Heidi L. Vanderheiden

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Copy editor/proofreader for various publications, including Union Plus, Natural Health, New Age Journal, Cook's Illustrated, Handcraft Illustrated, Living Healthy, North American Gardener, Boston Magazine, Player, Professional Collector, Continental in-flight magazine, Tomorrow, Outbound Traveler, Outdoor Adventure, NFPA Journal, Fire Technology journal, Fireplace Log newsletter, and publications for Harvard University, Northeastern University, Pegasus Communications, Boston Consulting, Trinity Communications, Fidelity, Positive Directions, and Turnstone Publishing (Dive to the Deep Ocean: Voyages of Exploration and Discovery, Ocean Detectives: Solving the Mysteries of the Sea, Down to a Sunless Sea: The Strange World of Hydrothermal Vents, The Mysterious Ocean Highway: Benjamin Franklin and the Gulf Stream, Off to Sea: An Inside Look at a Research Cruise).

Assistant editor of Boston Children's Hospital's Parent's Guide to Child Health (Perseus Books, 1999) and Be in Charge: Living with Hepatitis B and C handbook (Cadmus Custom Publishing, 1997).

Co-editor of Bisexual Characters in Film: From Anaļs to Zee (Haworth Press, 1997) and Darkness of the Damned (Dragonlance Press, 1993).

Consultant on The New Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1998).

Published in Community Pride Reporter, Sojourner, Boston Magazine, New England Travel Guide, Ability Network, Living Healthy, Gray Areas (article here), Tomorrow, Professional Collector, Outbound Traveler, Loci on-line magazine (see sample columns), Written in Granite, The Comment, NFPA Journal, Vision, the Boston Bisexual Women's Network newsletter, and Beyond the Silence.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

3/97-8/98	COPY EDITOR/WRITER, Outbound Traveler	Marblehead, Mass.
5/96-12/97	MONTHLY COLUMNIST, Community Pride Reporter	Saco, Maine
9/95-6/96	WEEKLY COLUMNIST, Loci	Boston, Mass.
12/94-2/96	COPY EDITOR, Bay State Banner	Dorchester, Mass.
8/94-1/96	SENIOR STAFF ASSISTANT, Boston University Accounting Department, School of Management	Boston, Mass.
	Edited chair and faculty correspondence and class materials. Supervised students, acted as a liaison between faculty and students.
7/92-11/93	CASE MANAGER, Genesis Center	Manchester, Conn.
	Assisted 22-27 clients with all aspects of community living, including crisis management. Acted as a liaison to other mental health professionals. Supervised and trained student intern and new case managers. Prepared case reports on clients.

INTERNSHIPS

5/96-8/96	COPY EDITOR, The Boston Globe	Boston, Mass.
	Worked as full-time copy editor on the night desk, on both the Metro and Foreign/National desks. Edited stories for content, style, and grammar. Wrote headlines, captions, etc.
9/95-5/96	STAFF REPORTER, The Comment magazine	Boston, Mass.
1/96-5/96	REPORTING INTERN, Boston Magazine	Boston, Mass.
	Wrote and edited copy; did researching and fact-checking.
10/94-1/95	EDITORIAL INTERN, Sojourner	Boston, Mass.
	Researched, wrote, edited, and proofread copy.

SKILLS

Computer

Familiar with WordPerfect, Microsoft Excel and Word, Quark XPress, FileMaker Pro, PageMaker, SuperPaint, Powerpoint, DOS, UNIX, NEXIS, the Internet, Adobe Acrobat, and ATEX newsroom software.

Language

Proficient in Spanish. Familiar with French, Russian, and Latin.

EDUCATION

Boston University College of Communication, Boston, Mass.
Master of Science in print journalism, September 1996
- 1996 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern
University of Connecticut College of Liberal Arts, Storrs, Conn.
Bachelor of Arts in psychology, magna cum laude, December 1991
- Psi Chi psychology national honor society, secretary
- Golden Key national honor society
- Phi Beta Kappa national honor society

REFERENCES AND SAMPLES

Stop Signs on the Information Superhighway?

PHOTOS

Additional samples and references available upon request.

Last changed 4/5/99.