Steve Burns

Current

• Writer at Bella Web Design

Past

• Journalist/manager at Self
• Manager/reporter at Crittenden Research (CA)
• Contributing writer at Golf Inc. magazine

• Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley
• 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

3 people have recommended Steve

Connections

281 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog
• My photos
• My videos

Steve Burns’s Summary

Managing, writing and editing for online and print mediums.
Some design and photo work. Management and sales experience outside of journalism.

Goals are to manage again, either in the media world or in an organization that values solid management skills and a progressive mentality.

Steve Burns’s Specialties:

Web-based journalism, social media and PR/corporate communications. Digital/video photography, Specialties are sports, business, entertainment. I can train employees and do/coach public speaking. I know CCI, some HTML, some Photoshop. Spanish-language skills.

Steve Burns’s Experience

• Writer

  Bella Web Design

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Writer for leading Atlanta-area web design company.

• Journalist/manager

  Self

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  2007 — 2009 (2 years)

• Manager/reporter

  Crittenden Research (CA)

  (Publishing industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

  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.

• Financial Advisor

  Morgan Stanley

  (Financial Services industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year)

  Licensed, registered Sales and Financial Advisor for leading Wall Street company. Managed accounts of up to $100,000. Sold new accounts.

• Content manager

  The Orange County (CA) Register/Freedom Communications

  (Publishing industry)

  1992 — 2001 (9 years)

  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; Newspapers industry)

  1985 — 1992 (7 years)

  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
• My photos
• My videos

Steve Burns’s Interests:

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

Steve Burns’s Groups:

PRSA Georgia, Atlanta Press Club, IABC Atlanta, University of Georgia, SoCon08/09

•    University of Georgia Alumni Group
•    LinkEds & writers
•    CNN News
•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo
•    Sports Marketing and PR Pros
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    Roswell United Methodist Church (RUMC) - Job Networking Ministry
•    Newspaper Professionals Network
•    HARO--Help A Reporter Out
•    Social Media Connection LLC
•    Sportel™ - Sports and Media Professionals Network
•    Business Marketing Association - Atlanta
•    Sugar Hill UMC Networking Group
•    Social Media Careers

Steve Burns’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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