David Serchuk

About David Serchuk

Hi, I\'m Dave. And I\'m an award-winning writer, editor, communications pro and storyteller. I have been published in/written for: Forbes, Playboy, CNBC, Business Week, The New York Times; Upfront, The New York Post, NPR/WNYC\'s \"On the Media,\" Public Radio\'s \"Marketplace,\" NPR/WFPL, New York Magazine, Pittsburgh Magazine, Louisville Magazine, and The Forward, I was an editor at Forbes.com, where I focused on financial markets and investing. I\'ve interviewed people including: Ray Bradbury, Gene Simmons, Jeff Foxworthy, Carrie Brownstein, Hugh Hefner, Dennis Hopper and George Clinton. I\'ve been a featured commentator on: NPR, the E! Entertainment Channel, the BBC, and CNBC. As a communications professional I am skilled at writing: press releases, websites, app text, and for every sort of social media. Clients and employers have included: Republic Bank, The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Fitchink, Wells Narrative Group, Middleton-Reutlinger, Red7e, Virtual Peaker, and Sconset Advisors. As a corporate researcher I have conducted investigations on behalf of some of the largest and most powerful financial institutions in the world; across a huge swatch of projects. Clients here include Baillie Gifford and Control Risks. I co-produce Double-Edged Stories, a thriving storytelling series in Louisville. We also conduct storytelling workshops and help corporate clients tell better stories about their businesses. As a storyteller I\'ve won three Moth Story Slams, and have participated in two Grand Slams. Specialties: Press releases, writing/editing financial documents, writing/editing copy for websites and mobile apps, building strong relationships with members of the media.

Experience

1. Teacher

   Jefferson County Public Schools

   Apr 2019 — Present · Louisville, KY, US

   Currently teach US History at Meyzeek Middle School. Prior to that taught ninth grade social studies/civics at Doss High School. Daily responsibilities include co-writing a year’s worth of lessons plans/curriculum, creating all formative/summative assessments, communicating with parents/guardians, and classroom management. Work to help students understand: the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, how government works, and how their actions can impact society. • Skilled in online teaching, including programs such as: Google Classroom, PearDeck and JamBoard. Use all to engage students as if they were in the classroom. • Earned a Doss “Certificate of Excellence for Professional Learning Communities” award. • Engaged in project-based learning; examples include having students write constitutions for countries they invented and mini-autobiographies of leading civil rights figures. • Wrote lessons around current, real-world events. Example lessons include Black Lives Matter, Louisville’s food deserts, and how local activism the proposed West End Wal-Mart and Food Port. • Culminated a unit on air quality as a civil right by hosting a talk by Ted Smith, former Chief Innovation Officer for the city of Louisville; he explained how the city tracked air quality via smart inhalers.

Education

• Spalding University

  Masters of Arts in Teaching

  2016 — 2018

• Wesleyan University

  BA

  1992 — 1994

Skills

• Public Relations
• Editing
• Press Releases
• Web Content
• Video
• Publications
• Storytelling
• Publishing
• Feature Articles
• Blogging
• Proofreading
• News Writing
• Journalism
• Magazines
• Copywriting
• Newsletters
• Editorial
• Copy Editing
• Corporate Communications