Kathleen Richards
Editor/Writer
- Role
- Contributing Editor at Bay Nature Institute
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kathleen Richards
Communications expert with 10+ years of experience in journalism in senior editor positions. Expertise in communications and social media strategy, earned media (New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, The Nation, Newsweek), storytelling, audience engagement, multimedia (video editing and graphic design), speech-writing, collaborating with teams, and improving processes and workflow.
Experience
Contributing Editor
May 2025 — Present
Oversee the magazine\'s \"Explore\" section, which aims to connect readers to the outdoors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Working with the editor in chief, I assign and edit three to four service-oriented, local nature travel stories per quarterly issue, including reviewing fact checks and copy edits, working with the art director on story layout, and proofing the stories.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's degree, Ethnic Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Master's degree, Journalism
Skills
- Incopy
- Copywriting
- Journalism
- Breaking News
- New Media
- Politics
- Press Releases
- Feature Articles
- Blogging
- Magazines
- Copy Editing
- Writing
- Storytelling
- Multimedia
- Editing
- Web Content
- Editorial
- News Writing
- Newsletters
- Online Journalism
- Social Media
- Proofreading
- Newspaper
- Publications
- Investigative Reporting
- Freelance Writing
- Fact-Checking
- Headline Writing
- Creative Writing
- Newspapers
- Publishing
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