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Tanya

Meyer

Copy Editor
Digital Editor
Content Specialist
Social Media Manager
Reporter
Designer
 
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About

A Few Things About Me

  • Named after a Bond girl

  • Turner Classic Movies fanatic

  • Original Superman films influenced my journalism aspirations at a young age

Experience

Experience

Copy Chief, City Brands (April 2024 - Present)

Interim Copy Chief (November 2023 - April 2024)

Crain Communications (130 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601)

  • Manage tracking and copy editing duties for all daily news for the Crain's Chicago Business website (https://www.chicagobusiness.com) in Drupal

  • Manage copy flow, copy editing of all page proofs, story selection for insider pages, rewriting headlines/decks/captions/pull quotes/graphic chatter, fixing design elements and production duties for Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's New York Business, Crain’s Cleveland Business and Crain’s Detroit Business weekly print editions in Content Studio and InDesign

  • Copy edit Morning 10 and Afternoon 10, Commercial/Residential Real Estate, Don’t Miss, Equity, Forum, Health Pulse and Gist podcast e-newsletters, and breaking news and news alerts

  • Manage copy flow and copy editing and assisting project management for CCB Forum and Equity sections, special projects, award programs and Data Center lists in print/online

  • Regularly communicate with editors and reporters to troubleshoot style questions and updates needed for stories in print/online

  • Pitch original and aggregated story ideas to CCB editors and reporters for breaking news, follow-ups and second-day stories

  • Manage decision-making in setting style guidelines, update and maintain CCB’s custom style guide, and brainstorm ideas with editorial stakeholders to create a uniform style guide across the city books

  • Spearhead and assist with troubleshooting and streamlining project management and workflows in the multi-city copy hub and for multi-city book print operations, Forum/Equity sections, special editorial sections, award programs and Data Center lists

  • Participate in regular meetings with the director of the new companywide design hub, company VP of audience development, art directors, editorial leadership, city editors, special projects editors and other copy editors to troubleshoot, brainstorm and streamline project management and workflows related to the multi-city copy hub as it becomes integrated into the design hub and for multi-city print operations

 

Copy Editor (October 2021 - November 2023)

Crain's Chicago Business magazine

Crain Communications (130 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601)

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  • Assisted copy chief with tracking and copy editing all daily news for the Crain's Chicago Business website (https://www.chicagobusiness.com) in Drupal

  • Assisted copy chief with managing all copy flow, copy editing of all page proofs, story selections for all insider pages, rewriting headlines/decks/captions/pull quotes/graphic chatter, fixing design elements and production duties for Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's New York Business, Crain's Cleveland Business and Crain's Detroit Business weekly print editions in Content Station, InCopy and InDesign

  • Assisted copy chief with copy editing the daily Morning 10 and Afternoon 10 email newsletters; Big Ticket, Commercial/Residential Real Estate, Health Pulse, Juice, Private Intelligence and Gist podcast e-newsletters; breaking news and news alerts

  • Assisted copy chief with managing all copy flow, copy editing and content management duties for all special Forum and Equity sections, special reports, Data Center and Notable lists in print/online

  • Managed all copy editing duties during the copy chief's absence

  • Pitched original story ideas and aggregated story ideas to editors and reporters

  • Assisted copy chief with decision-making in setting style guidelines

  • Covered the early-morning shift (October 2022-January 2023) while the deputy digital editor was on leave by scanning for and posting wire news stories, summarizing and posting breaking news, and crafting and posting desktop alerts for news stories

  • Starting in September 2023, assisted web editors with first reads, crafting headlines and SEO headlines, guiding writers through the reporting process, assigning art, selecting related articles, and scheduling and publishing daily stories

Digital Content Coordinator and Copy Editor (September 2020 - September 2021)

Commercial Observer magazine

Observer Media (1 Whitehall St., New York, NY 10004)

