Sharon Knolle, Entertainment Writer

Freelance Work
Event coverage and articles for such outlets as Variety, Us Weekly, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly,
LA Weekly, TV Guide, and J-14

AOL Moviefone
Title: Blogger, 2009 - present
Duties: Original features, interviews and news for the site.

Mr. Showbiz/ABCNews.com
Title: News Editor, 1999 to 2001
Duties: Writing, reporting, and editing of daily entertainment news items and management of the news team. Also: celebrity profiles, box-office reports, interviews, awards and event coverage, film reviews and previews, and creation of features and special packages

TPD Publishing (now Story Worldwide), Seattle-based contract publisher
Title: Managing Editor of Microsoft Magazine, a quarterly consumer magazine with 1 million circulation, 1996 to 1998
Duties: Editorial development and graphical treatment, management of editorial schedule, story assignments, and copyeditors; liaison to design, production, and to client; budget management; editing and rewriting of articles and fact-checking

Languages

PC and Mac fluency, basic HTML, AP and Chicago style, tourist French

Education

B.A. in English Literature, University of Washington

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