About Doug Malan

Doug is an award-winning professional writer, journalist and author with a multimedia background. Before he began his writing career, he was a baseball play-by-play announcer in Tennessee.

He currently works on large commercial projects as a copywriter for ZAG Interactive, a full-service marketing agency in Glastonbury, CT. His professional background includes various writing experiences:

 

COMMERCIAL WRITING

 

                        Douglas Malan Professional Writing  Connecticut-based with global presence

04/10 – 01/11  By managing your important business writing projects, Douglas Malan Professional Writing delivers crisp, effective messages that drive your company’s or organization’s profits and increase its visibility and branding in the marketplace.

                        A sampling of my wide variety of writing services:

• Website copy

• Sales and marketing copy

• Brochures

• Newsletters

• White papers

• Case studies

• Direct mail pieces

 

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

 

                        Connecticut Law Tribune/GC New England  Hartford, Conn.

03/06 – 11/10  Managing editor of business-to-business legal industry publications responsible for editorial projects while serving as web editor and writing a full complement of stories for print and online media. 

                        • Developed and maintained business relationships with attorneys who contribute articles for publication in the Law Tribune and GC New England

                        • Wrote and edited stories focused on various aspects of the legal profession, such as law firm business, and coordinate assignments with freelance photographers and writers

                        • Managed production of each quarterly issue of GC New England magazine

 

                        LIFE Publications  West Hartford, Conn.

12/02 – 03/06  Senior writer of general interest stories for company that published Connecticut LIFE and various local monthlies. Many stories focused on profiling local businesses and cultural institutions to attract visitors.

 

                        ESPN   Bristol, Conn.

7/00 – 12/02    National Football League production assistant for Emmy Award-winning team assigned to Sunday Night NFL and NFL Draft telecasts.

 

08/97 – 7/00    Sports reporter for the Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and, starting in November 1999, the Associated Press. Also wrote stories as a Tennessee-based high school correspondent for national high school sports news site iHigh.com in 1998 and 1999. Led WAPB 810 AM’s coverage of Middle Tennessee State baseball as the station’s play-by-play announcer while producing pre- and post-game shows as well as a weekly coach’s show.

 

OTHER WRITING PROJECTS

 

Contributing writer to The Coffin Corner, the official magazine of the Professional Football Researchers Association, and The College Football Historian, official newsletter of the Intercollegiate Football Researchers Association.

 

AWARDS AND EDUCATION

Won various reporting awards from professional journalist societies in Tennessee and Connecticut. Earned Emmy Award for “Best Live Series” in 2000 with Sunday Night NFL. Graduated with B.S. in Electronic Media Journalism, minor in English, from Middle Tennessee State University, 1998.