  • Tracked and copy edited all daily commercial real estate, finance, technology, sustainability and political stories, as well as sponsored marketing content for the Commercial Observer website (https://commercialobserver.com); weekly print and digital editions; daily national, New York, Los Angeles, D.C. and South Florida email newsletters; weekly Sunday Summary, Tenant Talk, Finance Weekly, proptech e-newsletters; monthly Retail and Construction e-newsletter; breaking news alerts

  • Managed web publishing duties for most CO stories in Wordpress

  • Managed implementation of search engine optimization best practices with editorial staff; regular training and collaboration with SEO consultant

Digital Editor (April 2016 - September 2020)

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin newspaper and Chicago Lawyer magazine

Law Bulletin Media (415 N. State St., Chicago, Ill., 60654)

  • Managed CDLB/CL websites (www.chicagolawbulletin.com; www.chicagolawyermagazine.com)

  • Managed daily Morning Lineup, CDLB Headlines and Breaking News e-newsletters

  • Managed bi-weekly CL e-newsletters

  • Managed CDLB/CL social media accounts (Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn)

  • Managed reporters and assigned news stories for Morning Lineup e-newsletter

  • Managed photos and design templates for CDLB newspaper, CDLB/CL websites and e-newsletters

  • Troubleshooted web publishing and tech issues for CDLB/CL websites and e-newsletters

  • Copy edited news stories for CDLB/CL websites and e-newsletters

  • Wrote news stories for Morning Lineup e-newsletter

  • Rewrote headlines for CDLB/CL websites and e-newsletters

  • Added/updated digital advertisements in CDLB/CL websites, e-newsletters, social media accounts

  • Monitored analytics for CDLB/CL websites, e-newsletters, social media pages

  • Attended meetings for website/e-newsletter redesign and content management system upgrades

  • Attended professional development workshops for journalism and digital media skills

Copy Editor (November 2015 - March 2016)

Prospect News (6 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038)

  • Rewrote press releases on U.S. and foreign bond issues, executive hires, index launches, municipal transactions for Bank Loan, Canadian Bond Market, Convertibles, Distressed Debt, Emerging Markets, Green Finance, High Yield, Investment Grade, Liability Management, Municipals daily e-newsletters

  • Copy edited and rewrote headlines, financial tables, stories for e-newsletters

  • Rewrote daily press releases published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services online database

Production Associate (January 2013 - November 2015)

Center for Professional Development - Products and Technology Team

American Bar Association (321 N. Clark St., Chicago, Ill., 60654)

  • Managed database of Continuing Legal Education webinars/in-person programs (program info, course materials, lawyer emails)

  • Managed webinar attendee pages and course materials

  • Created/formatted law articles and documents for webinars

  • Proofread/formatted lawyer-submitted cases and articles for annual National Institute conferences

  • Proofread and made recommendations for system software training materials

  • Created/shipped CD-ROM masters of webinar course materials

  • Created/submitted CD-ROM label art

  • Obtained ISBN numbers and processed iProcurement requests for NI book/audio materials

  • Production scheduling/design layouts for NI print/interactive books with in-house/third-party printers

  • Managed other production associates in products team

  • Troubleshooted webinar/website technology with lawyers and association members

Associate Editor (January 2011 - January 2013)

Research Associate (September 2009 - January 2011)

Editorial Assistant (October 2008 - September 2009)

Editorial Intern (March 2008 - October 2008)

BtoB and Media Business magazines (both shuttered in December 2013)

Crain Communications (150 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill., 60601)

  • Managed BtoB Beyond the Biz/Direct & Database sections, Media Business Audience Development/Production sections, Media Power 50 special report, StraightLine e-newsletter

  • Managed editors/reporters/freelancers/interns for BtoB Beyond the Biz/D&D sections, MB AD/Production sections, MP50 special report, StraightLine e-newsletter

  • Managed C-level executive freelancers for BtoB Blog

  • Wrote profiles for BtoB Beyond the Biz and MB People sections

  • Assisted management/judging/production of BtoB Best Awards and annual special report

