Sharon Knolle, Entertainment Writer

Freelance Work
Event coverage and articles for such outlets as Variety, Us Weekly,  Entertainment Weekly, LA Weekly, TV Guide Magazine, USA Today, AOL Moviefone,  BizBash, and J-14

Mr. Showbiz/ABCNews.com

Title: News Editor, 1999 to 2001

Duties: Writing, reporting, and editing of daily entertainment news items and management of the news team. Also: celebrity profiles, box-office reports, interviews, awards and event coverage, film reviews and previews, creation of features, contribution to special packages, editorial brainstorming

TPD Publishing (now Story Worldwide), Seattle-based contract publisher

Title: Managing Editor, 1996 to 1998

Duties: Editorial development and graphical treatment, management of editorial schedule, story assignments, and copyeditors; liaison to design, production, and to client; budget management; editing and rewriting of articles, fact-checking, creation of style guide, and compliance with Microsoft Styleguide

Projects:

Microsoft Magazine, a quarterly consumer magazine with 1 million circulation

• Microsoft Update, a newsletter for Microsoft retailers
• Microsoft Project Web site, official product site for project management software

Languages

PC and Mac fluency, basic HTML, AP and Chicago style, tourist French

Education

B.A. in English Literature, University of Washington

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