Kate Taylor
Portland,OR
Summary
Imaginative, award-winning professional passionate about creating stories and other content that moves and inspires readers. With 30+ years experience writing and blogging for newspapers, magazines and websites, I still love listening to people's stories and writing about their adventures, losses, triumphs and passions. I find captivating stories in every life, agency and business and express them with elegance, vitality and humor. Employers have described me as passionate and determined, with an astonishing ability to get sources to reveal their stories and secrets. They have also cited my ability to simplify and breathe life into dry, jargon-ridden subject matter. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Writer
Kate Taylor Enterprises
11.2008 - Current
- Pitched, researched and wrote relevant, engaging, impactful stories for online and print publications, including The Oregonian/OregonLive.com, the Oregon State Bar Bulletin and Lifescript.com.
- Tackled and deeply researched complex and divisive legal and social issues, presenting them in clear, balanced, elegant prose.
- Collaborated with editors, photographers and others to ensure stories were outstanding. Met deadlines unfailingly.
Education
Master of Science - Journalism
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
New York. NY06.1992
Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA06.1986
Skills
- Write with exceptional flexibility, creating the perfect tone for serious or lighthearted stories and other communications
- Interview with sensitivity and diligent preparation Guide conversations so that interviewees feel as comfortable and open as possible Build and maintain trust with sources, ensuring that they always feel fairly treated
- Speak conversational Spanish
Timeline
Writer
Kate Taylor Enterprises
11.2008 - Current
Master of Science - Journalism
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature
University of California, Berkeley
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