Résumé
SHANNON CARROLL
Award-winning writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience across business, technology, sports, lifestyle, feature, and narrative journalism. Newsroom leader who has run coverage and developed writers, with experience using SEO to build audiences and shape content strategy. Wrote and shaped a daily flagship newsletter that reached more than one million readers. Equally comfortable with chasing breaking news and developing ambitious features. Especially good at finding the story inside the story — and telling it in a way people actually want to read.
EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE WRITER & EDITOR | 2019–2023; 2026–Present
QUARTZ | 2024–2026
Senior Writer & Editor-at-Large | 2025–2026
Daily Brief Newsletter Writer | 2024–2026
Previously: Business Reporter, Lifestyle Reporter, & Contributing Editor | 2024–2025
NACS
Editor & Writer | 2023–2024
THE 33RD TEAM
Multiplatform Editor | 2023–2024
5280 MAGAZINE
Copy Editor | 2021–Present
5280 Magazine, 5280 Home, and Advertising
Earlier Experience: 247Sports — Publisher, BearTerritory.net; Pittsburgh Sporting News — Managing Editor/Senior Writer; Sports Illustrated — Editorial Intern & Campus Rush Correspondent; The Daily Californian — Sports Editor.
SKILLS
Editorial Strategy • Story Development • Content Strategy • Newsletter Strategy • Audience Development • Coverage Planning • Assigning Stories • Developmental & Line Editing • Long-Form & Narrative Storytelling • Feature Writing • Breaking News • Branded Content • SEO • Audience Analytics • AP Style • Chicago Manual of Style • WordPress • Adobe Creative Suite
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Proficient
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley | B.A., Latin American Studies | 2012–2016
BEYOND THE BYLINE
Passport stamp collector • Reader of 100-plus books a year • Arsenal supporter (sometimes unfortunately) • Baker of unbeatable chocolate-chip cookies and an unreasonable number of pies • Former competitive equestrian with my horse, Tango • BTS fan with a song for any mood • Gardener with more enthusiasm than available windowsills • Constantly covered in dog hair • Has strong opinions about where to eat in any city and absolutely limitless curiosity