Brooklyn, NY

EXPERIENCE

Associate Editor, Technology - Scientific American Online

8/07 - Present
Scientific American, New York, N.Y.
Develop, report and write technology-related news articles for Scientific American's Web site, Sciam.com. Coverage areas include biotechnology, green computing, information technology, nanotechnology, and robotics. Manage a small freelance staff of technology reporters. Develop special projects.

Senior Editor - InformationWeek

9/99 - 8/07
CMP Media Inc., Manhasset, N.Y.
Develop, report and write news, feature and financial articles for InformationWeek in print and online. Coverage areas include information technology's impact on national, state and local government as well as the biotechnology, health-care and pharmaceutical industries. Focus on IT and homeland security. Also write about the Linux operating system and open-source software market. Write three to five news articles weekly for print and Web site, contribute to blog, and produce segments for daily online news program, The News Show.
Write at least one feature-length article per month. Write and contribute to several lead news, lead feature and cover stories each year.

News Editor/Director -- MIDRANGE Systems, MIDRANGE Channels

11/96 - 9/99
Boucher Communications Inc., Fort Washington, PA.
Responsible for guiding news content, writing, editing and assigning articles for both print and online versions of MIDRANGE Systems and MIDRANGE Channels, trade publications covering the IBM iSeries midrange server market. Wrote commentary column for MIDRANGE Systems. Managed corps of 12 freelance editors for both publications.

Technical Writer -- EDS

11/94 - 11/96
Electronic Data Systems, Morris Plains, N.J.
Responsible for writing, editing and distributing print and online help documentation for a services division of EDS.

General Assignment/Features Reporter -- Forbes Newspapers

5/94 - 11/94
Forbes Newspapers, Somerville, N.J.
Beat reporting and features writing for two weekly publications serving the Warren Township and North Plainfield Borough, N.J., communities.


AWARDS

CMP Media 2006 Excellence in Editorial: Best Analysis Article, Best Impact Article, and Best Body of Work (for coverage of security beat)

CMP Media 2004 Excellence in Editorial: Best Body of Work (for coverage of Linux/open-source software beat)

EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Master of Science in Journalism

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Completed Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists

Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN.
Graduated with Distinction
Bachelor of Arts: Professional Writing and Communications

 
 

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

DreamWeaver
Microsoft Office
PhotoShop

CONTACT

Lggreenemeier@yahoo.com