Why "Media Writing"?

I teach Media Writing at the University of New Hampshire-Manchester. In the course of a semester we cover a lifetime of my work, or at least 20+ years of it.

In 15 weeks we write it all: Blogs, Resumes, Cover Letters, Business E-Mails, Banner Ad Copy, Video Scripts, Radio News and Ads, Corporate e-Newsletters, Public Service Announcements, Essays, Product Packaging Content, Newspaper Articles, and even short One-Act Plays and Micro-Fiction.

And now with my second child enrolled in college, I've decided it's time to do more of what I love: write for hire.

If you need to commission a writer, a writing workshop presenter, a producer, or an event planner, please drop me a note at myskowski@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Dana

Snapshot of My Professional Resume

Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire-Manchester

(Spring 2004 - PRESENT)

Adjunct Faculty of the Year Award, 2008-2009

•                Teach scriptwriting, media writing, and image & sound.

•                Lead students through Independent Study Writing Projects.

•                Advise interns.

Chair, Script Selection Committee, NH Film & TV Office, Concord, NH

(January 2008 to PRESENT)

Freelance Writer & Consultant, New England

(April 1991 to PRESENT)

•                Have written for clients such as: Christa McAuliffe Planetarium (45-minute Multi-Media script); RachelFind (Radio and TV PSAs); General Dynamics/Anteon Corporation (point-of-sale video script); The Berkshire Business Journal; Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Alumni Magazine, and more.

Part-time Lecturer, New England College, Henniker, NH

(August 2009 to PRESENT)

•                Leading students through the complexities of penning a first-draft feature-length spec screenplay.

Producer, Director, & Dramaturge, Jayme's Fund for Social Justice, Southern, NH

(January 2008 to October 2009)

•                Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark, written by Award-Winning Playwright Ariel Dorfman, Oct. 17, 2009 benefit performance with cast of novelists, political activists, accomplished actors, radio personalities, a musician, and a much celebrated poet.

Judge, 48-Hour Film Project, New Hampshire

(Summer 2009)

Volunteer Secretary, Water Resources Subcommittee, Henniker, NH

(2008 & 2009)

Consultant/Former Director, ScriptBiz Screenwriting Seminar, Providence, RI

(Dec. 2005-August 2007/May 2004-Dec. 2005)

•                Planned and implemented one-day screenwriting seminar followed a year later with a two-day seminar directed at screenwriters and filmmakers at the Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival.

•                Organized a short script competition that culminated with a stage reading by professional actors (including Danny Trejo during the second year) of the top three screenplays.

Marketing Coordinator/Physician Relations Advisor, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA

(August 1989 - April 1991)

Writer, General Electric Company, Aerospace and Transformer Divisions, Pittsfield, MA

(1987-1989)

Writer/Announcer, Drive Time News, WSPR Radio, Springfield, MA

(1987)

Production Assistant, A Mistaken Charity (aired on PBS), Berkshires, MA

(1986)