Kristen Dedeyn Kirk

Journalist • Content Writer • Communications Consultant • Healthcare • Education • Technology • Business

Role
Journalist Content Writer Communications Consultant at Writer Editor
Location
Chesapeake, VA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Kristen Dedeyn Kirk

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Experience

  1. Journalist Content Writer Communications Consultant

    Writer Editor

    Jan 2007 — Present

    Built readership, support, and sales, most often for healthcare/health, business/technology, and education/parenting editors and clients•Developed and edited marketing, web, magazine, and book copy•Crafted long-form features, investigative pieces, and 50-page reports with 25+ sources and interviews•Researched, drafted, and executed communication and content plans•Wrote service and how-to articles, posts, websites, case studies, white papers, profiles, and brochures•Identified and interviewed subject matter experts•Interpreted data and research to simplify complex concepts•Mastered the topics of nursing, orthopedics, oncology, stroke, cardiac, medical groups, vein repair, and cosmetic laser proceduresMy writing has been published in The Physiologist Magazine, Brain, Child, Scarymommy.com\'s Club Mid, The Buffalo News, The Virginian-Pilot, The Virginian-Pilot special sections/publications, Military Families Magazine, Military Influencer Magazine, Reserves and National Guard Magazine, Ithaca Quarterly, Alternet, Port Folio Weekly, Health Quarterly, atHome, The Observer, Tidewater Parent, Just Me, Teachers Matter, MyTidewatermoms.com, The Health Journal, Veer, Hampton Roads Magazine, Coastal Virginia Magazine, CoVa BIZ, Coastal Virginia Bride, Green Magazine, CoVa Medical Directory, and Virginia Wine Lover Magazine. My corporate, non-profit, and agency clients include Tidewater Builders Association, The Dollar Store, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Tidewater Community College, Virginia Wesleyan University, Xrayimaging of Chesapeake, Sentara College of Health Sciences, Spectrum Education, Radio BOP New Zealand, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children\'s Hospital of the King\'s Daughters, Sentara Healthcare, Sentara Medical Group, Optima Health, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western New York, Madison Miles, Primm & Company, and Red Orange Studio.

Education

  • Journalism Fellow, Child and Family Policy, University of Maryland Philip Merrill School of Journalism

    Journalism Fellow, Child and Family Policy

  • The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

    Specialty training: Medicine in the Media

  • Ithaca College

    Bachelor of Science

Skills

  • Copywriting
  • Copy Editing
  • Editing
  • Magazines
  • Ap Style
  • Blogging
  • Advertising
  • Books
  • Broadcast
  • Content Development
  • Content Management
  • Content Strategy
  • Corporate Communications
  • Creative Writing
  • Crisis Communications
  • Digital Media
  • Editorial
  • Event Planning
  • Facebook
  • Feature Articles
  • Freelance Writing
  • Ghostwriting
  • Indesign
  • Internal Communications
  • Journalism
  • Marketing Communications
  • Media Relations
  • Multimedia
  • New Media
  • News Writing
  • Newsletters
  • Newspapers
  • Non-Fiction
  • Photography
  • Poetry
  • Press Releases
  • Proofreading
  • Public Relations
  • Publications
  • Publicity

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