Introduction: I have been writing articles for publication since I was in high school and by the time I was a senior, I was editor of our school page in the local newspaper. I went to journalism school, had 13 months of internships and summer journalism jobs during college. I worked as a reporter for 11 1/2 years at the St. Paul (MN) Dispatch--formerly an afternoon newspaper--and 3 1/2 years as a news media relations coordinator at Methodist Hospital. I did newsletter editing and communication consulting for almost 16 years as a contractor. I've been called a bulldog copy editor.