Professional Communications Specialist

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. News | sports | business | education | lifestyle features

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Look for providers who will offer you the best.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. Check out my blog for quick tips!!!

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Anyone seeking my services should always try to have information on their topic of interest. All the resources available today make it very easy for anyone to have access to information instantly from anywhere in the world.

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. •Covered a range of areas (e.g., news, business, lifestyle) as a freelance general assignment reporter for local dailies and monthly magazine publications.
•Consistently singled out as one of the most prolific writers and productive story contributors among reporting staff. Provided complete, accurate and compelling coverage of both anticipated and spontaneous news for print and online media. Never failed to meet a deadline.
•Earned repeated commendations for excellence in writing, reporting, and media packages.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I get to service my community with dignity and respect.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. How much do you charge?
It depends on the complexity of the work.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. My favorite story is about a nicaraguan immigrant family and their sturggle to continue living in the land of opportunity, USA.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. I genuinely love writing; I want to always trive to be the voice that serves the community with dignity and respect.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. When I was 18 years old I took a chance and as a result, got 1/2 a page in a hispanic magazine for one year.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. I wrote about a meat shop in Miami Lakes. I was really happy to learn that the business prosepered significantly after I wrote the article.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. I am constantly learning and pushing to keep up-to-date with my field and strive to meet the demands of my customers.

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. We are in a transition process and becoming more technology savvy!!! Reportes not only report, but have the capacity of covering different areas in the communications field. These days you can find a reporter that is also a video and photo journalist who is capable of editing their work, which is what I do, providing the customer with a complete package similar to a one-stop shop!!!

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. Communicating is a virtue and so is patience!!! My recent project involved a market research, which took a week. The total cost was $300.00 USD.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. You really have to love journalism and own it as a part of you. You can't dive into this field wanting to get rich because that is not the case. Be realistic and understand this profession involves lots of risks and sacrifice, but it's one of the most rewarding and fullfilling of all.