Editor and Contributor @ I edit and create content for the popular small business news and information website. From February 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Blogger @ Shawn Hessinger is a blogger, writer, editor, social media community manager, and journalist currently seeking full-time and part-time opportunities. From May 2012 to Present (3 years 6 months) Community Editor @ Building community for the greatest business intelligence and analytics site on the planet! From July 2011 to May 2012 (11 months) Community Manager @ From June 2009 to July 2011 (2 years 2 months) Blogging and Social Media @ Professional blogging and social media for your business. Contact me for details through this site or at shawn@postranger.com. From September 2007 to July 2011 (3 years 11 months) Contributor @ From 2009 to 2011 (2 years) Managing Editor @ Chief of editorial operations in charge of overseeing production cycle of nine weekly newspapers, numerous side publications and editorial websites in Berks, Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton County, PA From December 2007 to January 2009 (1 year 2 months) Blogger @ Key contributor to a blog focused on bootstrap entrepreneurship, the startup of businesses with little or no outside funding, and a blogger for the Creative Weblogging network which hosts the blog. From June 2006 to October 2008 (2 years 5 months) Blogger @ From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Political/Projects Reporter @ Responsibilities included special projects, enterprise and investigative journalism for the paper’s Sunday and other editions. One project was coverage of a government report on the incidence of a rare blood cancer Polycythemia Vera in Schuylkill, Luzerne and Carbon Counties. Some coverage of county government and other general county news. Some guidance of newer editorial staff in general, county and political coverage. Work with photo editor on video to enhance multimedia coverage on the paper’s website. Training and management of reporters in creation of new digital news segments downloaded and broadcast on local radio. My accomplishments earned me a place in Times Shamrock Communications “Top Performers Club” making up the top ten percent of the company’s workforce in terms of performance as chosen by management. From August 2007 to December 2007 (5 months) Tamaqua Bureau Chief @ Responsible for coverage of the Tamaqua area and the rest of eastern Schuylkill County, both as a reporter and photographer and through supervision of staff writers and freelancers. From November 1999 to August 2007 (7 years 10 months) Bureau Chief/Reporter @ From 2003 to 2007 (4 years) Staff Writer @ County government reporter with additional coverage of courts, health, technology, environment, education and features. From April 1998 to November 1999 (1 year 8 months)

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania From 1986 to 1991 Shawn Hessinger is skilled in: Online Content Creation, Social Media, SEO, Copywriting, Blogging, Social Media Marketing, Online Marketing, WordPress, Editing, Digital Marketing, Online Advertising, Content Strategy, Social Networking, Entrepreneurship, Publishing, Start-ups, Editorial, Storytelling, Newspapers, Publications, Multimedia, Video, Content Development, Content Management, Web Content, New Media, Freelance Writing, Web Content Management