News Writer at Metro Networks
Phoenix, Arizona Area
- Current
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- News Writer at Metro Networks
- Co-founder and Editor at Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards
- Mommy-in-Chief at Levy Household (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Blogger at Book Buds Kidlit Reviews
- Children's Web Page Editor (freelance) at The Poetry Foundation
- Copy Editor at MightyWords.com
- Staff Writer at Palm Beach Post
- Staff Writer at Tampa Tribune
- Correspondent at Philadelphia Inquirer
- News Editor at Our Town Newspaper
- Editorial Assistant at Flying Magazine
- Marketing Coordinator at John Wiley & Sons
- Education
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- Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
- Smith College
- University College London, U. of London
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Anne Boles Levy’s Summary
Clever, sardonic writer with a jones for journalism, children's books and blogging. I have extensive experience fixing other people's lame prose and writing circles around competitors.
Anne Boles Levy’s Specialties:
Humor, assignment editing, copy editing for print or web, working with teams, overseeing editorial projects from inspiration to production, supervising and mentoring younger writers, book and product reviewing, reporting and writing on deadline.
Anne Boles Levy’s Experience
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News Writer
Metro Networks
(Public Company; WONN; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Write news summaries for radio broadcasts for East Coast morning drive time. I'm one of a select group of writers who chooses the top national, international, business and health stories from a variety of sources. I distill them down to a pithy, fascinating 45 seconds or so for broadcast to our 2,400 affiliates. My words reach up to 100 million people in a 24-hour news cycle, though I'm completely anonymous to them.
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Co-founder and Editor
Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards
(Publishing industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Cybils.com combines the freewheeling democracy of the web with the clubbiness of a book group. Every September, we round up 100 volunteers from the biggest and most prestigious kidlit blogs as our judges in nine genres of children's and young adult literature. We open nominations to the public in October and then sift through the titles (more than 800 in 2008). We go through two rounds of judging, with short lists announced Jan. 1 and winners picked on Feb. 14.
I act as prime organizer, mover and shaker, publicist and marketer and group motivator. I've called myself the Cybils sherpa as I see my role being more of a guide than an overseer given the viral nature of our enterprise. Oh, and I raise all the money and buy all the cool prizes. -
Mommy-in-Chief
Levy Household (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Individual & Family Services industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)
Manage to feed, clothe and discipline two juvenile subordinates with time management and teething issues. Coordinate group and individual activities; act as liaison with other family units and supervise search for missing shoe. Versatile in preparing chicken nuggets and communicating family values in a clear, precise manner in a loud voice. Provide timely assistance with boo-boos and intervene when necessary to prevent premature death of younger sibling. Lecture on importance of following rules; draft new rules, amendments or exceptions on moment's notice, subject to enforcement when Daddy gets home.
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Blogger
Book Buds Kidlit Reviews
(Writing and Editing industry)
October 2004 — August 2008 (3 years 11 months)
Dreamed up a children's literature site before the blogging stampede began. I posted reviews of picture books Monday-Friday at www.bookbuds.net, with roughly 500 unique visitors each week. I've "hired" (and fired) volunteer reviewers to do reviews, and edited their work as well. I had to beg free copies off publishers until books began arriving daily, and somehow kept the site going after having a baby and then during a cross-country move. I built up a loyal following among Mommy bloggers, librarians, booksellers and the kidlit obsessed.
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Children's Web Page Editor (freelance)
The Poetry Foundation
(Online Media industry)
May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Came up with timely story ideas, hired freelancers, edited copy for children's Web page of the largest non-profit devoted to poetry.
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Copy Editor
MightyWords.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
October 2000 — July 2001 (10 months)
Part-time telecommuting position lasted nine months before the dot-com wave broke and I was laid off. Copyedited online catalog for electronic publisher.
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Staff Writer
Palm Beach Post
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
January 1995 — September 1998 (3 years 9 months)
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Staff Writer
Tampa Tribune
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
December 1993 — December 1994 (1 year 1 month)
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Correspondent
Philadelphia Inquirer
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 1992 — November 1993 (1 year 5 months)
Covered struggling steel towns for zoned Neighbors section.
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News Editor
Our Town Newspaper
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 1991 — July 1992 (1 year 1 month)
Assigned, wrote, edited stories, took photos, laid out pages, answered phones for weekly newspaper covering Manhattan's East Side.
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Editorial Assistant
Flying Magazine
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
September 1989 — August 1990 (1 year )
Forgot to water the plants, made lousy coffee, answered the phones, put up with publisher's life-sized nude posters and decided I'd be better off in graduate school.
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Marketing Coordinator
John Wiley & Sons
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
1986 — 1989 (3 years )
Anne Boles Levy’s Education
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Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
MS , Journalism , 1990 — 1991
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Smith College
AB , English , 1981 — 1985
- Activities and Societies:
- Debate Society
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University College London, U. of London
English Literature 1983 — 1984
Full-year Junior Year Abroad program in English Literature.
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Anne Boles Levy’s Websites:
Anne Boles Levy’s Interests:
Freelance writing and editing.
Anne Boles Levy’s Groups:
Cybils
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Children's Books
Anne Boles Levy’s Honors:
*Finalist, Best Book/Literary Blog, 2005 The Best of Blogs competition (www.thebestofblogs.com) for Book Buds Kidlit Reviews (www.bookbuds.net)
*Finalist, Best Mommy Blog, 2004 The Best of Blogs competition (www.thebestofblogs.com) for Inland Empress (dadtalk.typepad.com/inlandempress/)
Anne Boles Levy’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
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