Steve Burns

Current

• Affiliate at PRSA/Georgia, IABC/Atlanta, Atlanta Press Club, SoCon08
• Journalist, manager at (self)

Past

• Manager/reporter at Crittenden Research (CA)
• Contributing writer at Golf Inc. magazine
• Content manager at The Orange County (CA) Register/Freedom Communications

• Sports copy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Education

• The University of Georgia

Recommended

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Connections

134 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog

Steve Burns’s Summary

Content Manager, The Orange County (CA) Register/Freedom Communications. Manager/reporter, Crittenden Research. Contributing writer, Golf Inc. magazine. Sports copy editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune and writer, Pro Football Weekly.

Steve Burns’s Specialties:

Writing, editing, PR/marketing, social media, digital/video photography, Web design. Specialties are sports, business, entertainment. Also, I can train employees and do/coach public speaking. I know CCI, some HTML, some Photoshop, Spanish.

Steve Burns’s Experience

• Affiliate

  PRSA/Georgia, IABC/Atlanta, Atlanta Press Club, SoCon08

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year)

• Journalist, manager

  (self)

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year)

  Writing, editing, spokesperson, blogger.

• Manager/reporter

  Crittenden Research (CA)

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  February 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 10 months)

  Managed thrice-monthly B2B golf business newsletter. Improved renewal rates 19% in three months. Instituted new areas of coverage. Supervised 2 employees. Supervised story selection. Reporter for four-times monthly real estate B2B newsletter.

• Contributing writer

  Golf Inc. magazine

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2005 — November 2005 (11 months)

  Wrote occasional feature articles for leading industry publication.

• Content manager

  The Orange County (CA) Register/Freedom Communications

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 1992 — October 2001 (9 years 5 months)

  Content manager for leading media/newspaper company. Handled news, business, sports stories for print and Internet. Page design. CCI pagination system, some HTML, Photoshop.

• Sports copy editor

  The San Diego Union-Tribune

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  July 1985 — February 1992 (6 years 8 months)

  Edited sports stories for content. Page design, writing duties.

Steve Burns’s Education

• The University of Georgia

  BA, Journalism

  Activities and Societies:

  The Red and Black, editor, sports editor

Additional Information

Steve Burns’s Websites:

• My Blog

Steve Burns’s Interests:

Media, new media, business, sports, politics, Hispanic culture.

Steve Burns’s Groups:

PRSA Georgia, Atlanta Press Club, IABC Atlanta, University of Georgia, SoCon08

•    LinkEds & writers member
•    CNN News member
•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo member
•    Sports Marketing and PR Pros member
•    Public Relations Professionals member

Steve Burns’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• reference requests
• getting back in touch