Darin, 35, launched his Cleveland-based writing and editing business, Writing Matters, in February 2006. He works with publication editors and corporate marketing managers who value solid content, including ones at large firms such as Eastman Kodak and Reed Business Information, and others at trade publications and small businesses. Their common thread is a core belief: Writing Matters. Darin graduated from Ohio University as E.W. Scripps School of Journalism's Graduate of the Year in 1998. From 1995-98, his weekly humor column in The Post, OU's independent daily student newspaper, frequently was picked up by USA Today Online and other publications. He also wrote sports stories, investigative reports and editorials, capturing regional and national Society of Professional Journalist awards. During the Summer Games in 1996, he served as an intern on the Olympics Desk of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The following summer, he worked for Writers' Digest magazine and F+W Publications Inc. He also served as a freelancer for several national consumer magazines while a student at OU. From 1998-2005, Darin worked for the trade publication Print Solutions magazine in Alexandria, Va. As managing editor from 2000-2005, he made several improvements that led to more subscribers and ad revenue, and captured profile-writing awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He was named ASBPE's Young Leader's Scholarship recipient in 2003. Darin and his family live in Strongsville, Ohio.
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