Erin Schultz

Current

• Writer at Times/Review Newspapers

Past

• Writer at Gannett
• Singer / bassist / guitarist at Erin Schultz Entertainment

Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
• Michigan State University

Connections

29 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Erin Schultz’s Experience

• Writer

  Times/Review Newspapers

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Pitch, research and produce hard news and feature-style pieces for an award-winning series of weeklies on the East End of Long Island. Cover local government, education, business, real estate, entertainment, sports, food and beverage, lifestyle issues -- anything and everything newsworthy on the North Fork. I also take my own pictures when necessary and often shoot and edit short video clips for the Web.

• Writer

  Gannett

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GCI; Newspapers industry)

  October 2003 — August 2007 (3 years 11 months)

  Pitched, researched, reported and wrote feature stories on a variety of topics for Gannett-owned niche publications, including Greater Lansing Woman, Greater Lansing Parent, and HomeWorks.
  
  Covered local, regional and national musical acts for Gannett-owned alternative weekly, NOISE. Also produced several long-form feature pieces on lifestyle, relationships, sports, and food and beverage.

• Singer / bassist / guitarist

  Erin Schultz Entertainment

  (Music industry)

  February 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 8 months)

  Played bass, guitar and sang with a popular Michigan rock band called Trailer Park Barbie.Thwarted a lawsuit from toy maker Mattel.Managed and booked myself around the Midwest. Sold 100s of CDs and other band-related merchandise. Developed, maintained and contributed to band’s Web site. Also played solo guitar at weddings and other less-rowdy events.

Erin Schultz’s Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  Master of Science , Journalism , 2007 — 2008

  Print concentration; electives were Feature Writing, Covering Ideas, Radio Skills, and Columbia News Service, a national wire service transmitted through the New York Times Syndicate.

  Activities and Societies:

  Pitched, researched, reported and wrote profiles and other feature pieces for The Chicago Tribune, The New York Daily News, New York Resident Magazine, Newsday, Great Lakes Stage, The Olympian (Wash.), The Edmonton Journal (Alberta), The Berkshire Eagle (Mass.), Great Reporter.com, The Denver Post, The Virginian Pilot, and many other publications.
  
  My articles have also been used as reference material on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_19,_2008_anti-war_protest

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Arts , Theater and Journalism , 1994 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Honors College; participated in several theatrical productions on and off stage; general studies in history, French, and political science

Additional Information

Erin Schultz’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Erin Schultz’s Interests:

Playing guitar, all forms of Fleetwood Mac, Karaoke, singing harmony, playing drums to AC/DC and REO Speedwagon songs, running, creative vacations, lighthouses, the sun, hot tubs, profiling people, honesty, watching horrible movies and then reading the reviews, long-form journalism, open minds, Scrabble and Mad Libs, photography, Survivor Man

Erin Schultz’s Groups:

•    MSU Alumni Association
•    Columbia Journalism Alumni

Erin Schultz’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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