Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Currently, author of a culinary journal on Facebook and, soon, Instagram. Also freelance editor of high-level books on leadership, artificial intelligence, startup ecosystems, stock market investments, management consulting, the U.S. jobs market, accounting, content marketing, and more. Digital and print writer, reporter and line and copy editor who promotes stories on social media. Expert in business, technology, investment, European economies, food, design, travel, the environment, politics and elections, diplomacy, personalities. Also, trained and experienced chef and wine consultant. Proficient in InDesign and InCopy, Adobe Acrobat, Word, as well as content management systems and other Web tools, including Photoshop. Fluent in French and Modern Greek, conversant with several others in the Balkan region. See writing samples here: https://carolreed.contently.com/.
Currently editing high-level books on artificial intelligence, content marketing and more on a freelance basis. Have edited copy for style and accuracy and written display copy, including headlines, at magazines from BusinessWeek to Harper's, InStyle, GQ and Money; edited for book publishers such as HarperCollins and Intellectual Ventures and websites such as CNN/Money.
From 1996 to present, knowledgeable, experienced generalist writer, rewriter, editor and digital strategist with specialties in business, investment and technology as well as travel, food and design. Contributor at About.com, FastCompany.com, MensJournal.com and ManoftheWorld.com. From 1988 to 1995, freelance Athens, Greece-based correspondent covering news and features in Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, Near East and North Africa for the Washington Post, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, ABC Radio/TV, Canadian Press and Financial Post of Canada, Stern of Germany, and tens of McGraw-Hill business publications. For recent writing samples, see my portfolio at https://carolreed.contently.com/. For more writing and editing samples: https://plus.google.com/u/0/101880372406158306386/posts
Fast-paced job editing the home page of up to 14 NBC local news sites, including those of New York and Washington, D.C. Chose and edited stories, wrote heds and deks, placed on page, and associated media such as video, photos, and slide shows.