Milwaukee, WI

Lacy Schley Clips ❖ LinkedIn

SKILLS
General audience science writing and editing (news, online, magazine); Audio storytelling/production (Adobe
Audition); Video storytelling/production (Adobe Premiere); Photojournalism (basic Adobe Photoshop, Nikon
DSLR); Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat); Web production (CMS, SEO, basic
HTML); Technical and B2B writing; Research via search engines, databases, academic journals and interviews

WORK EXPERIENCE
Discover Magazine June 2014 – Present
Associate Editor (July 2018 – Present) Waukesha, WI
Assistant Editor (June 2014 – July 2018)
• Achieved promotion for:
o Consistent skill in editing and writing content for print magazine
o Contributions to development of digital content strategy
• Spearheaded redesign of front-of-book section, The Crux, rolled out in March 2017
o Organized and facilitated collaboration between editorial and art departments
o Researched and analyzed front-of-book approaches of market competition
o Developed strategy to streamline and modernize visual and written presentation of content
• Develop and assign original and freelance pitches for features, mind/brain column Mind Over Matter, front-of-
book column Big Idea, The Crux and web
• Edit content for feature well, Big Idea, Mind Over Matter, The Crux and web
• Top edit features, 20 Things column, astronomy column Out There and feature-length excerpts; formerly top
edited Notes From Earth column
• Write for print and online
• Collaborate with art and web teams to ensure appropriate visuals for stories
• Ensure both print and web stories adhere to SEO best practices
• Work with fact checkers to ensure factual accuracy for print stories
• Worked with external publishing houses to select and negotiate appropriate manuscripts from relevant popular
science books for feature-length excerpts

Healthcare Business Insights April 2013 – June 2014

Research Writer Milwaukee, WI
• Researched, produced and edited ad hoc and educational material on various health care best practices

EDUCATION

Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications Winter, 2012
MSJ, Health and Science Reporting concentration, Magazine Writing and Editing concentration Evanston, IL
• Recipient of Lounsbery Fellowship for Powering America project; used various multimedia platforms to report on
national energy issues with overarching goal of determining audience’s media perception

Randolph-Macon College Spring, 2011

BA, Psychology major, Classical Studies minor Ashland, VA
• Graduated with honors
• Studied abroad in Londonderry, Northern Ireland during spring 2010 semester (University of Ulster, Magee)

INTERESTS
Volleyball; running; board games; travel; ancient Greek and Latin; baking; cooking; Harry Potter; r/aww