Experienced health care journalist
Name: Corrinne Hess
Type of Writer: Magazine Writer / Feature Writer / Journalist
Location: United States
Rate Type: per article (or blog post)
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Profile Summary
• Award winning journalist and highly skilled writer
• Extensive knowledge of the health care industry and higher education
• Ability to process complex issues quickly and communicate them clearly
• Capable of handling diverse projects and multitasking on deadline
Experience / Education / Qualifications
The Business Journal, Milwaukee, WI
Responsible for regional and national health care and education coverage
Wrote in-depth stories for the weekly print edition
Provided daily breaking news stories for website
Created and maintained blog: Hess on Health Care
Regularly appeared on local NPR station, television affiliate to represent the paper
Used social media to do real-time news reporting
Appeared on numerous media panels both as a presenter and reporter
The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL
Provided daily stories on community’s government agencies and schools
Created monthly news packages that ran in all zones of the newspaper
Worked with photo staff on multimedia projects
Appeared on ABC7 Chicago to represent the newspaper
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
Freelance writer, covered municipal beat for weekly Racine County edition
Wrote news and feature stories
Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI
Covered county and city government beats
Won first place investigative reporting award for collaborative series
Won second place FOI reporting award for news series
Waukesha Freeman, Waukesha, WI
Covered city and education beats
Wrote two to four stories daily
The Free Press, Kinston, NC
Covered police and court beats for three counties
Won second place state press award for collaborative news feature series
Developed and wrote a minimum of two news stories daily
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism/ Public Relations minor May 2001