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1999 to Present
CHRISTA
GALA—Freelance Writer-
Apex, NC
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Editorial:
Writing and editing for the
Raleigh News &
Observer (real estate, business, biotech)
Our State,
The
Cary News
(columnist), Cary
Living, Pinehurst
Magazine, Midtown
Magazine,
Southern Weddings,
New Homes and Ideas
and North Carolina State University’s
Accolades
magazine. Special features have appeared in the following
national publications:
Frontier,
Meridian,
WineMaker and
QSR Magazine. Speaker: Triangle Area Freelancers and
Cary High School.
Awards/Recognition: First-place winner in N.C. Press
Club competitions (2006-2011) and the National Federation of
Press Women (2010, 2011); four magazine feature articles
placing in Writer’s Digest 79th Annual National
Writing Competition (2010); and a contributor for three
Chicken Soup for the
Soul books: “The Christmas Gift,” “Tales of Christmas”
(November 2010) and “New Moms” (March 2011). Award winning
blog, GRIN, http://cwgala.wordpress.com.
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Corporate:
Providing writing services for websites, annual reports,
publications and newsletters; clients have included North
Carolina State University, the City-County Bureau of
Identification (book for hire), Girl Scouts of America,
Victory Pharmaceuticals, Smithfield’s Chicken and Bar-B-Q,
the Association of Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchisees
(managing editor), and the World Council of Credit Unions
(book editing).
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Educational:
Featured speaker at Cary High School’s College Application
Week. Worked as a “Writer in Residence” for local schools
through the United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County
(Carroll Middle School, St. Timothy’s, Grace Lutheran
School, St.Raphael Catholic School) focusing on journalism,
creative writing and preparing students for the state’s
annual standardized writing test. Nationally, writing
standardized test passages for middle school students
through MetaMetrics, Inc.
1998-1999
Tallahassee Democrat
- Tallahassee, FL
Assistant Marketing
Editor. Responsible for editing and designing the
Homes
setion
distributed weekly with the Sunday
Democrat. Duties
included: Designing cover story and all inside pages;
importing photos and wire text; writing captions and headlines;
editing copy; coordinating photo shoots and freelance writers;
compiling real estate charts; and writing stories for several
publications.
1994-1998
Advertising/Public Relations/Copywriting: Worked as a media
buyer for McKinney & Silver (Raleigh, NC), in public relations
for the Grand Hyatt Regency (Cincinnati, OH) and as a copywriter
for Fringe Benefits Management Company (Tallahassee, FL).
Education:
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication (1994)
(http://www.jomc.unc.edu/)
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
M.A. in English/Creative Writing (2008)
( http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/creativewriting/)
Memberships:
Triangle Area
Freelancers, N.C. Press Club, National Federation of Press Women
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