Colleen Creamer, 5209 Dove Trail, Nashville, TN, 37076, 615 419-8988
Education: BA in English, University of Florida
Employment:
Writer and Editor Nashville, TN Jan. 2009 – Present
- B&W/Color, fine arts photography magazine (national)
- The Nashville Business Journal
- Her magazine
- The Nashville Arts magazine
- The Nashville Ledger
- Out Here, Tractor Supply Company (national)
Verusmed.com Brentwood, TN March 2008 – Jan. 2009 Writer
- Responsible for daily finding relevant clinical research and healthcare business items for Verusmed’s flagship online publication, Health Care Business Daily
- Searched scientific journals, online news outlets and other sources for research on health-related costs and turned that data into digestible copy for the audience of VerusMed’s managed care publication Specialty Health in Managed Care
- Wrote monthly newsletter for HealthTeacher, the company’s educational component
- Also responsible for finding news on the company’s daily laboratory news publication, Lab News
Rezoom.com Brentwood, TN March 2007 -– Oct. 2008 Health and Wellness Editor
- Created story ideas for five sub-channels of the larger Health channel: Fitness; Mind & Body; Food & Nutrition; Just for Boomers and Anti-Aging, as well as helped to develop the general tone and direction for the Website’s Health channel
- Tracked stories assigned to freelance writers and nationally known health experts through the editing phase to final posting
- Worked within the Website’s core to edit and upload stories and implement other elements such as polls, images, video and sidebars
- Kept the site on the cutting edge of medical science and health trends through the Website’s health blog
The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, TN Aug. 2006 – March 2007 Enterprise Reporter/Lifestyle Writer
- Developed stories on health and family issues for the paper’s lifestyle section
- Responsible for the working with the faith-based community to implement the paper’s weekly religion column
- Promoted to enterprise reporter where I developed in-depth stories on MTSU and emerging issues relevant to Rutherford County
- Covered crime and other breaking news as needed
Freelance Reporter/Writer June 2004 – Aug. 2006
- Provided monthly features for Nashville’s general interest magazine, Nashville Lifestyles
- Wrote assigned pieces for Vanderbilt University’s national science magazine, LENS
- Covered all news on growth and planning in Rutherford County for Rutherford AM, a section of the Tennessean
- Responsible for assigned pieces for the Tennessean’s city desk as well as the paper’s lifestyle and business sections
- Covered community news in all areas of Davidson County for Davidson AM, a section of the Tennessean
The Nashville City Paper, Nashville, TN Oct. 2000 – June 2004 Reporter
- Responsible for uncovering and writing news on all aspects of Nashville including breaking news on general government, education, business, healthcare and growth and planning.
- Covered the Nashville arts scene including music and film
- Responsible for news on Vanderbilt University as well as medical and science news from both the university and Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Carved out a beat on issues relevant to Nashville’s growing immigrant population
