Erin E. Evans

About Erin E. Evans

Journalist with 15+ years experience of writing and editing. Specializes in content around social justice, identity, culture and entertainment. Expertise in line editing, management and enterprise project building.

Experience

1. Senior Culture Editor

   Huffpost

   Jun 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Manages reporters who focus on culture and entertainment, edits content, long-form feature articles and pop culture news commentary, mentors reporters and columnists to develop their writing voice and style, multitasks several news stories and feature projects at once, collaborates on cross-team editorial projects with internal stakeholders, manages a network of freelance writers, coordinates editorial planning for awards shows and other tentpole events, liaisons with sales and branded teams to execute content deals, collaborates with social media editors to create engaging, SEO-friendly packaging to garner high-traffic content, increased reporters’ traffic to meet monthly benchmarks, improved reporters’ productivity and performance, maintains relationships with publicists and brands to collaborate with celebrities, collaborates with visuals editors to establish art direction for big creative projects.

Education

• Howard University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  2008

• Howard University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

  2004 — 2008

• New York University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Journalism

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Copy Editing
• Fact-Checking
• Web Content
• Newspapers
• Facebook
• SEO
• Digital Journalism
• Online Journalism
• Feature Articles
• New Media
• Ap Style
• Editing
• Social Networking
• Newspaper
• Blogging
• Incopy
• Journalism
• Press Releases
• Breaking News
• Storytelling
• Writing
• Omniture
• Media Relations
• News Writing
• Editorial
• Social Media