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Michelle Tirado

Summary

Michelle is a seasoned communicator, with two decades of experience writing and editing technical and non-technical content.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Media Analyst

Watershed Analytics
09.2024 - Current
  • Monitor news coverage (mentions) for a large U.S. energy company
  • Analyze news stories for company mentions, competitor mentions, and relevance to the industries the company operates in
  • Produce two daily updates
  • Media monitoring tools include Meltwater, Factiva, Google News, and websites of top-tier news outlets, including Bloomberg, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, as well as industry publications

Writer and Copy Editor

Freelance
10.2000 - 11.2024

APB News, Ad Agency Insider, Assured Intelligence, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Close-Up Media, Disaster News Network, EntrepreneurPR, Florida Realtor, Greece Travel Magazine, Indian Country Today, Indian Gaming Business, Jolie World, Meetings South, Native American Law Digest, National Indian Gaming Digest, Opportunity World, Orlando Business Journal, Police Department Management, Research Associates International, RestaurantRow.com, Space Coast Business, Space Coast Living Health, A Supervisor's Guide to Workplace Security, and Weissmann Reports

Writer and Copy Editor

Falmouth Institute
12.1999 - 10.2011
  • Edited news and feature stories (800-3,200 words) and department pieces (500-1,000 words) for American Indian Report, a monthly print magazine; used MS Word with “Track Changes” to edit first drafts for grammar, efficiency and style and Adobe Acrobat for proofreading final drafts
  • Edited National Indian Gaming Digest and Native American Law Digest, both monthly print newsletters
  • Edited marketing materials and other company documents: advertising copy, conference and workshop brochures (10-17 per month), textbook copy, tribal constitutions, tribal workplace policies and procedures and federal contract proposals
  • Wrote headlines, sub-headlines, cover blurbs, photo captions and the table of contents for AIR
  • Coordinated freelance submission revisions;
  • Wrote three to four posts per week for the AIR blog
  • Developed story ideas by monitoring newswires and other online news sources

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
08-1998

Master of Arts - Technical And Scientific Communication

Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN
12-2015

Skills

  • Writing news and feature articles, blog and social media posts, press releases, proposals, reports, and PowerPoint presentations
  • Copy editing and proofreading
  • Story idea development and news analysis
  • Microsoft Office, Adobe, and Google Docs
  • Content management systems
  • Style guides, including Associated Press and Chicago Manual of Style

Timeline

Media Analyst

Watershed Analytics
09.2024 - Current

Writer and Copy Editor

Freelance
10.2000 - 11.2024

Writer and Copy Editor

Falmouth Institute
12.1999 - 10.2011

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies

University of Central Florida

Master of Arts - Technical And Scientific Communication

Minnesota State University, Mankato