Editor in the Virgin Islands – Stephanie Hanlon

VI Literary Festival and Book Fair: Embracing Literacy For Life

Theme: Embracing Literacy For Life. Check out the work I’m doing as chair of the VI Lit Fest Publicity Committee. I’ve volunteered to coordinate their publicity plan, designing the site, writing press releases and announcements and managing their social media presence.

The telecommunications equalizer

System failure: Physicians and senator address JFL problems, needed reforms

As managing editor of The St. Croix Avis, I coordinated breaking news coverage of the local hospital in crisis. This is the piece I wrote analyzing the root of the problems.

Toxic mix: Medicine, politics, economic woes at STX hospital

This was the first in a series of stories detailing problems at the Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix. I coordinated the coverage, did a significant portion of the interviews and writing, including the detailed timeline. This summer we won second place in the breaking news category of the Society of Professional Journalists SunshineContinue reading “Toxic mix: Medicine, politics, economic woes at STX hospital”