Resume

• 1991

  MA

  Wrote an awarding-winning four-page

  two-day series on the bus system of Columbia

  Missouri.

  Journalism

• 1983

  B.A.

  Women's Studies

  Bowling Green State University

  B.S.

  Journalism/Public Relations

  Bowling Green State University

• 1979

  The Mennel Milling Company

  University of Missouri

  diannaobrien.com

  Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

  St. Joseph News-Press

  Columbia Missourian

  As the night assistant editor

  I oversaw the final edit of newspaper articles of nine reporters.

  Assistant City Editor

  Owensboro

  Kentucky Area

  Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

  Fostoria

  Ohio

  I managed the Grain Purchasing Department's accounting spreadsheets and accounts payable processing. During this time

  I transitioned the work from paper spreadsheets and 10-key adding machines to computer-processed information

  by learning to wrangle a Apple II and VisiCalc into streamlining the department's accounting procedures.

  Administrative Assistant

  The Mennel Milling Company

  Reporter covering education in St. Joseph

  Missouri.

  St. Joseph News-Press

  Freelance writer

  I’m a freelance writer with years of experience as a reporter and editor. I have written for several publications including national trade magazines including Smart Meetings and Landscape Management as well as the Columbia Business Times

  Columbia Home

  School & Community

  Drury magazine

  Moscow (Russia) News and PASSPORT Moscow magazine. I also wrote a book with Charles W. Gehrke about his life and times. He was the founder of ABC Laboratories in Columbia

  Missouri.

  diannaobrien.com

  Columbia Missourian

  Columbia

  Missouri

  I supervised student reporters

  overseeing their article assignments

  reporting and writing.

  City Editor

  I headed up the communications area of the grant-funded arthritis project

  Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center

  MARRTC. The organization has since ceased operating.

  University of Missouri

  Society of Professional Journalists

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  Create

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  Fresh Story

  Every product has a story to tell and the pet food produced by Lucy and Charlie Postins' company

  The Honest Kitchen

  has a better one than most.

  The Rock that Built Us

  For this piece I had to literally find historic information that had disappeared -- having been dug up and carted away. No matter. The piece worked out great -- and here it is:\nJust about everything you see built in Columbia - from the University of Missouri's iconic columns and white campus to the fine brick homes on Broadway and buildings in between - came from the area's quarries. At one time

  Columbia had upward of 30 quarries and several brickworks.

  Just about everything you see built in Columbia - from the University of Missouri's iconic columns and white campus to the fine brick homes on Broadway and buildings in between - came from the area's quarries. At one time

  Columbia had upward of 30 quarries and several brickworks.

  I created and maintain the website for the Columbia Freelance Forum

  a professional group for freelance writers

  editors

  photographers and other creative professionals.

  Columbia Freelance Forum

  Magazines

  Business Journalism

  WordPress

  Publications

  Copy Editing

  Books

  Business Reporting

  Web Content

  Research

  Report Writing

  Writing

  Blogging

  Stories

  Feature Articles

  Storytelling

  Publishing

  Journalism

  AP Style

  Business Reporting

  Journalism

  Stories Business Journalism

  Freelance Writing

  Application Nation

  Application Nation – How do real estate agents and buyers see and use the ever more popular real estate apps such as Zillow

  Realtor.com and Trulia? Both the pros and those in the market love them. Learn more about how to use them more effectively. http://diannaobrien.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/agent-app-cbt-38-41.pdf

  Application Nation

  Connecting with China

  especially when it comes to financial information isn't easy. Alex LaBrunerie used networking to make connections and the results are a new company

  Rising Tide

  and a partnership with the University of Missouri to provide accurate market information on China.

  LaBrunerie’s Leverage

  Katharina Hoffman of Hoffman Commercial Landscaping and other women in the landscaping business are finding new

  burgeoning business opportunities with the help of the Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certificate. It’s a lot of paperwork

  but Hoffman says she’s found it is also the ticket to a different kind of landscaping work

  work for cities

  counties and other governmental agencies.

  I want my WBE

  This historic house

  \"The Hansel and Gretel House

  \" is often called the fairy-tale cottage or the Gingerbread house. The home at 121 West Boulevard is surrounded by gardens

  making it a cozy sight. But inside the house is a log cabin

  making it a touch stone to Columbia’s pioneer past. Read the entire article at http://diannaobrien.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/hansel-gretel-121-west-blvd-missouri-life-2013.pdf

  The Hansel and Gretel House

  I reported and wrote this case study on The Honest Kitchen's new package design. I also collected and selected the images and wrote the captions for the photographs and illustrations used for the piece published in Package Design magazine.

  O'Brien

  Dianna Borsi

  O'Brien