Carolyn Wilborn

Current

• Project Manager at Conjecture

Past

• Senior Producer at McClatchy Interactive
• Associate Editor at MyDailyHealth
• Associate Editor at Consumers Digest Online

see less...

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin
• Oberlin College

Recommended

6 people have recommended Carolyn

Connections

49 connections

Industry

Online Media

Carolyn Wilborn’s Summary

An online content writer/editor since 1999, for four years I've held a senior position in the McClatchy Interactive newsroom, organizing, prioritizing, editing and enhancing wire service and original news and feature coverage for the web sites of more than 30 newspapers.

Carolyn Wilborn’s Specialties:

Writing, editing, online content management

Carolyn Wilborn’s Experience

• Project Manager

  Conjecture

  (Online Media industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Full-time contractor, working on a number of projects for different sites owned by Conjecture.
  - Evaluate and hire new writers for wiseGEEK.com;
  - Correct errors and respond to reader questions;
  - Promote new and interesting content to other sites;
  - Other projects as assigned.

• Senior Producer

  McClatchy Interactive

  (Public Company; MNI; Online Media industry)

  July 2002 — October 2008 (6 years 4 months)

  - Assisted with the day-to-day running of the MI Newsroom, ensuring a constant flow of new and breaking news to more than 30 newspaper web sites;
  - Perform general copy editing on all wire service stories and MI Newsroom produced content;
  - Developed training tools for department to improve workflow using MI-created Workbench CMS;
  - Coordinate with Creative Services department to produce multiple Flash-based interactives each month, acting as copy editor for all projects produced;
  - Main Newsroom contact with Development and Customer Service departments to help solve backend system problems and affiliate site issues.

• Associate Editor

  MyDailyHealth

  (Online Media industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

  Updated daily news feed for physical and mental/addiction health sites, wrote book reviews, and maintained site sections, including scheduling features and researching and editing government health information.

• Associate Editor

  Consumers Digest Online

  (Online Media industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

  Lead team of three in researching, inputting and editing product data, setting deadlines and creating online editorial calendar for 16 product databases. Wrote category and article teasers for e-mail newsletter and online publication

Carolyn Wilborn’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  not completed , mass communications , 1996 — 1998

  Completed coursework for MA in mass communications, focused on new media.

• Oberlin College

  BA , History , 1992 — 1996