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Sherry Beck Paprocki is an award winning journalist, editor and author. In 2018, she was listed among the Folio: 100, which honors the “brightest, most impactful minds in magazine journalism today.” She was also named among Folio’s Top Women in Media that same year. She is a past president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (2016-208) and has won five national awards for her writing and editing work, including those from the City and Regional Magazine Association and the American Library Association’s Voice of Youth Advocates.
In January 2022, Paprocki released the book Freelance Fancy: Your Guide to Capturing Spiritual Health, Wealth and Happiness from Gig Work. In it she tells an intensely personal story about her long gig career. Additional Wise Words of advice were added by some of ASJA’s most experienced members. Upon its release, Amazon ranked the book #1 among hottest new releases in the self-employment niche for the year.
Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Katie Couric, Bob Marley and others are included the big personal brands that Sherry has written about in a collection juvenile biographies produced by Chelsea House. She is also the author of Content Marketing: 50 Ways to Tell Your Story (2015, R.S. Rock Media, Inc.) and continues to contribute as a contracted editor for Columbus Monthly. Paprocki is a certified coach with the John Maxwell Group. She focuses on life transitions and work-life balance.
Freelance Fancy is essential reading for anyone who dreams of a gig career.
Subjects
General
Skills
- Advertorials
- Annual reports
- Awards submissions
- Blog posts
- Books
- Brochures
- Case studies
- Communications strategy
- Conference coverage
- Content marketing
- Curriculum
- Donor communications
- E-books
- Editing
- Essays
- Event production
- Feature writing
- Fundraising appeals
- Ghostwriting
- Government relations
- Grant writing
- Ideation
- Infographics
- Investigative reporting
- Marketing personas
- Media relations
- News
- News releases
- Op-Ed
- Podcasts
- Profiles
- Project management
- Publication management
- Publicity
- Q&A
- Scripts
- Scriptwriting
- SEO
- Social media
- Television
- Web copy
- White papers
- Conference/meeting coverage
Book Credits
- Freelance Fancy: Your Guide for Capturing Spiritual Health, Wealth and Happiness from Gig Work (R.S. Rock Media, Inc. 2022)
- Content Marketing: 50 Ways to Tell Your Story (R.S. Rock Media, Inc. 2015)
- Women of Achievement: Anita Roddick (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, 2010)
- Women of Achievement: Princess Diana (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, 2009)
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Branding Yourself (Alpha/Penguin, 2009) This book introduces the use of social media as a tool in branding oneself for future careers.
- Women of Achievement: Martha Stewart (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, 2009)
- Women of Achievement: Ellen DeGeneres (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, January 2009)
- Oprah Winfrey: Legacy Edition (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, 2006)
- Bob Marley: Legacy Edition (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, 2006)
- Six-book Series, chapter books for grades 1-3, School Specialty Children’s Publishing
- World Leaders: Vicente Fox (Juvenile nonfiction, Chelsea House, 2002)
- Women of Achievement: Katie Couric (Juvenile, Chelsea House, 2001)
- Women Who Win: Michelle Kwan (Juvenile, Chelsea House, 2001)
- Convicted in the Womb: One Man’s Journey from Prison to Peacemaking (Bantam, 1996). Ghost writing for the late author Carl Upchurch.
- American Education Publishing (Created Master Study Skills series of workbooks, 1989)
- Willowisp Press (School Book Fair’s publishing division for children’s books.)
- Easy Microwave Cooking for Kids (1987)
- The Great Cookie Cookbook (contributor, 1988)
- Our American Presidents (contributor, 1989)
Awards, Honors, Appointments
- 2019-2021, Finalist, Best Overall Magazine at the City and Regional Magazine Association and Best Niche Magazine, contributing editor, Columbus Monthly in the 30,000-60,000 circulation category
- 2019, National first place winner, City and Regional Magazine Association, Best Niche Magazine for Columbus Monthly Health (served as founding editor)
- 2018, Listed among Folio:100 honoring the “brightest, most impactful minds in magazine journalism today.”
- 2018, Named among Folio’s Top Women in Media
- 2017, National first place winner, Best Overall Magazine for those with 30,000-60,000 circulation, Regional and City Magazine Association.
- First place, individual writing award for best in health and medicine. From both the Cleveland Press Club and the Ohio Society for Professional Journalists for “Babies Born Addicted to Painkillers,” which appeared in Columbus Monthly magazine in 2011.
- National Gold Award – 2008 Council for Advancement and Support For Education for Best Magazine Improvement category, Marietta Magazine (Selected over 51 other colleges of all sizes.) Served as editor for the magazine redesign.
- American Library Association’s Voice of Youth Advocates Nonfiction Honor List, 2006, author of Oprah Winfrey Talk Show Host and Media Magnate
- Grand Gold Award (National) — Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year, Council for Advancement and Support For Education – Part of the writing team winning this award in 2006 for Denison University’s alumni magazine. Judge’s comment: “The writing pulls you in.”
- Recipient, 2003 Gund Fellowship from the Society of Environmental Journalists
- Recipient, 2001 grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism
- Semi-Finalist, 2000 Alicia Patterson Fellowship for research and writing
