Cara Latham is an award-winning journalist specializing in writing and editing, social media networking, strategic communication and public relations.

While she has spent the past five years in journalism, she has experience in developing marketing material and brochures, newsletters, press releases, and employee communications. She also has experience in writing material for the web and posting/maintaining website content via WordPress and Joomla.

A graduate of Rider University (’06), she has a bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) in journalism (news/editorial). In addition, Cara is currently working toward her master’s degree in Strategic Communication at Seton Hall University, with a focus on public relations and organizational communication.

She will complete a separate professional certificate in social media in July 2011, also at Seton Hall University, where she has learned strategies for developing an online presence and brand marketing in the digital world through sites like Facebook, Twitter, and WordPress.

She is currently employed as a news editor in the central New Jersey area and is looking to transfer her extensive writing, editing, and verbal communication skills into a career in business/organizational communication, social media, marketing, or public relations.