  • Data mining/reporting of annual "Top 50 Advertisers" special report

  • Copy edited page proofs

  • Copy edited, wrote headlines, uploaded daily e-newsletter and website content

  • Constructed/updated database contact lists of media businesses for print/online editions

  • Assisted art director with graphics and page layouts for print edition

Research Assistant (May 2008 - July 2008)

Advertising Age magazine - Data Center

Crain Communications (150 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill., 60601)

  • Updated company profiles for “Top 100 Leading National Advertisers” issue

  • Copy edited business articles and financial charts for “Top 100 Leading National Advertisers”

  • Updated financial statistics for “Magazine 300” report

Editorial Intern (September 2007 - December 2007)

Concierge Preferred magazine (400 N. Wells St., Chicago, Ill.)

  • Copy edited and write local entertainment and culture listings

  • Wrote/updated online content in Neighborhood/Nightlife sections

  • Attended sales meetings/teleconferences for ad scheduling, web management

Skills

Skills

Content Management Systems

Arcstone, BeaconLive, CheetahMail, Composer, Content Station, Content Studio, CQ5, DataJoe, Dropbox, Drupal, GN4 (Ted), GNWeb, Johnson Group Print Performance Suite, Kantar Media products, Olive, Personify, Qualtrics, Quark, Revive, SailThru, Saxotech, Wix, Wordpress

Software/Platforms

Adobe Creative Cloud, Asana, BeFunky, BuzzSumo, Canva, Ceros, Cisco WebEx, CrowdTangle, Datawrapper, Facebook, Fitch/Moody's/S&P ratings services press release databases, Google Classroom/Data Scraper/Fact-Check Explorer/Flourish/Hangouts/Meet/Spreadsheets/Trends, HootSuite, Instagram, InVid/WeVerify Fake News Debunker, LinkedIn, MapChecking, Microsoft Office Suite, Netlytic, OpenVPN, Personify, Qualtrics, Quark, Slack, Smallpdf, TeamSite, TweetDeck, Twitter, Wayback Machine, Windows, Zoom

Awards

Awards & Certifications

2020

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Digital investigations for journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities

2020

International Women's Media Foundation and
Journalism and Women's Symposium HEFAT Training Course

Hostile Environment Awareness Training certificate

2020

City Bureau Documenter (Badge)

Orientation and "Covering Your Local Government" (public meetings) training

2019 and 2018

Illinois Associated Press Media Editors (Newspaper Contest)

Best Website (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) - Winner

2018

Illinois Press Association

Best Website (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) - 1st Place

Training

Training (during the COVID pandemic)

  • City Bureau Documenters Orientation and "Covering Your Local Government" (public meetings) training

  • "Freelance Breaking News: Promises and Pitfalls" webinar

  • How to create data graphics (tips and resources from Daniel Levitt, graphics editor with The Wall Street Journal in London)

  • International Women's Media Foundation/Journalism and Women's Symposium 2020 HEFAT (Hostile Environment and First Aid Training) course

  • Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin's "Digital investigations for journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities" virtual training

  • IWMF Press Freedom Speaker Series: "Women Reporting on the Frontlines in the U.S." webinar

  • Photography Bootcamp

  • City Bureau (in collaboration with the Society of Professional Journalists and the Google News Initiative) "Google Tools for Researching and Reporting" workshop

  • Poynter Institute's "Open Records Success: Strategies for Writing Requests and Overcoming Denials" training course

  • SPJ's "How to respond to disinformation and 'fake news' while building trust with your audience" webinar

  • Knight Center's "Online harassment: Strategies for Journalists’ Defense" virtual training

  • City Bureau Documenters "Writing and Using FOIA Requests" workshop

  • Poynter Institute's "Reporting on the COVID-19 Vaccine" webinar

  • Poynter Institute's "A Journalist's Guide to Covering Jails and Police Reform" training course

  • Invisible Institute's "Beneath the Surface" Investigation (volunteer police complaint tagging orientation)

Contact

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