Renee Moodie

 Date: January 2017 Personal details Full name: Renee Elizabeth Moodie Address: 14 Coombe Road, Plumstead, Cape Town, 7800 Phone:- (cell),- (h) Email address:-Twitter: @reneemoodie LinkedIn: za.linkedin.com/in/reneemoodie Website: www.safehands.co.za Summary I’m a content professional in the prime of my career. I have extensive editing, writing, training and web content experience - and I have the gravitas and experience to manage any team you can throw at me. My writing and editing abilities range from hard news to lifestyle, travel and entertainment. I am also technically savvy and can work on a variety of systems and platforms – and can extend that knowledge to working with web design and development teams on complex projects. I also have a life: wife, mother, quilter, pet owner. How do I keep it all afloat? I have iron discipline, high organisational skills and a clear sense of what is important and what is not. In short, whether it is a book you want edited, a person you want trained, an article you want written or a website you want audited: I do the details so you don't have to. Skills and areas of expertise Web editorial operations and production in hard news and lifestyle products, on a start-up and maintenance basis. Have also several times been involved in “fixing” failing sites. Writing headlines, editing body copy, dealing with legal issues, rewriting. Working with design and development teams on building or rebuilding websites. Individual mentoring and group training in English, sub-editing and web journalism, planning of training programmes. Have been responsible for managing teams of various sizes. General news reporting and feature writing Community building and maintenance Full understanding of spoken Afrikaans; adequate reading skills; writing and speaking fair. Social media – for editorial and marketing purposes. Personal strengths Highly organised Analytical and systematic thinker Quick learner Self-starter Can work alone or in teams A leader and co-ordinator Strong on implementation and roll-out Eye for detail Work experience Current: Self-employed journalism trainer, writer and editor Work experience: previous Independent Online, 2006 to November 2016 Last role: IOL Production Editor, responsible for the world and Africa pages and for revising copy edited by others. Previously: IOL Lifestyle Editor, responsible for growth of IOL’s Lifestyle and Travel offerings. Formerly Deputy Editor responsible for managing Cape Town editorial staff, deputising for the editor and taking responsibility for IOL Lifestyle, Travel and Scitech websites; general stand-in for any member of the team; sounding board for all editorial issues, jointly responsible for legal issues. Previous roles: acting general manager (joint), member of executive committee, acting head of news, running the IOL Tonight website Freelancer, 2003 to end 2005 Editing and proof-reading (for Cape Town’s Child, Drum East Africa and RCI Holidays magazine, as well as several full-length book projects). Writing and training at IOL, Independent Newspapers and Media24; lecturer in web journalism at City Varsity Online 1999 to 2002 Worked at Independent Online as duty editor, production editor, deputy content manager, acting content manager (left to have a baby) Newspaper editing 1993 to 1999 At afternoon newspaper the Cape Argus (eventually deputy chief sub-editor; during my time at the Argus I was involved in the planning for and training of the cross-over of 100 editorial staffers to a new content management system), left to explore the then-new world of online Sub-editor 1989 to 1993 Freelance editing on the Cape Times and Cape Argus Media production and public relations 1990 to 1993 At preschool non-governmental organisation Grassroots Educare Trust (left to go back to journalism) News reporter and medical reporter 1984 to 1988 At morning newspaper Cape Times (left to study further) Education and qualifications BA degree, 1980 to 1982 (three majors in English, Literary Theory, Psychology), University of Port Elizabeth English Honours, 1983, University of Cape Town SAAN journalism cadet course, 1984 Higher Diploma in Education 1989, University of Cape Town Project management course, 2008, Graduate School of Business, Cape Town MAPPSETA assessor training (now expired) Red & Yellow School Social Media course, September 2014 References For print experience: Dave Chambers, Cape Production Editor, Times Media- For general editing experience: Juanita Williams, Managing Editor, allafrica.com - For managerial and technical experience: Alastair Otter, former Editor and Head of Digital Innovation 083 - For proof-reading: Sandy Shepherd, Publisher at UCT Press/Juta 021 -