2709 12th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818
Cell: 434-964-7948
e-mail: lkrichardson@me.com
OBJECTIVE: Freelance or part-time work in copy editing, writing or proofreading
QUALIFICATIONS
• Manages multiple projects simultaneously and meets deadlines.
• Expert on AP style, and have used the Chicago Manual of Style when editing books.
• An avid learner of electronic publishing systems who has mastered more than a dozen. Proficient in Microsoft Word. I am familiar with Adobe InDesign CS4 page design program for the PC, and Quark Xpress and InDesign for the Macintosh, Excel and Photoshop.
• Solid reporter with a flair for features.
• Good researcher, thorough and diligent.
• Works well independently and with groups.
• Maintains a cheerful demeanor under pressure, and stoically works to solve problems as they arise.
FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
2016-2017 Interim Communications Director, Episcopal Diocese of Northern California
Wrote and produced weekly newsletters for clergy and lay people; provided daily communication during wildfires and other crises; managed website content; improved social media coverage; covered events and posted photos and video; created posters and other physically posted communications.
1987-2008 Copy editor, The Sacramento Bee (
Edited daily and weekly feature sections, including entertainment and TV listings, for print and online publication. Page design of features, news and editorial pages. I also wrote cookbook reviews and tested recipes, and occasionally contributed Outdoors and Travel items. Have also designed graphics and taken photographs for print and online publication.
1983-1987 Assistant News Editor, The Orange County Register
Led the PM copy desk, making over the AM paper with breaking news in the morning. Previously assistant wire editor and inside A section layout editor.
1981-1983 Assistant National Editor, Dallas Morning News
Assisted the national editor in preparing the daily wire budgets and editing Washington bureau reporters, stringers from around the country and national wire copy.
1979-1981 Layout editor, St. Petersburg Times
Layout and editing of regional editions; also worked on features copy desk.
FREELANCE PROJECTS
FREELANCE PROJECTS
Copy editor on several internationally collaborative projects for Episcopal Relief & Development
Copy editor, Episcopal News Service
Copy editor, “Budgeting and Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations,” Sage/Congressional Quarterly Press, 2013
Copy editing, Pacific Crest Trail Association magazine, November 2009-April 2010
Newsletter designer, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, September 2000-May 2007
Draft editing for "A Field Guide for Science Writers," published by Oxford University Press, 1997
Draft editing for “Willie Brown: A Biography,” published by University of California Press, 1996
Trained copy desk of Tacoma News Tribune to use Quark Xpress and Quark CopyDesk for publishing, November 1993 and January 1994
Award-winning newsletter designer and editor for the Sacramento Samaritan Counseling
Center, 1992-1996
Graphic artist and copy editor for three editions of "The California Political Almanac," 1990-1993
EDUCATION
1980 BA, journalism, minor in Russian studies, University of Houston
SALARY REQUIREMENTS
Negotiable
REFERENCES
Upon request
