University of Missouri-Columbia
BA, Comparative Literature/General Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis
BA studies, Comparative Literature, Indiana University-Bloomington
Regents diploma, Brighton High School, Rochester, NY; AP English, French