Nancy Wride is a resourceful reporter and creative writer. Clients appreciate her energy and range: bright features for non-profits, health, business and behavior trends and distilling for in-house and general audiences sometimes technical issues of law and medicine trades.
In 2009, her work appeared in print and online for such publications as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Special Olympics, Forum Magazine and UC Irvine internal and external publications. She has ghost written articles for physicians that ran in the O.C. Business Journal and O.C. Family.
In 2008, she also served as publicist for legendary marathon swimmer and 13-time world champion Greta Andersen, attracting TV and print coverage before the Summer Olympics that built revenue for her swim school, which now has a waiting list.
Until 2007, she was a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, reporting breaking news and features with an eye for trends, emotional or quirky tales, and everyday people managing the remarkable. Among her favorite story moments:
* Having ugly acid-wash jeans named after her at a factory that trashes denim for the apparel industry.
*Watching Roy Disney go overboard at sea "like one of my own cartoon characters--one of the stupid ones."
*Traveling with true grit prep football players from Catalina Island who boat to all away games.
*Yawning uncontrollably while interviewing workers who must take college algebra before dawn.
Available for freelance writing assignments on people, travel and trade, consulting and speaking on writing. Fluent in online and social media. (nancy.wrideATgmail.com).
Professional Experience
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Los Angeles Times – Los Angeles
Staff writer – (1985-2007)
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry
Skills and Specialties
Thorough reporting and quick-turnaround writing, with an ability to swiftly gather data and persuade difficult people to talk. Utility player on breaking news, crime, government, personality profiles, urban planning and waterfront issues, first person humor features about parenting, and travel.
Basic HTML; Adobe Acrobat; Adobe Photoshop; CCI; Desktop Publishing; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook; Microsoft Power Point; MS Word; Word Basic; and Windows.