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Tanya

Meyer

Copy Editor
Digital Editor
Content Specialist
Print Production Manager
Social Media Manager
Designer
 
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Experience

Experience

Copy Chief, City Brands — April 2024 - November 2025

Interim Copy Chief — November 2023 - April 2024

Crain Communications (Chicago)

  • Oversaw the transition of the Chicago copy desk into a multicity copy hub in a new companywide design hub, streamlining editorial and production workflows across multiple regional publications

  • Oversaw a decentralized team of copy editors and freelancers and assisted with training designers to ensure high-quality content and optimized production workflows

  • Managed tracking and copy editing duties for daily news, special sections and projects, awards and data lists for the Crain's Chicago Business website in Slack and Drupal, ensuring clarity and accuracy

  • Managed story budgets and print workflows for Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's Cleveland Business, Crain's Detroit Business and Crain's New York Business in Content Studio, InDesign, Google Docs/Sheets

  • Enforced AP Stylebook guidelines and Chicago's custom style guide

  • Worked closely with designers to fix templates and design elements in print and online stories

  • Assisted with story, columnist and op-ed selections for Chicago print pages

  • Pitched story ideas and flagged breaking news to reporters and editors, contributing to the editorial direction of the Chicago magazine

 

Copy Editor – October 2021 - November 2023

Crain's Chicago Business magazine

Crain Communications (Chicago)

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  • Assisted in tracking and copy editing news stories, special sections and projects, awards and data lists
    for the Chicago website, daily emails and weekly print magazine, ensuring clarity and accuracy

  • Assisted in managing print workflows for Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and New York publications

  • Assisted in selecting news stories for Chicago print pages

  • Assisted decision-making in setting Chicago's custom style guidelines

  • Managed copy editing duties during copy chief's absence, maintaining workflow continuity

  • Pitched story ideas and flagged breaking news to reporters and editors, contributing to the editorial direction of the Chicago magazine

  • Covered the early-morning shift by scanning for wire stories, summarizing breaking news, and crafting desktop alerts and push notifications

  • Assisted in first reads, crafting news and SEO headlines, assigning art and publishing stories

Digital Content Coordinator and Copy Editor (September 2020 - September 2021)

Commercial Observer magazine

Observer Media (New York)

  • Copy edited news stories for Commercial Observer's website, print magazine, digital edition, and emails covering various U.S. regions and industry sectors

  • Managed web publishing duties and crafted and optimized social media posts in WordPress

  • Collaborated with an SEO consultant to enhance newsroom best practices and monitor analytics

Digital Editor — April 2016 - September 2020

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin newspaper and Chicago Lawyer magazine

Law Bulletin Media (Chicago)

  • Oversaw content management, publishing duties and optimization of websites, emails and social media for Chicago Daily Law Bulletin newspaper and Chicago Lawyer magazine

  • Managed story assignments for a diverse team of court reporters for the morning email

  • Assisted in tech support for content management systems and software

  • Managed photo archives and design templates for print and digital products

  • Copy edited daily news stories, rewrote headlines and wrote quick-hit items for the morning email

  • Assisted in updating digital ads for the websites, emails and social media

  • Participated in developer meetings and made recommendations for website, email and CMS redesigns

Copy Editor — November 2015 - March 2016

Prospect News (New York)

  • Rewrote press releases about U.S. and foreign bond issues, executive hires, index launches, municipal transactions for Bank Loan, Canadian Bond Market, Convertibles, Distressed Debt, Emerging Markets, Green Finance, High Yield, Investment Grade, Liability Management, Municipals daily emails

  • Copy edited and rewrote headlines, proofed financial tables and wrote stories for several emails

  • Rewrote daily press releases published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services online database

Production Associate — January 2013 - November 2015

Center for Professional Development, Products and Technology Team

American Bar Association (Chicago)

  • Managed a comprehensive database for Continuing Legal Education webinars and in-person events, ensuring accuracy in program details, webpages and course materials

  • Proofread and formatted law articles and case documents, enhancing the quality of educational content for programs and events

  • Oversaw production workflows and design layouts for print and interactive materials, collaborating with printers to ensure timely delivery

  • Processed procurement requests for book and audio materials

  • Provided tech support for webinar and webpage issues, assisting lawyers and association members

Associate Editor — January 2011 - January 2013

Research Associate — September 2009 - January 2011

Editorial Assistant — October 2008 - September 2009

Editorial Intern — March 2008 - October 2008

BtoB and Media Business magazines (both shuttered in December 2013)

