Freelance writer and editor/owner @ + Provide writing, editing, proofreading and research services for media, business and academic clients + Edit the Small Biz Mix news blog, including writing stories, taking photos, creating slide shows and shooting video From January 2012 to Present (3 years 11 months) Greater Denver AreaSmall Business columnist, freelance @ 1.2 million-circulation daily newspaper + Broke news and wrote articles for weekly Small Business column (print and online) + Matched expert advisors with local small-business owners for monthly Business Makeover column + Researched issues and industries, cultivated sources, interviewed experts, regulators, academics, business owners, start-ups and entrepreneur hopefuls, attended industry events + Assigned photos, researched graphics, collaborated with researcher, copy editors and graphic artists From March 2006 to December 2011 (5 years 10 months) Greater Denver AreaMagazine editor and writer @ Contributing editor/real estate writer, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine (Oct. 2005 – July 2007) + Wrote, edited, fact-checked and proofread feature articles and photo captions + Researched and wrote residential and commercial real estate articles + Scouted and procured new products for photo shoots; assisted at photo shoots Executive editor, To the Trade: design + architecture magazine (March 2004 – October 2005) + Recruited to write, edit and proofread news and features articles, headlines and photo captions for this new trade publication, a sister title, now defunct, to Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine + Managed freelance writers and copy editors + Created fact-checking process and recruited freelance fact-checkers + Tracked down cutting-edge sources, subjects and images, worldwide + Worked closely with editor-in chief, publisher and art department on layouts, design and images Associate editor and writer, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine (January 2003 – March 2004) + Wrote, edited and proofread staff as well as freelance articles; wrote headlines and captions + Assisted managing editor with budgets and website updates + Served as acting managing editor when needed From 2003 to 2007 (4 years) Greater Denver AreaFreelance writer, Business @ 800,000-circulation daily newspaper + Wrote features on local entrepreneurs and set up photos for main art packages for the section From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) Greater Denver AreaFreelance writer, Business @ 1.2 million-circulation daily newspaper + Wrote and assigned photos for three regular columns: - Family Business - Business Makeover, featuring small business owners and entrepreneurs - Mind to Market, covering inventors and intellectual property + Contributed to the Small Business special sections + Moderated industry panel at Los Angeles TImes' Small Business trade show + Contributed to Real Estate section From September 1997 to January 2002 (4 years 5 months) Phoenix, ArizonaAssistant Business editor @ 1.2 million-circulation daily newspaper + Directed a group of five beat reporters and columnists covering aerospace, aviation, California's economy, careers, energy, international trade, management, manufacturing, ports, small business, utilities and workplace issues + Edited, fact-checked and proofread daily stories, features and enterprise pieces, including Column One stories, as well as the graphics and charts that accompanied them + Assigned photos and collaborated with other editors, graphic artists and photographers + Played key role in creating new sections and features, including: - the Page 2 "California Page" that met section's longtime goal to boost state and local coverage - Commercial real-estate - Automotive section prototype + Edited the 8x-a-year Careers tab, a freestanding special section - Focused on a creative approach to career and workplace issues, including a "Miss Manners" issue featuring Miss Manners (national author Judith Martin) on workplace etiquette that caught the eye of local "Good Morning America" television producers From June 1996 to September 1997 (1 year 4 months) Los AngelesBusiness editor @ Copley's three Los Angeles area newspapers had combined circulation of 120,000 + Directed award-winning staff of reporters covering aerospace, retail, banking and other biz beats + Created internship program that brought six to eight college students to Business each year + Met with other editors daily to determine news value, story placement and art needs + Created editorial calendar for section + Worked closely with art department and photo editor to produce quality Business graphics + photos + Served on cross-department corporate strategy committee + Served on editorial task force created to rethink and redesign the largest paper, The Daily Breeze + Conceived and published the papers' first personal finance tab, a free-standing special section + Designed a career/workplace page prototype + Created new features to boost local content, improve photos and tap reader and advertiser interest + Added local bankruptcy listings + Redesigned separate daily and Sunday stock tables for The Daily Breeze and The Outlook + Added graphics and improved charts to the Sunday Business section + At publisher's request, redesigned the Business section and beat coverage for a planned upgrade to a 10-person Business staff and a larger section From April 1992 to June 1996 (4 years 3 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaBusiness reporter @ 220,000-circulation daily newspaper + Broke news stories on a variety of business beats; wrote enterprise and Sunday features + Covered energy during the Gulf War crisis, banks and S&L's during the industry's California downturn and merger frenzy, plus environmental regulations, personal finance, telecommunications + Investigative reporting led to Page One story on false job-creation claims by state enterprise zone From April 1989 to April 1992 (3 years 1 month) Greater Los Angeles Area

Digital Journalism certificate program @ MediaBistro From 2012 to 2013 The Publishing Institute @ University of DenverBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) @ University of Colorado, Boulder Cyndia Zwahlen is skilled in: Line Editing, Content Development, Content Strategy, Content Management, Editorial Consulting, Ghostwriting, Publications, News Writing, Editorial, Blogging, Research, Managing Deadlines, Small Business, Business, Digital Photography, Reporting & Analysis, Writing, Editing, Editorial Direction, Online Journalism, Proofreading, Organic Gardening, Sustainability, Document Editor, Non-fiction Writer