Brittney L. Gilbert
Writer, Editor, Blogger, New Media Adventurer
Berkeley, CA / 510-260-6689/ brittneyg@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE:
Nov 2007-Present: Blog Producer, KPIX-TV
• Author and edit Eye on Blogs, a blog about the Bay Area (http://cbs5.com/eyeonblogs)
• Write up to 25 posts a day, five days a week
• Monitor up to 800 blogs daily for local content
• Monitor up to 15 local online news publications daily
• Conduct comment moderation and participated in a multi-party dialogue with readers
• Participate in a multiparty dialogue with blog community at large
• Act as photographer and videographer for coverage of live events for blog
• Hand-coded HTML
• Conducted on-air profiles of local bloggers for newscasts
Aug 2007-Nov 2007: Head Copywriter, Editor & Blogger, Magazines.com
• Wrote copy for Magazines.com’s website, sales materials, customer emails, transaction correspondences, advertisements, brochures and call center messages
• Wrote and maintained the company’s blog, Blog Magazine (magazine reviews, interviews, announcements and essays)
• Conducted communications audit identifying all points of company-to-customer interactions
• Worked closely with designer to create cohesive projects for the company
April 2005-July 2007: Blog Producer, WKRN-TV
• Authored and edited NashvilleIsTalking.com, a highly popular blog aggregator
• Wrote up to 40 posts a day, five days a week Monitored up to 400 blogs daily for local content
• Monitored up to 10 local online news publications daily
• Steadily increased readership from 400 unique visitors to an average of 1800 unique visitors daily
• Produced and starred in 2-minute on-air blog news segments that aired weekly on WKRN
• Managed more than 75 “guest bloggers” who freelanced for WKRN and NashvilleIsTalking.com
• Trained as videojournalist (shooting, editing and tracking digital video, script writing)
• Managed automatic RSS aggregator of up to 300 blogs daily
• Conducted comment moderation and participated in a multi-party dialogue with readers
• Participated in a multi-party dialogue with blog community at large
PUBLISHED WRITING:
2003-2006, Freelance: Nashville Scene
• Cover story, “Blogged to Death,” about BlogNashville convention (5/12/2005)
• Cover story, “For Those About to Rock,” about the Southern Girls’ Rock and Roll camp (10/14/2003)
• Film critique, “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days” for film section (2/27/2003)
• Reviewed independent films for coverage of the Nashville Film Festival (4/2003, 4/2004, 4/2006)
• Wrote piece on Nashville rap duo Te Arthur and Big Fella (2/5/2004)
• Contributed to Nashville Scene’s 2004 Fall Guide, “My Personal Fall” (9/11/2003)
AWARDS AND PANELS:
• Nominated for Best Media/Journalist Blog in 2005’s Weblog Awards
• Panelist on Tech Roundtable: Blogging for Business sponsored by Nashville Technology Council
• Panelist for a Business Wire event covering the history of the press release
EDUCATION:
• Middle Tennessee State University, College of Mass Communications
• Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Minors in Psychology & Women’s Studies
• Graduated May 2002
• Course Work: News, feature and magazine writing, reviewing and criticism, copy editing, media writing, graphic design