Crain Communications (Chicago)

  • Managed editorial and production workflows for several sections, reports and a blog for BtoB and
    Media Business magazines

  • Oversaw a diverse team of editors, reporters, freelancers and interns to ensure high-quality content

  • Wrote profiles and news blurbs for several magazine sections

  • Assisted with data mining, submissions and judging of prestigious awards and special projects, showcasing industry excellence

  • Copy edited page proofs, wrote headlines, and uploaded daily email and web content

  • Maintained a comprehensive database of contact lists for media businesses across various sectors

Research Assistant — May 2008 - July 2008

Advertising Age magazine, Data Center

Crain Communications (Chicago)

  • Updated company profiles for Top 100 Leading National Advertisers issue, ensuring accuracy and relevance

  • Copy edited business articles and financial charts, enhancing clarity for publication

  • Contributed to the Magazine 300 report by updating financial statistics to support industry insights

Editorial Intern — September 2007 - December 2007

Concierge Preferred magazine (Chicago)

  • Copy edited and wrote summaries of local entertainment and culture listings

  • Developed and maintained online content for the Neighborhood and Nightlife sections

  • Attended sales meetings and teleconferences to assist with ad scheduling and web management tasks

Skills

Skills

Content Management Systems

Arcstone, BeaconLive, CheetahMail, Composer, Content Station, Content Studio, CQ5, DataJoe, Dropbox, Drupal, GN4 (Ted), GNWeb, Johnson Group Print Performance Suite, Kantar Media products, Olive, Personify, Qualtrics, Quark, Revive, SailThru, Saxotech, Wix, Wordpress

Software and Platforms

Adobe Creative Cloud, Asana, BeFunky, BuzzSumo, Canva, Ceros, Cisco WebEx, CrowdTangle, Datawrapper, Facebook, Fitch/Moody's/S&P ratings services press release databases, Google Classroom/Data Scraper/Fact-Check Explorer/Flourish/Hangouts/Meet/Spreadsheets/Trends, HootSuite, Instagram, InVid/WeVerify Fake News Debunker, LinkedIn, MapChecking, Microsoft Office Suite, Netlytic, OpenVPN, Personify, Qualtrics, Quark, Slack, Smallpdf, TeamSite, TweetDeck, Twitter, Wayback Machine, Windows, Zoom

Awards

Awards & Certifications

2020

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Digital investigations for journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities

2020

International Women's Media Foundation and
Journalism and Women's Symposium HEFAT Training Course

Hostile Environment Awareness Training certificate

2020

City Bureau Documenter (Badge)

Orientation and "Covering Your Local Government" (public meetings) training

2019 and 2018

Illinois Associated Press Media Editors (Newspaper Contest)

Best Website (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) - Winner

2018

Illinois Press Association

Best Website (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin) - 1st Place

Training

Training

  • City Bureau Documenters Orientation and "Covering Your Local Government" (public meetings) training

  • "Freelance Breaking News: Promises and Pitfalls" webinar

  • How to create data graphics (tips and resources from Daniel Levitt, graphics editor with The Wall Street Journal in London)

  • International Women's Media Foundation/Journalism and Women's Symposium 2020 HEFAT (Hostile Environment and First Aid Training) course

  • Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin's "Digital investigations for journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities" virtual training

  • IWMF Press Freedom Speaker Series: "Women Reporting on the Frontlines in the U.S." webinar

  • Photography Bootcamp

  • City Bureau (in collaboration with the Society of Professional Journalists and the Google News Initiative) "Google Tools for Researching and Reporting" workshop

  • Poynter Institute's "Open Records Success: Strategies for Writing Requests and Overcoming Denials" training course

  • SPJ's "How to respond to disinformation and 'fake news' while building trust with your audience" webinar

  • Knight Center's "Online harassment: Strategies for Journalists’ Defense" virtual training

  • City Bureau Documenters "Writing and Using FOIA Requests" workshop

  • Poynter Institute's "Reporting on the COVID-19 Vaccine" webinar

  • Poynter Institute's "A Journalist's Guide to Covering Jails and Police Reform" training course

  • Invisible Institute's "Beneath the Surface" Investigation (volunteer police complaint tagging orientation)

  • Crain AI Training for Editorial

  • SABEW’s “Harnessing AI: How journalists can reap the benefits — and avoid the pitfalls — of emerging AI tools” webinar

  • Poynter Institute - MediaWise's "Alt+Ignite: Building Personal AI Guidelines for Newsrooms" webinar

© 2019 by Tanya Meyer

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