ADAM WREN

PROFILE: Inquisitive, inventive and incisive wordsmith with experience creating and editing content for digital and print products. Demonstrated ability to craft compelling, audience-centered copy on deadline for traditional media outlets, public policy campaigns and Fortune 500 companies. Excels at research and covering in-depth issues with clarity and context. Experienced in drafting editorial budgets and calendars, providing big picture and line edits and managing a stable of freelance writers.

SKILLS
Narrative long-form reporting, writing and editing. Breaking-news and beat reporting. Content development and management. Copywriting. Copyediting. Ghostwriting. Researching. Fact-checking. Blogging. Social media. Knowledge of AP Style.

EDUCAT ION
2010
Masters Degree in Journalism Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

AWARDS
Carnegie-Knight Foundation Digital Reporting Fellow (2010). Harrington Award in Magazine Writing and Editing, the Medill School of Journalisms highest academic honor (2010). Personality profile writing, 3rd place, Indiana Society of Professional Journalists (2012).

2007

B.A. in English, Writing and Political Science Indiana Wesleyan University

2005

Washington Semester in Journalism American University

WORK EXPERIENCE
2010-Present // Imagination Publishing; Chicago, Ill. //
E DI T O R Reported, wrote and edited department, feature and online content for MyBusiness Magazine, a publication covering small business and politics with a nationwide circulation of 800,000. Proposed redesign and new editorial vision for briefs department, making content fresher and more audience-focused. Managed a stable of freelance writers, and responsible for big-picture and line editing. Liaised with up to 5 clients on content, strategy and overall production of deliverables; helped coordinate clients content strategy and provided suggestions and editorial feedback. Re-imagined, researched and reported microsite for Fortune 500 company. Promoted from writer to editor in 2011.

2009-Present // Indianapolis, Ind. //

F R E E L A N C E W R I T E R & E DI T O R

Contributed department and feature pieces for Indianapolis Monthly magazine, including front-of-book, feature and special package pieces. Researched, edited and fact-checked book manuscript for Watergates Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse, authored by Jon Marshall and published by Northwestern University Press (2010).

2010 // Carnegie-Knight Foundations NEWS 21; Chicago, Ill. //

DE V E L O PM E N T E DI T O R & R E P O R T E R

Selected for 10-week national digital reporting fellowship. Reported in-depth text and multimedia stories for interactive site. Crafted all site copy, and worked with reporters to develop feature stories. Employed blogging and social media to build traffic and generate story ideas.

2009-2010 // Medill News Service; Chicago, Ill. //

R E P O R T E R & E DI T O R I A L A S S I S TA N T Covered violence and reform efforts in Chicago Public Schools for wire news service. Scooped citys major media outlets on the story that Chicago would lead the nations most populous cities in youth homicide rates in 2009. Helped launch and maintain publications Twitter presence.

2008-2009 // Indiana State Senate; Indianapolis, Ind. //

labor and pensions, tax and fiscal policy.

P O L IC Y A N A LY S T

Authored talking points, speeches, newsletters and press releases on state and national issues, including education, energy,

Summer 2006 // Kenton Times; Kenton, Ohio //

NEWS INTERN

Wrote feature and news stories, covering several school boards, and village and city councils.

Summer 2005 // National Public Radio Affiliate WAMU 88.5; Washington, D.C. //
Wrote and edited copy for local Morning Edition broadcast.

NEWS INTERN

Web: WWW.ADAMWREN.NET

Twitter: @ADAMWREN

Phone: 317-966-8053 Email: ADAMWREN@ME.COM