Carol Rust
At a loss for words? Hire a professional. Carol Rust has 25 years of writing and editing experience and turns out attractively written, to-the-point copy in its most concise yet comprehensive form.
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Media Experience
Print, Web
Biographical Note
Carol Rust has 25 years of writing and editing experience as a freelance writer and as a daily newspaper reporter and feature writer. She was nominated for the Pulitzer several times during the 11 years she worked for the Houston Chronicle.Practiced powers of observation and description; fresh, compelling turn of phrase; work flexibility; quick turnaround deadlines, and punctilious editing are all specialties.
She has covered stories from horseback, blimp, boat, pirogue, pickup, foot, phone, single-engine aircraft and jumbo jet on such varied subjects as the female pickax murderer on Texas Death Row preceding her historic execution, ancient feasts and celebrations still practiced in a medieval Sardinian town, a rice farmer whose farm was foreclosed on while serving in Iraq, alligator and wild boar hunting, Houston child murderer Andrea Yates and the mystic Mexican religion of Santeria in Texas. She’s provided daily coverage on Katrina victims, mentally ill Houston mother Andrea Yates who drowned her five children, and the trial of Enron CEOs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling.
Her freelance career has included writing for Newsweek, the Washington Post, People Magazine, Glamour, Southern Living and Continental (the airline in-flight magazine). She has edited news letters, college publications, developmental and promotional material and professional papers.
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Contact Details
Houston, Texas, USA
Office: 713-726-0130;cell: 832-689-9078
Internet: http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/carolrust/
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