linda beymer

Designed and developed a re-entry curriculum for graduates of the Salvation Army's men's rehabilitation program for alcoholism and drug addiction. Students learn how to re-enter the work force by crafting resumes, preparing for interviews, crafting cover letters and finding out how to match skills with available jobs.

My skills as a writer, editor and organizer led to the creation of this position especially for me at the Bee’s community publication, Neighbors. It involved coordinating, assigning and editing special features for 12 editions each week, working with reporters, editors, news assistants, members of the public and free-lance writers.

Worked independently as a member of the Bee’s four-person editorial research staff, fielding requests for research while handling daily digital archiving in an often-frenetic, deadline-driven environment. Also responsible for writing two columns for the Features section. Successfully merged Travel and Outdoors columns into a new format called Escapes. Moderated 100-plus comments per day from online community readers and oversaw comment threads at sacbee.com.

Wrote features about the University of the Pacific campus, students, instructors and alumni for the Pacific Review, the university's alumni publication, including a piece on the university's first female president, Pamela Eibeck, in the spring of 2010. Also served as interim editor for the monthly magazine for about one year in 1998.

Transitioned into newly created position, leveraging my familiarity with the Bee's Regional publications during a critical transition point in the paper's history. The position required me to work closely with the regional editor in developing concepts for new types of regional content for the newly revamped publication.

Honed writing skills with intensive community news reporting for two years, followed by promotion to zone editor overseeing two weekly editions and then assignment editor with responsibility for six weekly editions. Lodi News-Sentinel Agriculture reporter, February 1980 to July 1983. Covered all aspects of agriculture in San Joaquin County, working extensively with the county Department of Agriculture, growers and the UC Cooperative Extension. Won first in state for coverage of Mediterranean fruit fly crisis in 1982.

As Clerk of the Authority Board, I manage interactions between the library and its governing body, prepare meeting agenda packets and plan and execute monthly meeting of the 15-member panel. I also write and edit a variety of materials, from internal policies to annual reports to contest entries. One of my most recent projects was to edit a re-imagined version of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" to commemorate the book's 200th anniversary.