2011 Senior Staff Writer for The Grapevine Magazine.
- “Tuscan,” “Oak & Ivy,” Greenwoman Magazine (12/11)
- “Basement Party to High Street Gallery,” Short North Gazette, (12/11)
- “Near Miss,” Columbus Creative Co-operative (12/11)
2008-2010 Created articles and publicity materials for Via Vecchia Winery, South Front Street, Columbus.
- Created all publicity materials, including Constant Contact email marketing, press releases, magazine articles, and regular public speaking engagements for Healing in America, Ohio.
2007-2009 Editor, The Conscious Voices Program, a weekly one-hour magazine-style show for WCRS-FM, Columbus. Originated stories, researched, wrote, and prepared for broadcast all one-hour, weekly shows.
- “Salmon,” First Place in short story, Ohio Writer’s Contest
2006-2007 Dreamweaver magazine; Elyria magazine. Senior Reporter for Bexley Public Radio (WCRX-LP)
1990-1993 Manager of Public Relations for Allied Pickfords, London, UK. I ran this international PR office handling all press and publicity, plus the publication of a monthly newsletter to a staff of 2700 people. I left to run my own corporate communications business which included the Allied Pickfords company newsletter, the Exel company newsletter, and writing for Business Mover and Moving Home magazines.
1988-1990 Local newspaper reporting for The Advertiser series, North London, UK, and the Hornsey Journal. Additional reporting for national newspapers, magazines, and television as a stringer including The Guardian, The Daily Express and The Sun, plus Thames News.
Education BA English, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma Washington
Memberships: Society of Authors (UK), International Women Writers Guild.
Conferences: American Society of Journalists and Authors (NY) 2007, 2006; Columbus Writers Conference 2005, 2007. International Women Writers Guild (NY) 2008. Greater Leighigh Writer’s Conference 2011.
“My working relationship — and friendship — with Cynthia extends many years back, to our days on the board of the Women Writers Network in London. Not only did we collaborate on many projects for WWN, but we also enjoyed a fruitful partnership as fellow writers and editors, as I crafted layouts and provided proofreading for Cynthia’s always-interesting projects ranging from newsletters for her clients to workshops on creative writing.
As President of WWN, Cynthia displayed the warmth and diplomacy needed to guide a group of creative individualists to their goals; herding cats is an apt simile. As a workshop leader, she brought energy and gentle guidance to audiences who were often shy and wary of sharing their creative writing with others. As editor of newsletters for commercial clients, she drew on her journalism background to develop honestly interesting stories (even if the clients might have originally thought they were going to get only puff pieces, they were soon impressed and pleased); she always delivered the product on time and ready for print. And as a published author, Cynthia’s writing continues to be what it’s always been: clear-sighted, intuitive, and a delight to read.” February 25, 2011, LinkedIn
1st Laura Cameron, Vice-Chair, Newsletter Editor, Women Writers Network
was with another company when working with Cynthia at Self-Employed Writing and Editing, Columbus Ohio
