Feature Articles
Click on the photos below to read full text of some of the feature and news articles that have been written for publications local to the Raleigh, North Carolina area. The scope of work for these include research, reporting, interviewing, writing, and copy editing.
Diving for Success Gypsy Divers
Business Leader 2002
Light dances across Dave Farrar’s face, a reflection from the blue-green, 78-degree water stretching out in front of him. Scuba gear – neoprene wetsuits, rubber fins, heavy metal canisters, and bulky vest-style buoyancy compensators – are scattered nearby …
Walkers Take Aim at Cancer
North Raleigh News 2007
Wakefield High School’s Wolverine Stadium, usually occupied by athletes practicing drills and runner perfecting their strides, will serve a different purpose this evening when the Relay for Life of North Raleigh / Wake Forest takes place …
Racquet Club Still Has Game
North Raleigh News
In 1964, Marshall Happer was one of a group of tennis players who had few good options when it came to places to play. “You either played at public facilities, as I did, or at a country club,” Happer said. The players had an arrangement to use courts at N.C. State University, but in 1966 …
Community Seeks Solutions
Rolesville Buzz 2017
After another fight video at Rolesville High School surfaced March 13, parents took to social media to discuss their perceptions of the problems at the school, prompting Rolesville Mayor Frank Eagles to organize an impromptu meeting to allay concerns and solicit community input …
Community Center
Rolesville Buzz 2017
An idea years in the making came to fruition June 27 when the Town of Rolesville signed an offer to purchase 116 acres for a future parks and recreation facility. Town Manager Bryan Hicks said town officials hope to complete the purchase by the end of September.
Proposed Legislation to End Impact Fees Would Affect Rolesville and Wake Forest
Rolesville Buzz 2017
A piece of legislation proposed in the General Assembly in early March, though recently revised by the House Finance Committee, has set in motion the potential to alter the way towns throughout North Carolina fund certain municipal services …
LinkedIn Profiles and Resumes
Often, professionals who are in a steady career position don’t think much about their LinkedIn profiles, but keeping them up to date is an important tool for networking and staying open to career advancement. I meet individually with professionals to learn about their job – what they love, what they hope to accomplish, what gets them out of bed in the morning – and then I convert that information into a LinkedIn summary that speaks to their connections, to customers, and to recruiters.
My own LinkedIn is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-london/ and if you’d like more information or would like to see samples of profiles I’ve written, please reach out! I’d love to talk to you about yours.
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