Engaging audiences with creative copy while keeping content and projects organized

Carrie Blazina

• A decade of experience as a professional communicator thriving at the intersection of communicating effectively and keeping audiences informed

• Background working in nonprofits and newsrooms in a variety of roles, handling both specialized responsibilities and general editorial support

• Experience managing projects and tasks by using technology and organizational skills to juggle competing timelines, set reminders, assign steps and meet deadlines

• Expertise in keeping audiences and communities informed, including on tight deadlines, in formats such as email newsletters, blog posts and social media

• Skilled at multitasking, taking initiative, generating ideas, problem solving, determining priorities and maintaining attention to detail

Experience

The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts

Contest coordinator, November 2024-present (seasonal, remote)

• Overseeing application processes and timelines for journalism awards and contests, building spreadsheets, coordinating communications, meeting application requirements and submitting work on time.

Online News Association, Washington, D.c.

Communications manager (remote)

January 2023-October 2023

• Kept ONA community informed by promoting events, writing press releases, creating email and social media campaigns and writing email newsletters.

• Pitched and wrote blog posts, such as gathering takeaways from learning sessions, conducting Q&As with community members and highlighting programs and events.

• Refreshed engagement strategy by starting new social media accounts, customizing content on each channel, creating a career-focused newsletter on LinkedIn and growing the ONA Slack community.

• Managed projects such as event and program communications by setting timelines, making assignments and meeting deadlines. Wrote compelling targeted and member-only email campaigns.

Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.
Digital producer (hybrid)

2020 - 2023. Promoted from associate digital producer to digital producer in June 2021.

• Produced and published daily blog posts with the Center’s analysis and research. 

• Helped manage editorial production calendar and timing of projects, liaising with every research team.

• Pitched, researched and wrote data-driven blog posts, using social media and analytics to learn what the audience was interested in and pitch relevant content.

• Wrote and project-managed social media campaign that successfully targeted new audiences and used short video loops, callouts and quizzes.

• Composed a weekly email newsletter, highlighting and summarizing new publications and resurfacing archival content.

The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts

Multiplatform copy editor, 2014-19 (in person)

• Edited breaking news stories and longer features, often at least a dozen a day, for correct grammar, spelling, style and accuracy, and produced them for BostonGlobe.com as part of the Express Desk (breaking news operation). 

• Wrote engaging headlines for stories, added related content, sent social media posts and news alerts, and updated the BostonGlobe.com homepage.

Skills, Platforms

• Audience engagement

• Editorial content strategy

• Communications strategy

• Project management

• Writing

• Editing

• Email newsletters

• Email marketing

• Workflow management

• Social media posting and strategy, primarily on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Threads

• Digital production

• Copy editing

• AP style

• Proofreading

• Fact checking

• Headline writing

• Search engine optimization (SEO)

• Webpage layout

• Google Suite (Docs, Sheets)

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

• WordPress (for content management)

• Basecamp

• MailChimp

• Slack

• Buffer

• Parse.ly

• Google Analytics

Activities

• June 2024-present: Cambridge Bicycle Safety volunteer, writing and editing blog posts and emails.

• August 2024-present: Editor for Boston Globe games content, editing copy, testing games and improving eligible word lists.

• Served on the Center’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Council for 2.5 years, improving the digital accessibility of editorial products and scheduling training on managing workplace stress. 

• Appeared as a contestant on “Jeopardy!” on Dec. 20, 2018.