Wendy Zamora

Current

• Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
• Contributing Writer at Dancer Publishing - Dancer Magazine/DancerUniverse.com

Past

• Assistant Editor at Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Pointe and Dance Retailer News
• Listings Editor at Lifestyle Media

Education

• Stanford University
• New York University

Connections

54 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website

Wendy Zamora’s Summary

Writer, editor and author with experience in magazine, newspaper and book publishing, as well as web editing, blogging and running my own site. Interested in digital media, multi-media and new journalism techniques.

Wendy Zamora’s Specialties:

Features, profiles, news stories, podcasts, video editing, sound slides, blogging, basic HTML

Wendy Zamora’s Experience

• Freelance Writer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Write and report on a broad range of topics, including dance, entertainment, community issues and education. Author of six non-fiction children's books on dance for Capstone Press. Contributing editor for Dance Spirit magazine. Other publications include The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian, Ink (lifestyle and entertainment weekly in California's central coast), Dance Magazine, Cheer Biz News and Dance Retailer News.

• Contributing Writer

  Dancer Publishing - Dancer Magazine/DancerUniverse.com

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years)

• Assistant Editor

  Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Pointe and Dance Retailer News

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  November 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 3 months)

  Generated content for four national dance magazines, including front-of-book columns, media and product reviews, news items and features. Also coordinated fashion photo shoots for Dance Spirit magazine, including collaborating with art on concepts, calling in products and styling the models.

• Listings Editor

  Lifestyle Media

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  October 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 2 months)

Wendy Zamora’s Education

• Stanford University

  M.A. , Communication--Journalism , 2008 — 2009

  Candidate for M.A. in June 2009
  Recipient of the Melville J. Jacoby Fellowship
  Current GPA: 3.76

• New York University

  BS , Communication Studies, Mass Media , 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  NYU Dance Team

Additional Information

Wendy Zamora’s Websites:

• My Website

Wendy Zamora’s Groups:

Society of Professional Journalists, Mediabistro AvantGuild, COA certified (to judge dance and cheerleading competitions)

Wendy Zamora’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests