Janet Majure
16 E. 13th St. • Lawrence,
KS
66044
785-843-9397 • 785-727-0934
• jmajure - at - sbcglobal.net
PROFILE
Experienced, versatile editor
and writer specializing in food, travel, health and computer software
documentation.
Good management
skills, computer skills and ability to meet deadlines.
Editing
- Copy editor, Microsoft
white papers, as subcontractor for Studio B and for Xtreme Consulting
Group, 2003-present
- Editor, Exploring the Kaw
Valley
(Breadbasket, 2002)
- Copy editor, Healthy Kansas Women
(Kansas Department
of Health & Environment, 2000)
- Copy editor, Treating Mental
Disorders: A Guide to What
Works (Oxford,
1999)
- Copy editor (universal
desk), The Kansas City Times, The Arizona Republic, The
Denver Post and The Arizona Daily
Star
- Bureau chief, assistant
city editor, The Kansas City Star
- Copy editor, Exploring Research
(Prentice Hall, 1996)
- Editor, nonprofit
newsletters and magazines, including the Association of Women Surgeons,
the Lawrence
Arts Center,
the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Silicon Prairie
Technology
Association
Writing
- Author, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Wordpress (Wiley, 2010)
- Blogger,
foodperson.com; homecookingrevival.com; ethicurean.com
(group blog)
- Author, Not by Bread Alone
(Kansas Inaugural,
2007)
- Author, Breast Cancer
(Enslow, 2000); starred
review in School Library Journal
- Author, AIDS
(Enslow, 1998)
- Author, Recipes Worth
Sharing (Breadbasket,
1997)
- Writer of scores of
articles, especially on food, travel and health, in The
Kansas City Star, American
Way; Chicago Tribune; The Chicago Sun-Times; The
Des Moines Register; The Denver Post;
Dallas Morning News; Arthritis
Today; Kansas!
- Reporter, The Kansas City
Star
- Writer, short story, "The Veil," 13th Moon
- Writer, master's thesis, Incidence: A Collection of Short
Stories and Essays
Other experience
- Publications
management: Develop books from concept through publication, including
budgeting, design development, permissions, editing, printing and
publicity
planning.
- Newspaper management
and supervision: Plan, develop and operate a weekly newspaper; oversee
three
suburban news bureaus and Missouri
statehouse bureau for daily newspaper.
- Classroom teaching:
Editing and freshman English, University of Kansas.
EDUCATION & OTHER
- Bachelor of Science,
journalism; Master of Business Administration, finance emphasis; Master
of
Arts, English, all from the University of Kansas.
- Wide domestic travel
and travel to Europe;
moderate fluency in
French
- Proficient in numerous popular computer applications for
Windows and
Macintosh, including Microsoft Office applications.
- Web sites: foodperson.com;
homecookingrevival.com;
janetmajure.com (this site)