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Carol Rust 6043 Cheena Drive Houston, TX 77096 713-726-0130 carolrust@gmail.com Web address: www.angelfire.com/tx3/carolrust/ Job experience Freelance writer, March 2000 to present • Editor, various book projects, November 2007 to present • Writer and editor for Inspired Legacies, a nonprofit philanthropic organization, June 2008 to present • Underemployed or unemployed while recuperating from crushed left femur, October 2006 to June 2008 • Stringer for Newsweek Magazine, January 2005 - October 2006 • Occasional stringer, Washington Post, May 2006 - October 2006 • Writer and editor, University of St. Thomas public information office, February - September 2007 • Stringer for Glamour magazine, April 2003 - present • Corporate writing for Houston Downtown District, August 2004 - March 2005 • Stringer for People Magazine, September 2002 - January 2005 • Regular contributor to Continental Airlines in-flight magazine, May 2000 - May 2005 • Regular contributor to agilebrain.com, the e-zine of BMC Software, April 2000 - August 2002 • Occasional contributor to: Southern Living, La Cucina Italiana, Southwest Art, AmericanStyle, Latin CEO, Texas Journey, Southwest Art, First Impressions of International Dining, food critic for the Houston Press • Content editor for powered.com, an online educational company Adjunct professor of journalism, University of Houston, Fall 2000 - Summer 2002 Feature writer, Houston Chronicle, September 1989 - January 2000 Writing duties: Finding, researching, writing and editing general assignment stories, including hard news, Texas Magazine cover stories, Sunday Lifestyle covers, daily features, food, fashion and entertainment. Awards: Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing, "Best in the United States and Canada"; National Sunday Magazine Editors Association, second place; national Hearst competition, best feature; Outstanding University of North Texas Alumnus, 1992; nominated for Pulitzer. Feature writer, editor and columnist, Beaumont Enterprise, January 1984 - September 1989 Writing duties: Hard news, feature stories, twice-weekly column. Assistant city editor, copy editor. Awards: Associated Press Managing Editors, best feature and best short feature; Texas Press Association, best feature and best column; first, Texas Press Women, best feature; national Hearst competition, best feature and best column. Beat reporter, The Orange Leader, October 1983 - January 1984 Duties: Covered county, labor, environmental issues and three small municipalities. Previous freelance experience The New York Times, June 1986 - September 1989 The Dallas Morning News, June 1984 to September 1989 Education B.A. in journalism, University of North Texas, May 1983, cum laude Sears Congressional Internship, Washington, D.C., January - May 1983 Editor, The North Texas Daily campus newspaper for University of North Texas, September - December 1980 Also served as assistant managing editor, page one editor and copy editor Studies in Spanish and Italian through Berlitz Foreign Languages and the University of Houston