Joy E. Rancatore
is a creative content writer and editor specializing in articles, blogs, books, brand cohesion, newsletters, press releases and web copy, with 25 years of exceptional journalistic and author performance and editorial influence on award-winning publications and authors.
PUBLICATION PORTFOLIO
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“A Flight from Heaven”
Northshore’s Slidell Guide Magazine
March/April 2011
Feature
“Camp Shelby Expands Accommodations for Troops”
The Advertiser News
June 24, 2004
News
“Baby Noor a Lesson for All”
The Mississippi Press
January 15, 2006
Opinion
“Crews Take to Water”
The Mississippi Press
September 2, 2005
News
“Yours Aye and Semper Fidelis”
Leatherneck: Magazine of the Marines
August 2003
Feature
“Going Wherever He Sends”
Outlook Magazine
Fall 2007
Religion
“90 Years of Slidell Memories”
Northshore’s Slidell Guide Magazine
July/August 2011
Feature
“Women’s Identities Formed by Reality Shows”
The Times of South Mississippi
June 17, 2004
Opinion
“Animals Find Second Chance with South East Wildlife Rescue”
Northshore’s Slidell Guide Magazine
May/June 2011
Feature
“Medicaid Cuts Don’t Leave Petal Residents Untouched”
The Petal News
June 24, 2004
News
“Wales Riding”
The Mississippi Press
February 25, 2006
Feature
“Baltimore Acquires Brown in June Rookie League Draft”
The Cobbler
October 2, 2002
Sports News
VIDEO/AUDIO PRODUCTION & EDITING PORTFOLIO
Joy co-produced QWERTY Writing Life Podcast for five seasons. She served as co-host and lead on the written content, social media and graphics all five seasons, adding all audio and video editing during season five. Additionally, Joy posts video content to her author YouTube channel and social media from time to time. She handles all filming, production, editing, producing and publicizing.
PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
Joy worked in a photojournalist role for several publications, and some of her photography can be seen in the following articles linked above: “Camp Shelby Expands Accommodations for Troops” and “Going Wherever He Sends.” She worked as Camp Photojournalist at Twin Lakes Camp in Florence, Miss., the summer of 2002 and assisted with college graduation photography for a few seasons in the early 2000s. She owned a photography business between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, for more than a decade, she has either taught photography to elementary and junior high students with Slidell Family Homeschoolers or volunteered her talents to several organizations in St. Tammany Parish to photograph events and individuals.
BLOGGING PORTFOLIO
Samples of Joy’s personal blogging style may be found using the button below. Five specific posts are linked in the following images. Each example was chosen for recognition in Self-publishing: The Carnival of the Indies, a monthly roundup hosted on TheBookDesigner prior to the passing of Joel Friedlander, a pioneer of indie publishing. The first listing earned Joy the title “Featured Blogger” in Issue #109.
“Indie Authors and the Case of Fifty Hats”
“How to Track Timelines and Characters”
“Authors, Be Your First Reader”
“How to Force a Submission from Your Challenges”
“Why Start a Press?”
NEWSLETTER PORTFOLIO
In addition to email newsletters and sequences for clients, Joy maintains five regular newsletters with a nearly 40% open rate and unsubscribe and spam rates well below 1%. Samples of each may be accessed using the images below.
Joy’s Author Newsletter
Weekly
QWERTY Writing Life Newsletter
Monthly
Logos & Mythos Press Newsletter
Quarterly
Joy’s Editing Newsletter
Quarterly
LAM Book Club Newsletter
Monthly
BRAND COHESION
For an example of brand cohesion, visit Joy’s three websites via the images below. Each site maintains common colors, fonts and styles to highlight each brand’s message. Since each site is connected by Joy’s involvement, they complement one another.
CRAFT SKILLS
Advanced Techniques
Analysis Skills, Attention to Detail, Blogging, Brand Management, Business Publications, Client Voice Match, Content Management Systems, Content Strategy, Creative Content Development, Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Editing (all types and styles), Editorial Standards, Email Sequences, Fact-checking, FAQ Development, Feature Writing, Fiction, Grammar, Informative Writing, Interviewing, Journalism, Narrative Nonfiction, News Writing, Presentation Development, Professionalism, Project Management, Proofreading, Public Speaking, Publishing, Punctuation, Revisions, Spelling, Storytelling, Syntax, Teaching, Workshop Development, Writing
Experienced Techniques
Academic Publications, Branding and Identity, Content Management, Creative Strategy, Customer Service, Digital Copywriting, Email Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Keyword Research, Livestreaming, Magazines, Newspapers, Newsroom, Online News Platforms, Opinion Writing, Photography, Photography Editing, Podcast Show Notes, Podcasting, Public Relations, Research, SEO, Social Media, Videography, Web Content Writing, White Pages
Styles
American Psychological Association (APA), Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style, Modern Language Association (MLA), New Oxford Style Manual, The Canadian Style, Turabian Style
Experienced with editing American (USA), Australian, British and Canadian English
PRACTICAL TOOLS
Adobe: InDesign, Photoshop
Apple: iMovie, Keynote, Pages
Communication: Calendly, Discord, GroupMe, MailChimp, MailerLite, Skype, Slack, Trello, WhatsApp, Zoom
Google: Analytics, Docs, Drive, Forms, Mail, Meet, Sheets
Microsoft: Email, Excel, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Teams, Word
Other: Bitly, Dropbox, Eventbrite, Linktree, Meetup
Other Design & Writing Platforms: Canva, QR Code Generators, QuarkXPress, Scrivener
Podcasting: iTunes, Podbean, Spotify, YouTube
Publishing Platforms: Blogger, BlogSpot, Blurb, Draft2Digital, IngramSpark, KDP, Lulu, Medium, Substack
Social Media: Airtable, Facebook, Goodreads, Hootsuite, Instagram, LinkedIn, Meta Business Suite, Pinterest, StoryGraph, X, YouTube
Web Building: DiviBuilder, Drupal, Monster InSights, Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Yoast SEO