Jennie Apter

Current

• Senior Communications Analyst at GAO
• Senior Communications Analyst at U.S. Govt. Accountability Office

Past

• owner resident at Chastleton Cooperative
• freelancer at apterwords, LLC (Self-employed)
• editor at UCG

• editor at UCG, DecisionHealth
• associate editor at United Communications Group
• reporter at Bee Group Newspapers
• intern at Newsweek
• intern at The Fund for American Studies

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Education

• Bethesda Writer's Center
• State University of New York at Buffalo
• State University of New York at Binghamton

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Jennie

Connections

164 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Blog
• me on WAMU
• 30 Day Challenge - Join me!

Jennie Apter’s Summary

I'm a writer/editor, sr. communications analyst (aka writer/editor) at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), union representative, former journalist, hoping to break back into more fun writing (personal essays, poetry, other creative nonfiction, novels). I have the drafts, the hitting the send button seems to be the tough part. I love my job(s), but am always looking to network and catch up with old friends/ colleagues from my past lives.

Jennie Apter’s Specialties:

writing, editing, plain English, negotiation, team editing, Spanish, desktop publishing, layout, web content management, technical writing, government, health care policy (Medicare background),

Jennie Apter’s Experience

• Senior Communications Analyst

  GAO

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

• Senior Communications Analyst

  U.S. Govt. Accountability Office

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

• owner resident

  Chastleton Cooperative

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2003 — 2008 (5 years )

• freelancer

  apterwords, LLC (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  April 2002 — March 2004 (2 years )

  freelance writer/editor, specializing in white papers, grant proposals, technical writing. Clients included: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Jfax (E2), Doctor Quality, Editorial Experts Inc. (EEI), National Minority AIDS council, Elance, LifeCoach International, Washington Post, Syracuse Herald Journal, Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, Buffalo News, Montgomery (Maryland) Gazette.

• editor

  UCG

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

  October 1997 — April 2002 (4 years 7 months)

• editor

  UCG, DecisionHealth

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years )

• associate editor

  United Communications Group

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — 2001 (4 years )

• reporter

  Bee Group Newspapers

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  June 1994 — June 1995 (1 year 1 month)

• intern

  Newsweek

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; WPO; Publishing industry)

  May 1993 — September 1993 (5 months)

• intern

  The Fund for American Studies

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 1992 — August 1992 (4 months)

Jennie Apter’s Education

• Bethesda Writer's Center

  2002 — 2009

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  MA , Communications , 1995 — 1997

• State University of New York at Binghamton

  1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Jennie Apter’s Websites:

• My Blog
• me on WAMU
• 30 Day Challenge - Join me!

Jennie Apter’s Interests:

journalism, blogging, dc, washington DC, syracuse ny, walking, music (cheesy 80s and 70s stuff, ) the thirty day challenge http://www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com/challenge/18093

Jennie Apter’s Groups:

Chastleton, iambossyblog, suz_and_meg, upod, ASME_interns

•    LinkEds & writers
•    Binghamton University Alumni (and Faculty)

Jennie Apter’s Honors:

journalism awards from: American Society of Business Press Editors, Newsletter Publishers Association, Health Care Publishers;
government "above and beyond" awards for contributions to multiple team projects;
blogging: noted on "DC Blogs" "Wordpress.com" "Blogcatalog"

Jennie Apter’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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