About Ruth E. Thaler-Carter ...
If you need writing, editing, proofreading, press releases, presentations and more for your publications, association, business, organization, website, book, etc., I can do that for you!
Ruth E. Thaler-Carter (center back in print dress) is one of the “Inspiring Women of Our Community” profiled in Brighton Connections magazine.
I write feature and news articles, profiles, press releases, annual reports, advertorials, and business and marketing material for magazines, newspapers, newsletters, websites, etc.;
manage all aspects of newsletter and annual report content, design and production for businesses, associations and nonprofit organizations; and
provide proofreading, copy editing and critiques for magazines, books, newsletters, marketing collateral and organizations;
and present webinars/seminars and workshops on freelancing, editing and proofreading, networking, websites, nonprofit development, and more.
Professional activities
Current and recent projects include:
write feature, news, event coverage and profile articles for the MetroWire Media commercial real estate newsletter and website; AMPlify, Brighton News and ACES newsletters; feature articles for (585), Signature, Facilities Manager, Upstate New York Gardener's Journal, Life in the Finger Lakes, Sculpture Review and the American Animal Hospital Association's Trends magazines, among others; a marketing column for an online e-newsletter for veterinarians; freelancing posts for the An American Editor blog; general posts for a landscape company’s blog and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle newspaper community blog;
write, edit and lay out/desktop–produce newsletters for the Decorative Arts Society, Brighton Schools Alumni Association, Editorial Freelancers Association, APPA, Huguenot Heritage, Unique Resources contracting company and more;
edit and proofread for a law firm with offices around the U.S., a PR firm in the legal field, 1sixty8 media; Glass Line, Washington Gardener and American Statistical Association's CHANCE magazines; self-publishing authors; the HealthyWomen website; the ACM queue newsletter, among others;
provide media relations and website updates to the Decorative Arts Society, Brighton Schools Alumni Association, Communication Central and Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists;
organize annual conferences and other programs for Communication Central, a professional-development business; and
present workshops, in-person speeches and seminars, and webinars about newsletters, websites, editing and proofreading, freelancing, marketing, grammar, networking, and nonprofit management for a writers’ center; national, regional and local membership and trade associations; and other organizations.
Contact me today to discuss what I can offer your organization or publication!
Background and education
Born and raised in Rochester, NY; went from city grade school to Brighton Central School District, graduating from Brighton High School.
Studied comparative literature at Indiana University-Bloomington and French at University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). BA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. One year as Ford Fellow in University of Missouri-Columbia’s graduate program in journalism.
Started writing for pay and launched a literary magazine in high school; freelanced on the side from 1974-’85 while holding full-time communications positions with:
Urban League of St. Louis (community organizer)
St. Louis Argus newspaper (staff reporter)
Washington University’s Record newsletter (editor)
R&D Mexico magazine (assistant editor)
American National Metric Council (communications manager)
(Washington) DC General Hospital (chief of publications)
Full-time freelance writer, editor and proofreader since 1985.
Awards:
Named to the Brighton Schools Alumni Association/Brighton High School Alumni Hall of Fame for professional communications career, networking services to colleagues, support of and connecting family and friends
Named one of Brighton Connections magazine’s "Inspiring Women of our Community"
Big Pencil Award from Writers & Books for being "A teacher of adults who has inspired the creation and appreciation of literature" and has "contributed significantly in the advancement, creation, and understanding of literature in the Rochester (NY) community."
Writing and editing awards from APEX, Editor's Forum and International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
Philip M. Stern Award for outstanding service to other freelancers from Washington Independent Writers
Communicator of the Year for contributions to IABC/DC
Firm believer in the value of networking (often called the queen of networking!) – active member of these and more:
